When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. 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.
　　My mother has long realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend I was she. I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人). I said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, "This is Mrs. Tan.”
　　And my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, "Why he don’t send me check, already two week late.”
　　And then, in perfect English I said, "I’m getting rather concerned. You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived. "
　　Then she talked more loudly.  "What he want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss. "And so I turned to the stockbroker again, "I can’t tolerate any more excuse. If I don’t receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week. "
　　The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English.
　　When I was a teenager, my mother’s broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.
【小题1】Why was the author’s mother poorly served?

A．She was unable to speak good English.	B．She was often misunderstood.
C．She was not clearly heard.	D．She was not very polite.

【小题2】From Paragraph 2,we know that the author was        .

A．good at pretending	B．rude to the stockbroker
C．ready to help her mother	D．unwilling to phone for her mother

【小题3】After the author made the phone call,       .

A．they forgave the stockbroker	B．they failed to get the check
C．they went to New York at once	D．they spoke to their boss at once

【小题4】What does the author think of her mother’s English now?

A．It confuses her.	B．It makes her ashamed
C．It helps her understand the world.	D．It helps her bear rude people.

【小题5】We can infer from the passage that Chinese English       .

A．is clear and natural to non-native speakers

B．is interesting and straight to non-native speakers

C．leaves a very bad impression on America

D．may bring inconvenience in America

-- Don’t you believe in Mary, your confidential secretary?

--- __________, but this time he lied to me.

A．Yes, I don’t       B．No, I don’t        C．Yes, I do           D．No, I do

 

If he _______, don’t interrupt him.

A. still works              B. is still working

C. still had been working     D. will still be working

 

There are many similarities between the teacher’s work and the actor’s. However, the fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor __1__ mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage; for there are very important differences __2__ the teacher’s work and the actor’s work. The actor has to speak words which he has learned __3__; he has to repeat exactly the same work each time he plays a certain part; __4__his movements and the way he uses his voice are usually fixed __5__. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learned words and actions seem natural on the stage.

       The good teacher works in __6__ different way. His audience takes an active part in his play, they ask and answer question, they __7__ orders, and if they don’t understand something, they say so. The teacher therefore has to suit his act __8__ the need of his audience which is his class.

       I have known many teachers who were fine actors in __9__ but were unable to play a part in a stage-play because their brains would not keep discipline; they could not keep strictly to __10__.

A. not	B. don’t	C. doesn’t	D. do
A. among	B. with	C. from	D. between
A. by mind	B. by the mind	C. by heart	D. by the heart
A. but	B. if	C. although	D. even
A. ago	B. before	C. later	D. long
A. very the	B. very a	C. quite a	D. quite the
A. listen	B. hear	C. keep	D. obey
A. for	B. with	C. to	D. of
A. class	B. stage	C. life	D. action
A. what another has written		B. what another had written
C. that another has written		D. which another had written

Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute miles? Many years ago, people believed that it was impossible for a human Being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in 1954.
What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What happens when someone, who doesn't know how to swim, falls in deep waters? They drown. If an animal who has not learnt swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal doesn't.
Have you ever wondered why the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard? You might have thought it is to increase the typing speed. Most people never question it. But the fact is that this system was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts would jam（堵塞） if the operator typed too fast.
These three cases show the power of our beliefs. There is no other more powerful directing force in human behavior than belief. Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy. A belief delivers command to your nervous system.
I used a snake in my workshops for children to show them how unrealistic some of their beliefs are. Students of a school in India, said snakes are slippery and slimy and poisonous. After doing an exercise for changing beliefs, they handled my snake and found it to be dry and clean. They also remembered that only     three types of poisonous snakes exist in India.
Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones you need to change?
【小题1】In the author’s opinion, if a person in deep water doesn’t know how to swim, he will drown because______.

A．he is afraid of water.

B．he believes he will drown.

C．he hasn’t learnt to swim before.

D．he don’t want to live in the world.

【小题2】The author thinks that the letters organized in a particular order on your keyboard in order to ______
A. save more space                   
B. satisfy the operator
C.reduce one’s typing speed           
D increase one’s typing speed
【小题3】The author’s experiment shows that____

A．snakes are dry and clean

B．snakes can be caught easily

C．snakes are slimy and poisonous

D．snakes in India aren’t poisonous

【小题4】According to the passage, we know that_____

A．students from India have unrealistic beliefs on how to live a better life

B．an animal who hasn’t learnt how to swim will drown if you put it in pond.

C．most people don’t like the order the letters are arranged on your keyboard

D．Roger Banister was the first person who ran a mile in less than four minutes.

【小题5】The main idea of this passage should be that______.

A．Beliefs are very powerful.

B．Beliefs make us seem stupid.

C．Changing your beliefs now is necessary.

D．People should always believe in themselves.