16．Born in 1910，my mother was the first director I ever met．Wearing an apron and teaching tap in the basement of our apartment building，she was a housewife and dance teacher．Even from a young age she was an entertainer who thought performing was not just a hobby or even a profession but a way of living that was as essential as breathing or eating．
Mom was always"on"from her energetic teaching of her dance students to her late-night work when she would type out songs，dance routines，and funny plays for her dance recital．I would be in my bed and still hear her typewriter as I went to sleep at night．Her typing sounded like rain．Always working，she would go to Broadway shows，steal the routines，and come back and type them out for her students to perform．I knew right from the beginning that if I could make my mom laugh，then I could make her love me．
When I grew up and moved to Hollywood as an adult，I would later create 14prime-time TV shows and direct 17movies．During my five decades in show business，I never forgot my mother's advice to find the humor in anything．I wanted to entertain the world and not put people to sleep．If my mom had been born at a different time in history she might have become a stage actress or a performer herself．Instead，she trained my two sisters and I to work in the field of entertainment．She remains to this day my inspiration and creative compass．I will never stop carrying on my mother's message，and I will never stop missing her．In fact，as a  tribute to my mother I built The Marjorie Ward Marshall Dance Center at Northwestern University．Whenever I visit the building it helps remind me that to entertain people and make them laugh is what my own career has been all about．

26．The author's mother worked as aC．
A．movie director       B．stage actress
C．dance instructor     D．businesswoman
27．Why did the author's mother work deep into night even at home？D
A．She wanted to set a good example to her children．
B．She wished to entertain herself after a day's work．
C．She expected to train her students to be top dancers．
D．She thought it was a way of living and tried her best．
28．What did the author learn from Mother？A
A．To entertain people and make them laugh．
B．To teach people to dance elegantly．
C．To steal the routines from Broadway shows．
D．To create TV shows and direct movies．
29．The author's two sisters might beB．
A．a(chǎn)lso dance teachers as well as housewives
B．entertainers inspired by their mother
C．a(chǎn)lso typists working late at night
D．performers to enjoy themselves with others'humor
30．Which word may have nearly the same meaning as the underlined word"tribute"？D
A．Charity．     B．Achievement．
C．Welfare．      D．Present．

分析 "讓人們快樂"是媽媽從事藝術(shù)工作的根本目標(biāo)，也是媽媽給"我"的建議．

解答 CDABD
26．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題   根據(jù)第一自然段…she was a housewife and dance teacher…和 第二自然段Mom was always"on"from her energetic teaching of her dance students to her late-night work when she would type out songs，dance routines，and funny plays for her dance recital．描述可知Mom是一位舞蹈老師．A．movie director電影導(dǎo)演；B．stage actress舞臺女演員；C．dance instructor 舞蹈師； D．Businesswoman女商人．根據(jù)語意和語境故選C．

27．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題   A．She wanted to set a good example to her children．她想給孩子們樹立好榜樣；B．She wished to entertain herself after a day's work．她想在一天的工作之后使自己娛樂一下．C．She expected to train her students to be top dancers．她期待著把她的學(xué)生訓(xùn)練成最好的舞蹈演員．D．She thought it was a way of living and tried her best．她以為那是最好的謀生的方法并且盡了最大的努力．根據(jù)短文第二自然段的描述可知答案選D．

28．A   細(xì)節(jié)理解題  A．To entertain people and make them laugh．為了娛樂人們并讓他們大笑；B．To teach people to dance elegantly．為了教人們優(yōu)雅的跳舞；C．To steal the routines from Broadway shows．為了偷到百老匯演出的一套動作；D．To create TV shows and direct movies．為了制作電視節(jié)目和指導(dǎo)電影．根據(jù)短文最后自然段Whenever I visit the building it helps remind me that to entertain people and make them laugh is what my own career has been all about．的描述，故選A．
29．B  細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)Instead，she trained my two sisters and I to work in the field of entertainment．可知，作者和兩個妹妹受媽媽的啟發(fā)都從事了娛樂事業(yè)，成為了entertainer，故答案為 B
30．D  詞意猜測題   A．Charity捐助；B．Achievement成就；C．Welfare福利；D．Present禮物．句意：事實上，作為一個禮物送給媽媽．根據(jù)前句和后句的意義可以猜測該詞的意思是"禮物"．故選D．

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