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1、2013高考英语二轮复习讲义（阅读理解）及训练12：（答案）小试牛刀-------------阅读理解AmyTan,theAmerican-borndaughterofChineseimmigrants,receivedtheCommonwealthClubGoldAwardin1989forherfirstworkofnovel,thebest-sellingJoyLuckClub.ThesixteeninterrelatedstoriesthatmakeuptheworkswitchbetweenthetalesoffourChineseimmigrantmothersandth
2、eirAmericanizeddaughters,inanexplorationofthegenerationalandculturaltensionsexperiencedbymanyfirst-generationdaughtersofimmigrants.Tan'sparents,likemanyimmigrants,hadhighexpectationsfortheirchildrenandoftensetconfusingstandards,expectingAmyandhertwobrotherstothinklikeChinesebuttospeakperfectEng
3、lish,excellentatschool,andtakeadvantageofeverychancethatmightleadtosuccess.Tan,however,rebelledagainstherparents'expectations,whichincludedsuchrespectedprofessionsasneurosurgery,anddevotedherselftobeingthoroughlyAmericananddreamingofbeinganovelist.Tangotabachelor'sdegreeinEnglishandlinguisticsa
4、ndamaster'sdegreeinlinguisticsandfinallyestablishedherselfasahighlysuccessfulbusinesswriter.Tan,however,wasnotsatisfiedinspiteofhermaterialsuccess.Turningtoherlife-longdream,shewroteherfirstshortstory,"Endgame,"andthenasecond,"WaitingbetweentheTrees."In1987Tanvisitedherhalf-sistersinChinawithhe
5、rmother,atripthatprovedtobeaturningpointinherlifeandcareer.Tanfeltasenseofcompleteness,alinkwiththecountryanditsculturethatshehadneverexpected.ReturningfromChina,Tanwassurprisedtolearnthatonthestrengthofhershortstoriesshehadreceivedanadvancefromapublisher.Tanclosedherbusinessandwrotetheremainin
6、gstoriesfortheJoyLuckClub.Itwasaresoundingsuccess,wellreceivedbythecriticsandappearingontheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlist.Ithasbeentranslatedinto17languages,includingChinese,andwasmadeintoamoviein1993.46.Whatistheauthor'smainpurposeinthispassage?A.ToanalyzeAmyTan’sliteraryworksB.TosupportAmyTan'sde
7、cisiontobecomeanovelwriterC.TopresentbiographicalinformationaboutAmyTanD.TocriticizeAmyTan'srebellionagainstherparents47.Inthe2ndsentenceofParagraph1,thewords"thework"referto.A.storiesB.writingC.CommonwealthClubGoldAwardD.JoyLuckC
