I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can evoke(喚起) 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 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, “l(fā)imited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions(認(rèn)識(shí))of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “l(fā)imited” 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(內(nèi)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.
【小題1】By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that ______.

My first job was at a local restaurant, where I worked for seven years . Being a waitress changed my  1 . I tried my best to do what I loved---  2 People. I always made everyone , customers and coworkers,   3  good.
One of my   4  customers was Fred Hasbrook. He  5 came for Breakfast on Sunday mornings.  6 I saw the old man coming, I always smiled at him and   7  the best service.
One day, Fred saw me and asked , “What’s up ? You’re not  8 today.” I told him that I dreamed of having my own  9 . but when I called my parents to ask for a loan(貸款)，they said , “We just don’t have the  10 .”“Fred,” I said to the old man, “I know I can  11 more if somebody would just have faith in me.”
The next day , Fred came and  12 me a check totaling ＄50,000—along with a  13 that read, “The only collateral(抵押品）on this loan is my  14 in your honesty as a person. Good people with a dream should have the chance to  15 that dream.
I accepted the money and plans for the restaurant I would  16 . Things did not go well. My plans  17 and I lost the money.
Later I decided to  18 a job at Merrill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was  19 and became a pretty good agent.  20 I paid back Fred the ＄50,000.Five years later, I was able to open my own firm.

My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and the sea. As was often the __1__, we had to pack our belongings into boxes and __ 2__ those we had grown to love. We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again __3__ at the pier（碼頭）waving good-bye to my father as his ship pulled him away from us. My mother would turn my brother and me around before the ship was out of __4__, wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of __5__ in the new environment again.
Throughout the years of changing __6__, schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother. For both my __7_ and me, she was the cook, maid and teacher. She played these roles while __8__ some type of part-time job. Leaving a promising career is just one of the __9__ which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so. __10__ she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother __11__ managed to make each house the very home that is safe and __12__.
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, __13__ with two small children: “single” parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability to __14__ a career or establish a home. But it was not for my mother. She turned this __15__ into adventure for us all! Each relocation was a chance to __16__ another part of the world. My mother __17__ each new culture, climate and neighborhood. Each new house was a __18__ to rearrange furniture, make curtains and hang pictures. Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a __19__ attitude. She always had strength in the face of struggle and change. My mother was so __20__all those years of my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.

The story is told about what happened on a flight between a passenger and an air hostess. The passenger rang and told the air hostess (乘務(wù)員) that he needed a cup of __36__to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would_37__him the water in ten minutes.
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for_38__sounded, the air hostess was in a hurry. She was kept so_39__that she forgot to deliver (送) him the water. As a result, the passenger was_40__to take his medicine.She_41__over to him with a cup of water, but he_42__it.
In the following hours on the_43__, each time the air hostess passed by the _44__ she would ask him with a smile_45__he needed help or not. But the passenger__46_paid attention to her.
When the passenger was going to get__47__the plane, he asked the air hostess to__48_him the passengers’ booklet (意見薄). She was very__49__. She knew he would write down_50_words, which might result in the loss of her job. _51__with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she_52_the booklet, and cracked a smile, _53_the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times_54_. How can I refuse your twelve sincere（真誠(chéng)的） smiles?”
That’s__55__! Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?

Several weeks ago, my friend advised us to sell some of our things which we will not use any more. I thought it was a good chance to  46  my 7-year-old son’s room and  47  some toys that were no longer suitable for him to play with. We  48  that all the money we got from selling the toys would be his money.
The night before the  49 , we loaded up the truck with toys and a little bike that was too  50  for him. In the yard he  51  the bike for the last time and then happily put it onto the truck. This little bike had at least two previous owners as far as we  52  . It wasn’t in the best  53  and was certainly not new, but the tires were  54  good.
We put a price of $10 on it, but it didn’t sell. So, after the sale was  55  , my friend put it on the sidewalk with a sign that  56  “FREE BIKE”. Within five minutes her doorbell rang. A little boy was   57  there. In poor English he asked whether the bike was  58  free. She said yes and that he could have it for  59  . He smiled, got on the bike and rode away.
Later that evening when I told my son how much money he had made at the sale, he was very  60  , shouting happily. He asked about a few of his things, wondering  61  they had been sold. When he asked about the bike, I told him about the little boy and that made him  62  . He was much happier than when I told him how much he had  63  . He was so happy to  64  that someone else would make good  65  of that little bike!

Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t  36  drive to a store and back home. He always looks  37  up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything 38  such as strange cars, loud noises,  39  windows , or people gathering on street corners.
Tim  40  to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group  41  on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s   42  Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community  43  . Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police  44  their homes , streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman , president of  45  neighborhood watch group , agrees with Tim . “People seem to think that crime(犯罪) happens to other people but not  46  them. Well , it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the 47  to steal from other people or to make them feel  48 sitting in their own homes.
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors  49  out for one another. “We 50 each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends .Usually a 51  of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the 52  . For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 53 ,  or someone destroying property（財(cái)產(chǎn)）, we report to the police.”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups   54 a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they don’t do  55  .”

Have you ever seen a movie in which a building was burnt down or a bridge was destroyed? Have you seen films in which a train crashed or a ship __21_ into the ocean? If so, you may have wondered how these things could happen without __22_the people in the film.
The man who knows the __23__ is the “special-effects” man. He has one of the most important jobs in the film __24__. He may be __25__ to create a flood or to make a battlefield explode. But he may also be told to create a __26_ effect which is much less exciting, though just as important to the success of the film. In a __27__ for one movie there was a big glass bowl __28__with water in which small fish __29__ swimming. The director of the movie__30__ the fish to stop swimming suddenly __31_ they seemed to stare at(盯著) an actor. Then the director wanted the fish to stop staring and swim away. But fish suddenly __32__ be ordered to do anything. It was quite a __33_.
The special-effects man __34_ about this problem for a long time. The result was an idea for __35_ the fish with a harmless use of electricity. __36__he applied electricity to the fish bowl causing the fish to be totally still(靜止的). Then he rapidly reduced the __37__ of electricity allowing the fish to be free.  __38_ he got the humorous effect the director wanted.
__39_in other parts of movie making there are those who have developed __40__ skill in creating certain kinds of effects. Jim White, who has been a special-effects man for thirty-two years, is best known for work with ships and airplanes.

It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education.  21 , it has been said that today children  22 their education to go to school. The   23 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.
Education is   24 , compared with schooling. Education has no  25 . It can take place  26 , whether in the shower or on the bus, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the  27 learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class.
  28 the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces  29 . A chance talk with a   30  may lead to a person to discover how  31 he knows of another country. People obtain education from  32 on. Education,  33 ,is a very  34 and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long  35 the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a   36 experience, whose style changes  37 from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take  38 seats, use similar textbooks, do homework ,and    39 ,and so on. Schooling has usually been  40 by the edges of the subjects being taught.
【小題1】..

It has been difficult to sit on the bench the majority of my high school basketball career,to watch my team from the sideline and  36 why I am not good enough to be on the floor.  37 endless hours of work and devotion, pushing myself through drill after drill, the  38  thing I want is to be a cheerleader. The feeling of being  39  is sometimes too much and drives me to  40  on the spot. I often feel as though my efforts are wasted and my time is eaten away, devoted to  41   .
It is heartbreaking to be a spectator(旁觀者) for the game I love,knowing that no one has enough  42  to give me the chance to  43  on the floor. Tears well up, but I hold them back. I shouldn’t be so  44  over something so silly.
Away from the game, it’s easier to put my thoughts together,  45  letting my emotions drive my reasoning. I consider  46  I am where I am. I have played football my whole life. I have a passion for the  47  and always have. There is nothing like the excitement of  48  : the swish of the net, the sweat rolling off my cheeks, even the bruises(青腫) are battle wounds worn  49  after every game.
Even if I don’t play much, I participate in every  50 . I am part of a team of girls who  51  together like a family. I am there for them,  52  they are for me.
Should I move on? Or should I stay with my team and pursue my passion just a little longer?
The decision isn’t difficult when I consider the  53  that being a part of a team brings me --- and not just any team,  54  my team. I love basketball and my teammates. When I think about that, my view from the bench really isn’t so bad  55  .

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從下列各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
I was in a department store with my mom, aunt, and my sister a few days ago.   61 , I am one of those people who do not like to go shopping with my family. However, I decided this time to   62  them.
My aunt and I were   63 for some things to buy for our family when I noticed two   64 on the side. One of them had a little girl sitting on it with her  65 nearby and the other one was  66 . So, I decided to sit down. While I was   67 my own thing there, I  68 that the family were not in front of the   69 anymore. I saw the girl  70 and look around for her family. She came back and I saw her in  71 , crying.
I knew that she  72 her family and was all by herself . Now, I am sure that almost everybody has been lost in a department store or   73 big before and we all know that feeling.   74 I went up to her and asked what was   75 and in between tears she told me she was lost. I   76 her a smile card I just bought. You should have seen the  77  on her face when she read it. Then I went up to customer service center and  78 them what happened. People there promised to  79 her. After I left, the little girl’s parents went there and I could see them looking around for the person who had found their daughter and given her the   80 . Little did they know it was a regular teenager who did it.