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I grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother. We had 36 money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was 37 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could 38 afford a dream.
My dream was to be a 39 .When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball. I was also 40 : my high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who 41 me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief. One particular 42 with him changed my life forever.
It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 43 . This meant a chance for my first income—cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the 44 of savings for a house for my mother. The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to 45 at it.
Then I realized I would have to 46 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing. I was 47 about this.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 48 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your 49 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”
I stood before him with my head 50 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth 51 his disappointment in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded.
“$ 3．25 an hour,” I replied.
“Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a 52 ?” he asked.
That 53 laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself to 54 that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1.7 million, and bought my mother the 55 of my dreams.
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解析【小题1】考查代词：根据第一句I grew up poor可知，他们家里很穷，所有是有很少的钱，C，一点钱也没有，不符合现实。选B
【小题2】考查形容词：根据but plenty of love and attention可知，作者家里虽然很穷，但是充满了爱和父母对他们的关注，所以作者应当是很快乐的！Lovely可爱 angry 生气的 noisy 喧闹的，选A
【小题3】考查副词：Still 仍然。Only只有 ever永远，曾经 almost几乎，因为作者感觉虽然很穷，但是有了父母对他们的爱，他感到很开心，所以他理解无论一个人多么穷，他仍然可以有梦想。选C
【小题4】考查名词：根据I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety – mile – per – hour fastball可知，作者很喜欢棒球，所以他本来要成为运动员 。选D
【小题5】考查形容词：根据下文可知一个教练对我产生了深远的影响，所以他很幸运（有这样的教练）选A
【小题6】考查动词：因为那个人是教练，所以是教会了他有梦想和有强烈信念之间的区别。选A
【小题7】考查名词：根据下文可知是一次想放弃体育去打工赚钱的事件（incident）改变了他的一生。选D
【小题8】考查名词：根据This meant a chance for my first income – cash for a new bike and new clothes可知，这是一份工作，可以给他钱买新单车和新衣服，也可以开始存钱给妈妈买房子。选A
【小题9】考查动词：A. cause导致B. start开始C. need需要D. amount等于，开始存钱给妈妈买房子选B
【小题10】考查词组。Jump at sth 意为欣然接受。选D
【小题11】考查词组辨析。take out拿出 cut off切断 put on穿上，上演 give up放弃根据句意可知，我要想工作，必须放弃棒球。根据I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing也可以看出选D
【小题12】考查形容词：因为他必须放弃棒球才能去工作，所以他对此感到很担心，很焦虑。选C
【小题13】考查形容词：根据教练所说的话可知，他对作者的决定很生气（mad），因为他认为工作的时间以后多的是，而打棒球的时间是有限的，不能浪费了这段时间。选A
【小题14】考查动词：A. working 工作B. playing玩C. learning学习D. shining闪耀，playing time是打球的时间，选B
【小题15】考查动词，Shake摇 hang悬挂，垂下 hold 持有 nod点头，因为作者知道他的决定要教练失望了，所以他垂下了头。选D
【小题16】考查动词：句意为我在想如何向他解释，我想给妈妈买房子和赚钱的梦想值得让我去面对他对我的失望。选C
【小题17】考查上下文串联。根据上文可知，他有一个梦想，此处指的就是为了一个小时3.25美元而放弃自己的梦想这个问题选A
【小题18】考查上下文串联。根据Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a 52 ?可知，这是一个问题。选C
【小题19】考查名词，根据后文可知作者在体育方面取得了成功，得到了一个两万美元的合同，还有170万美元的合约，选B
【小题20】考查上下文串联，根据上文可知他想给他妈妈买个房子，所以此处指的是他实现了给母亲买房子的梦想。选C
I grew up poor — living with six brothers, three sisters and my mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and 36 . I was happy and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 37 a dream.
My dream was 38 . By the time I was sixteen, I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour baseball and 39 anything that moved on the field. I was also 40 : my high school coach was John, who not only 41 me, but also taught me how to believe in myself. He 42 me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction (信念). One particular incident with coach John changed my life forever.
A friend 43 me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket — money for a new bike, new clothes and the 44 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 45 up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was as 46 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said, “Your 47 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head 48 , trying to think of the words that would 49 to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 50 in me.
“Well,” he asked, “is $3.5 an hour the 51 of a dream?”
That simple question made 52 to me the difference between 53 something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself in sports that summer and 54 the year I was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and 55 a $ 20,000 contract（合同）. Later, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
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I was 16 and I grew up in a community called Estepona. One morning, Dad told me I could drive him into a ___31___ village called Mijas, on condition that I took the car in to be ___32___ at a nearby garage. I readily accepted. I drove Dad into Mijas, and ___33____ to pick him up at 4 pm, then dropped off the car at the ___34___. With several hours to spare, I went to a theater. ___35___, when the last movie finished, it was six. I was two hours late!
I knew Dad would be angry if he ___36___ I'd been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the truth. When I ____37____ there I apologized for being late, and told him I'd ___38__ as quickly as I could, but that the car had needed some major repairs. I'll never forget the ___39___ he gave me. "I'm disappointed you ___40___ you have to lie to me, Jason." Dad looked at me again. "When you didn't ___41___, I called the garage to ask if there were any ___42___, and they told me you hadn't yet picked up the car." I felt ____43___ as I weakly told him the real reason. A___44___passed through Dad as he listened attentively." I'm angry with ___45___. I realize I've failed as a father. I'm going to walk home now and think seriously about___46___ I've gone wrong all these years." "But Dad, it's 18 miles!" My protests and apologies(道歉) were __47___. Dad walked home that day.I drove behind him, ___48___ him all the way, but he walked silently.
Seeing Dad in so much ___49___ and emotional(情感的) pain was my most painful experience. However, it was ___50____ the most successful lesson. I have never lied since.
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I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language — the way it can evoke(唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all — all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions (认识) of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly, her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”, and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal(内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure: I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
1.By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that .
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2.The author used to think of her mother’s English as .
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D．practical |
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B．The author’s mother was not respected sometimes. |
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C．The author’s mother had positive influence on her. |
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D．Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts. |
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B．The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother. |
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C．The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English. |
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D．The author’s experiences of using broken English. |