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| It was in the past two years that Aaron Segura was always sinking at West Mesa High School in Albuquerque,New Mexico. The 16yearold student was __1__ in golf, but his __2__ was another matter. Aaron was "just walking through the chapters hard" in courses like chemistry, his grades were low, and he was __3__ to dropping out. It was not that Aaron didn't have __4__； it simply didn't exist in his large, impersonal public high school. Then his mother heard about Albuquerque's Charter Vocational High School(特立职业 高中), a place where students __5__ plenty of oneonone attention. Something else __6__ Aaron even more. His one strong goal was to go into__7__, and Charter Vocational had just the thing for him: an architectural CAD(computeraided drafting) program. Aaron __8__ the school at the beginning of his junior year. For the first time, he __9__ himself excited about learning. By the following summer, he had got a(n) __10__ as a draftsman for an architectural firm. His plan was to __11__ drafting professionally after he graduated. If Aaron has anyone to thank for his __12__ of the fortune, it was Danny Moon, a longtime industrial arts teacher. Moon __13__ a vocational apprenticeship(学徒) program in the mid1990s, __14__ the Albuquerque school district couldn't pay for any longer. But two years later, in 2000, Moon's phone rang. The state had recently __15__a charter school law, and a district official wondered if Moon might be __16__in opening a vocational charter school. An easy __17__. With this sort of instruction, Moon knew he could __18__ students like Aaron,who might have a __19__ time in traditional high schools. He'd also be filling an increasing __20__ across New Mexico for skilled labor. | |||
| ( )1.A.average ( )2．A.ability ( )3．A.certain ( )4．A.ambition ( )5．A.pay ( )6．A.appealed ( )7．A.firm ( )8．A.applied ( )9．A.recognized ( )10．A.job ( )11．A.pick up ( )12．A.change ( )13．A.realized ( )14．A.since ( )15．A.passed ( )16．A.crazy ( )17．A.direction ( )18．A.create ( )19．A.royal ( )20．A.demand |
B ．excellent B ．ideal B ．close B ．energy B ．gain B ．attracted B ．golf B ．attended B ．enjoyed B ．condition B ．make up B ．progress B ．ran B ．until B ．made B ．fond B ．answer B ．worry B ．tough B ．form |
C．curious C．study C．cautious C．courage C．draw C．employed C．chemistry C．qualified C．found C．situation C．take up C．effort C．discovered C．though C．proved C．interested C．promise C．regret C．free C．order |
D．different D．mission D．eager D．experience D．bring D．comforted D．architecture D．admitted D．devoted D．occasion D．set up D．achievement D．offered D．after D．appeared D．aware D．success D．target D．short D．satisfaction |
| 阅读理解. |
| ●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 ChineseAmerican.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.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 capture the ChineseAmerican dialect 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 motherdaughter relationship is very intense 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 storywriter. C．An interviewer. D．An interviewee. |
| 2．What's TRUE about Tan's second book? |
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A．It's about her real life in America. |
| 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．The last paragraph mainly talks about ________. |
| A．how to keep secrets from parents B．how to deal with the motherdaughter relationship C．how to conduct the lives D．how the generation gap comes about |
| 阅读理解. |
| Besides calling 911,here is what to do in some lifethreatening emergencies when no one is around to help. Lost in the wilderness  First,you've got to acknowledge you're in trouble.Stay where you can be seen clearly and remember to rest. Keeping a sense of humor helps too-it reduces stress and helps creative thinking.In a wide open area,make a colorful cross out of rocks to show your present position. Choking  Aim to hit the top of the chair against your stomach,in the soft part below the bony upsidedown V of the ribs (肋骨)．Make a sudden push against the chair.If you still can't breathe after six tries,call 911,even if you can't talk.Write the word choking somewhere nearby,and leave the line open until help arrives. Severe bleeding  Use your hand or clean cotton,or paper towels,or a scarf,or any cloth you can find,and push down on the wound until the bleeding stops.But if you put a band around your leg tightly,you're going to close the vessels(血管) to the entire leg.In this way,you could lose your foot. Bear attack  If you surprise a bear,don't run away.That invites an attack.Instead,stand up and back away slowly,without looking the bear in the eyes.If it does charge (猛冲) at you,stick out your chest,raise your arms,and spread your legs.Shout at the bear,to frighten it.If it's going to attack,lie facedown,with your hands held firmly behind your neck.Play dead until you're sure the bear is gone. |
| 1.When you see a colorful cross made of rocks in the wilderness,you know ________. |
| A．someone is bleeding B．someone is choking C．someone is lost D．someone is attacked by a bear |
| 2.If you are still choking after six tries，you should ________. |
| A．keep a sense of humor B．call 911 and leave the line open C．use your hand or clean cotton D．lie down with your hands behind your neck |
| 3.Don't tie around your bleeding leg tightly，or you could ________. |
| A．stop bleeding B．reduce stress C．lose your foot D．cause breathlessness |
| 4.The passage is mainly teaching us how to ________. |
| A．survive the emergencies B．avoid a bear attack C．deal with a choke D．find our way |