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I grew up poor---living in the housing projects (住房) with six brothers, three sisters, a varying assortment (各式各样东西的混合) of foster kids (养子), my father, and a wonderful mother, Scarlette Hunley. We had little money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was 36 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 crush a baseball, and hit anything that moved on the baseball field. I was also 39 : My high school coach Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me how to believe in myself. He 40 me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction (信念). One particular incident with Coach Jarvis changed my life forever.
It was the summer between my junior and senior years, and a friend 41 me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—cash for dates with girls, certainly, money for a new bike and new clothes, and the start of savings for a 42 for my mother. The prospect of a summer job was attractive and interesting, and I wanted to jump at the opportunity. Then I realized I would have to 43 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was 44 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work，” he said. “Your 45 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”
I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the words that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 46 to me.
“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” He demanded. “3.5 dollars an hour.” I replied. “Well,” he asked, “Is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That question, the plainness of it, laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I dedicated myself to sports that summer and with the year I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 47 a $20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1998 for $1.7 million, and bought my mother the house of my dreams.

【小题1】

A．happy

B．polite

C．shy

D．honest

【小题2】

A．live

B．afford

C．make

D．need

【小题3】

A．athletics

B．music

C．business

D．money

【小题4】

A．right

B．popular

C．lucky

D．confident

【小题5】

A．persuaded

B．taught

C．brought

D．asked

【小题6】

A．sent

B．advised

C．gave

D．recommended

【小题7】

A．ticket

B．car

C．house

D．job

【小题8】

A．give in

B．give up

C．give away

D．give off

【小题9】

A．disappointed

B．mad

C．frightened

D．shameful

【小题10】

A．living

B．playing

C．working

D．learning

【小题11】

A．sadness

B．regret

C．hopelessness

D．disappointment

【小题12】

A．paid

B．got

C．offered

D．presented

【小题1】A
【小题1】B
【小题1】A
【小题1】C
【小题1】B
【小题1】D
【小题1】C
【小题1】B
【小题1】A
【小题1】D
【小题1】D
【小题1】C

解析【小题1】A 从前面的句子We had little money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention.说明是高兴的，
【小题1】B 考查动词afford“负担得起”，前面说no matter how poor a person was无论多穷，都能负担得起梦想。
【小题1】A 从后面的句子：I could crush a baseball, and hit anything that moved on the baseball field.看出作者是有运动天赋的。
【小题1】C从后面的句子说明My high school coach Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me how to believe in myself.作者是幸运的。
【小题1】B 考查动词，教练当然是教会他有梦想和展示信念的区别了。
【小题1】D考查词组：recommend sb for“推荐某人某事”。句意是：一个朋友推荐我做暑假工作。
【小题1】C 上下文暗示题：从后面的buying my mom a house可知答案。
【小题1】B 词组辨析：A. give in 屈服，B. give up放弃，C. give away赠送，泄漏，D. give off散发，句意是：我不得不放弃暑假打棒球。
【小题1】A对作者的决定教练很失望，从后面的句子可以看出来。
【小题1】D 和work对应的是learning time，句意是：学习时间是有限的。
【小题1】D前面第9空可知答案。
【小题1】C 动词词义辨析：paid付钱，got得到，offered提供，presented呈现，句意是：我被提供了20000美元的合同。

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36．A．everything       B．anything      C．somebody D．anybody
37．A．ashamed      B．afraid          C．sure          D．proud
38．A．private        B．mysterious       C．interesting D．funny
39．A．foolish        B．polite          C．simple         D．brave
40．A．expected      B．suggested     C．ordered        D．hoped
41．A．connect with    B．depend on C．apologize to     D．get along with
42．A．improve      B．continue      C．realize         D．keep
43．A．notes     B．list           C．plan         D．stories
44．A．any          B．most         C．none         D．all
45．A．part          B．game         C．trick         D．record
46．A．view         B．sign          C．attention         D．signal
47．A．lay           B．laid          C．lain          D．lied
48．A．appeared      B．considered       C．presented D．remembered
49．A．angry          B．happy          C．doubtful      D．alive
50．A．words          B．rings         C．repeats         D．calls
51．A．cold         B．plain         C．nervous       D．lively
52．A．in case         B．so long as     C．unless          D．because
53．A．around        B．out           C．off           D．away
54．A．build up      B．make up      C．clear up       D．give up
55．A．regret          B．forgive        C．right         D．punish

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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.
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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 .

A．she uses English in foreign trade

B．she is fascinated by languages

C．she works as a translator

D．she is a writer by profession

2.The author used to think of her mother’s English as .

A．impolite

B．amusing

C．imperfect

D．practical

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?

A．Americans do not understand broken English.

B．The author’s mother was not respected sometimes.

C．The author’s mother had positive influence on her.

D．Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A．The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English.

B．The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother.

C．The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English.

D．The author’s experiences of using broken English.

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