●Ms Tan, you’ve referred to your new novel as your eighth book.

That’s because it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one.

●Why do you think you had so many false starts?

I would say that my reasons were wrong. I was trying to prove that I wasn’t just a mother-daughter storyteller, or I was trying to prove that I didn’t just have to write about things that were strictly Chinese or Chinese-American. Those were never the right reasons for writing those early stories. And I could never come up with other better reasons for continuing them.

●What kept you going on this book?

This book was different because it was based on my mother’s real life. The reason for writing it became more personal and emotional. After The Joy Luck Club came out, my mother was always explaining to people that she wasn’t any of the mothers in that book. And at one point she said to me, “Next book tells my true story.” And then she started telling me things I never knew before. She also told me many, many stories, because my mother doesn’t generalize(笼统地表达). The book really grew out of that.

●Have you ever visited China?

Yes. I’ve been there twice: about three years ago and then again last November, both times with my mother and my husband.

●Was it difficult to understand the Chinese-American dialect(方言) without sounding like a parody(拙劣的模仿)?

No, because it’s the language I’ve heard all my life from my mother. She speaks English as it’s direct translation from Chinese. But it’s more than that. Her language also has more imagery than English.

●Can you think of an example?

Somebody might say to me, “Don’t work so hard. You’ll kill yourself.” My mother will say to me，“Why do you press all your brains out on this page for someone else？” So it’s very vivid. That’s the way she talks.

●Have many readers told you that the Chinese mother in your book reminded them of the typical Jewish (有癖好的) mother?

Many people have told me that. I think the mother-daughter relationship is very intense(紧张) in both cases. Culturally there is an acceptance that mothers have the power to tell their children, especially their daughters, how to conduct their lives --- not simply up until the time they are 18, but for the rest of their lives. However, when children grow up in a different culture from their parents’，they tend to keep more secrets from their parents. The children think, “They just wouldn’t understand that I had to do this.” And that can really create a gap, and it can grow as the number of secrets grows.

1.Based on the questions in this interview, what do you think Ms Tan’ s profession is?

A．A journalist.        B．A story-writer.      C．An interviewer.     D．An interviewee.

2.What’ s TRUE about Tan’ s second book?

A．It’ s about her real life in America.

B．The name of the book is The Joy Luck Club.

C．It is the result of many times of carefull thought.

D．It includes many works of her mother.

3.Which question is NOT answered in the interview?

A．How does she think of her mother’ s language?

B．How many books does she plan to write?

C．When did she visit China?

D．How is generation gap created?

4.We can infer that________.

A．Tan’ s mother is a good storyteller

B．Tan plans to write another book about her mother

C．Tan plans to return to China

D．Tan’ s mother is hard to communicate with because of personality

5.The last paragraph mainly talks about________.

A．how to keep secrets from parents

B．how to deal with the mother-daughter relationship

C．how to conduct the lives

D．how the generation gap comes about

●Ms Tan, you’ve referred to your new novel as your eighth book.
That’s because it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one.
●Why do you think you had so many false starts?
I would say that my reasons were wrong. I was trying to prove that I wasn’t just a mother-daughter storyteller, or I was trying to prove that I didn’t just have to write about things that were strictly Chinese or Chinese-American. Those were never the right reasons for writing those early stories. And I could never come up with other better reasons for continuing them.
●What kept you going on this book?
This book was different because it was based on my mother’s real life. The reason for writing it became more personal and emotional. After The Joy Luck Club came out, my mother was always explaining to people that she wasn’t any of the mothers in that book. And at one point she said to me, “Next book tells my true story.” And then she started telling me things I never knew before. She also told me many, many stories, because my mother doesn’t generalize(笼统地表达). The book really grew out of that.
●Have you ever visited China?
Yes. I’ve been there twice: about three years ago and then again last November, both times with my mother and my husband.
●Was it difficult to understand the Chinese-American dialect(方言) without sounding like a parody(拙劣的模仿)?
No, because it’s the language I’ve heard all my life from my mother. She speaks English as it’s direct translation from Chinese. But it’s more than that. Her language also has more imagery than English.
●Can you think of an example?
Somebody might say to me, “Don’t work so hard. You’ll kill yourself.” My mother will say to me，“Why do you press all your brains out on this page for someone else？” So it’s very vivid. That’s the way she talks.
●Have many readers told you that the Chinese mother in your book reminded them of the typical Jewish (有癖好的) mother?
Many people have told me that. I think the mother-daughter relationship is very intense(紧张) in both cases. Culturally there is an acceptance that mothers have the power to tell their children, especially their daughters, how to conduct their lives --- not simply up until the time they are 18, but for the rest of their lives. However, when children grow up in a different culture from their parents’，they tend to keep more secrets from their parents. The children think, “They just wouldn’t understand that I had to do this.” And that can really create a gap, and it can grow as the number of secrets grows.
【小题1】Based on the questions in this interview, what do you think Ms Tan’ s profession is?

 (10·安徽E篇)

The need to feed a growing population is putting much pressure on the word’s supply of water.With 97% of the word’s water too salty to be drunk or used in agriculture,the wordwide   supply of water needs carefull management，especially in agriculture .Although the idea of a water shortage(短缺) seems strange to someone fortunate enough to live in a high rainfall country,many of the word’s agriculture industries experience constant water shortages.

Although dams can be built to store water for agriculture use in dry areas and dry seasons,the costs of water redistribution(重新分配) are very high.Not only is there the cost of the engineering itself,but there is also an envitonmental cost to be considered.Where valleys(山谷) are flooded to create dams,houses are lost and wildlife homes destroyed.Besides,water may flow easily through pipes to fields,but it cannot be transported from one side of the world to the other.Each country must therefore rely on the management of its own water to suply its farming requirements.

This is particularly troubling for countries with agricultural industries in areas dependent on irrigation(灌溉).In Texas,farmers’ overuse of irrigation water has resulted in a 25% reduction of the water stores.In the Central Vally area of southwestern USA,a huge water engineering project provided water for farming in dry valleys,but much of the water use has been poorly managed.

73.Saudi Arabia’s attempts to grow wheat in desert areas have seen the pumping of huge quantities of irrigation water from underground reserves.Because there is no rainfall in these areas, such reseWhich of the folloeing is true?

A.The water stores in Texas have been reduced by 75％.

B.Most industries in the world suffer from water shortages.

C.The underground watet in Saudi Arabia might run out in 50 years.

D.Good management of water use resulted from the project in the Central Valley.

74.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A.Steps to improving water use management.

B.Ways to reduce the cost of building dams.

C.Measures to deal with worldwide water shortages.

D.Approaches to handling the pressure on water supply.

WWW.       The text is mainly about________.

A.water supply and increasing population

B.warer use management and agriculture

C.water redistribution and wildlife protection

D.water shotages and environmental protection

rves can only decrease,and it is believed that fifty years of pumping will see them run dry.

72. From the first two paragraphs we learn that          .

A. much of the word’s water is available for use

B. people in high rainfall countries feel lucky

C. the costs of water redistribution should be considered

D. water can be easily carried through pipes across rhe world

“I’m too angry to  4   him a beating now, ”said Jack's father as he  5  the broken mirror. “I’ll  6  it after supper. ”

When supper was over, his father took  7  to the garden. “I’m going to   8  a branch that is just the right  9  , ”he said. They looked everywhere but found   10  .

Then Jack had  11  . “Father, I think your walking stick will be just  12  . ”

“Yes, that’s a good idea. Now come   13  to my room and we’ll   14  it. ”

Up in his room Jack’s father took off his coat, Jack was  15  . But to Jack’s great surprise, his father  16  to his bed and hit it again and again with the walking stick. He hit it like this for a while and then  17  . “Well, I think that’s   18  , ”said his father. “You must be carefull in future. You will be a good boy, won’t you?”Jack   19  he would be and would  20  forget it because it was such an unusual punishment.

1. A. Because　　　　　　    B. When　　　　　　    C. If　　　　　　　　　　 D. Though

2. A. glass　　　　　　　　    B. cup　　　　　　　　   C. bottle　　　　 D. thing

3. A. as　　　　　　　　　　    B. since　　　　　　　　 C. so　　　　　　  D. because of

4. A. get　　　　　　　　　　   B. have　　　　　　　　  C. hit　　　　　　 D. give

5. A. saw　　　　　　　　　　  B. looked　　　　　　   C. searched    D. needed

6. A. make　　　　　　　　    B. have　　　　　　　　  C. take　　　　   D. do

7. A. it　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. him &n

bsp;　　　　　　　　 C. that　　　　    D. them

8. A. buy　　　　　　　　　　  B. make　　　　　　　　 C. cut　　　　    D. do

9. A. weight　　　　　　　　  B. size　　　　　　　　   C. place　　　　  D. thick

10. A. no one　　　　　　    B. none　　　　　　　　 C. a short one D. a small one

11. A. a stick　　　　　　　　 B. an idea　　　　　　  C. a mind　　　　　　  D. an act

12. A. long　　　　　　　　    B. short　　　　　　　　 C. right　　　　  D. thing

13. A. along　　　　　　　　  B. in　　　　　　　　　　  C. here　　　　   D. out

14. A. try　　　　　　　　　　  B. beat　　　　　　　　  C. hit　　　　　　 D. look for

15. A. happy　　　　　　　　 B. pleased　　　　　　  C. worried　　  D. puzzled

16. A. led　　　　　　　　　　  B. turned　　　　　　   C. returned　　 D. pointed

17. A. continued　　　　    B. kept on　　　　　　  C. beat again   D. stopped

18. A. heavy　　　　　　　　 B. enough　　　　　　  C. excellent　　 D. perfect

19. A. promised　　　　　　 B. allowed　　　　　　 C. hoped　　    D. realized

20. A. often　　　　　　　　  B. never　　　　　　    C. always　　　　　　  D. seldom

●Ms Tan, you’ve referred to your new novel as your eighth book.
That’s because it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one.
●Why do you think you had so many false starts?
I would say that my reasons were wrong. I was trying to prove that I wasn’t just a mother-daughter storyteller, or I was trying to prove that I didn’t just have to write about things that were strictly Chinese or Chinese-American. Those were never the right reasons for writing those early stories. And I could never come up with other better reasons for continuing them.
●What kept you going on this book?
This book was different because it was based on my mother’s real life. The reason for writing it became more personal and emotional. After The Joy Luck Club came out, my mother was always explaining to people that she wasn’t any of the mothers in that book. And at one point she said to me, “Next book tells my true story.” And then she started telling me things I never knew before. She also told me many, many stories, because my mother doesn’t generalize(笼统地表达). The book really grew out of that.
●Have you ever visited China?
Yes. I’ve been there twice: about three years ago and then again last November, both times with my mother and my husband.
●Was it difficult to understand the Chinese-American dialect(方言) without sounding like a parody(拙劣的模仿)?
No, because it’s the language I’ve heard all my life from my mother. She speaks English as it’s direct translation from Chinese. But it’s more than that. Her language also has more imagery than English.
●Can you think of an example?
Somebody might say to me, “Don’t work so hard. You’ll kill yourself.” My mother will say to me，“Why do you press all your brains out on this page for someone else？” So it’s very vivid. That’s the way she talks.
●Have many readers told you that the Chinese mother in your book reminded them of the typical Jewish (有癖好的) mother?
Many people have told me that. I think the mother-daughter relationship is very intense(紧张) in both cases. Culturally there is an acceptance that mothers have the power to tell their children, especially their daughters, how to conduct their lives --- not simply up until the time they are 18, but for the rest of their lives. However, when children grow up in a different culture from their parents’，they tend to keep more secrets from their parents. The children think, “They just wouldn’t understand that I had to do this.” And that can really create a gap, and it can grow as the number of secrets grows

1. 1.

   Based on the questions in this interview, what do you think Ms Tan’ s profession is?

   1. A.
      A journalist
   2. B.
      A story-writer
   3. C.
      An interviewer
   4. D.
      An interviewee
2. 2.

   What’ s TRUE about Tan’ s second book?

   1. A.
      It’ s about her real life in America
   2. B.
      The name of the book is The Joy Luck Club
   3. C.
      It is the result of many times of carefull thought
   4. D.
      It includes many works of her mother
3. 3.

   Which question is NOT answered in the interview?

   1. A.
      How does she think of her mother’ s language?
   2. B.
      How many books does she plan to write?
   3. C.
      When did she visit China?
   4. D.
      How is generation gap created?
4. 4.

   We can infer that________

   1. A.
      Tan’ s mother is a good storyteller
   2. B.
      Tan plans to write another book about her mother
   3. C.
      Tan plans to return to China
   4. D.
      Tan’ s mother is hard to communicate with because of personality
5. 5.

   The last paragraph mainly talks about________

   1. A.
      how to keep secrets from parents
   2. B.
      how to deal with the mother-daughter relationship
   3. C.
      how to conduct the lives
   4. D.
      how the generation gap comes about