—Are you ready for Spain?

—Yes，I want the girls to experience that ________ they are young.

A．while?? B．until? C．if?? D．before

There were some chairs left over ________ everyone had sat down.

A．when?? B．until? C．that?? D．where

In some places women are expected to earn money ________ men work at home and raise their children.

A．but? B．while? C．because? D．though

We have been driving in fog all morning，but the fog is lifting now.The little seaside villages are ____，one by one.“There is my grandmother's house，” I say，____ across the bay to a shabby old house.

I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage(朝圣) with Lise，my granddaughter，seeking roots for her，retracing(追溯) ____ memory for me.Lise was one of the mobile children，____ from house to house in childhood.She longs for a sense of ___，and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors ____ for 200 years.

We soon ___ by the house and I tell her what it was like here，the memories ____ back，swift as the tide(潮水)．

Suddenly，I long to walk again in the ____ where I was once so gloriously a child.It still ____ a member of the family，but has not been lived in for a while.We cannot go into the house，but I can still walk ____ the rooms in memory.Here，my mother ____ in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary.I can still see the enthusiastic family ____ into and out of the house.I could never have enough of being ____ them.However，that was long after those childhood days.Lise ____ attentively as I talk and then says，“So this is where I ____；where I belong.”

She has ___ her roots.To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human ____.To be rooted is “to have an origin”．We need ____ origin.Looking backward，we discover what is unique in us；learn the ___ of “I”．We must all go home again—in reality or memory.

1.A.appearing? ????????????? B．moving?

C．exposing? ????????????? D．expanding

2.A.referring? B．travelling? C．pointing? D．coming

3.A.shared? B．short? C．fresh? D．treasured

4.A.passed? B．raised? C．moved? D．sent

5.A.home? B．duty? C．reality? D．relief

6.A.built? B．lived? C．remained? D．explored

7.A.catch up? ????????????? B．pull up

C．step down? ????????????? D．come down

8.A.falling? B．turning? C．rushing? D．bringing

9.A.yard? B．village? C．room? D．house

10.A.adapts to? ????????????? B．appeals to

C．belongs to? ????????????? D．occurs to

11.．A.across? B．through? C．along? D．past

12.A.lay? B．played? C．stood? D．sat

13.A.marching? B．looking? C．breaking? D．pouring

14.A.between? B．with? C．near? D．behind

15.A.wonders? B．listens? C．reacts? D．agrees

16.A.began? B．grew? C．studied? D．stayed

17.A.deepened? B．recognized? C．accepted? D．found

18.A.heart? ????????????? B．rights?

C．interest? ????????????? D．behaviors

19.A.one? B．its? C．that? D．every

20.A.meaning? ????????????? B．expression?

C．connection? ????????????? D．background

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 ________.

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.The author gradually realizes her mother's English is ________.

A．well structured?? ????????????? B．in the old style

C．easy to translate?? ????????????? D．rich in meaning

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A．The change 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.

Nowadays some hospitals refer to patients ________ name，not case number.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A．of?? B．as?? C．by?? D．with

My father warned me ________ going to the West Coast because it was crowded with tourists.

A．by?? B．on? C．for?? D．against

Would you mind not picking the flowers in the garden？They are ________ everyone's enjoyment.

A．in?? B．at?? C．for?? D．to

He invited me to a dance after the show ________ Christmas Eve.

A．at?? B．on?? C．in?? D．by

Children need friends ________ their own age to play with.

A．of?? B．for?? C．in? D．at