第 11~15 題為一題組        Amy Tan, the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants, received the Commonwealth Club Gold Award in 1989 forher first work of fiction, the best-selling Joy Luck Club. The sixteen interrelated stories that constitute the work __11__ between the tales of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their Americanized daughters, in an exploration of the generationaland cultural tensions experienced by many first-generation daughters of immigrants.        Tan’s parents, like many immigrants, had high expectations for their children and often set confusing standards, expectingAmy and her two brothers to think like Chinese but to speak perfect English,__12__academically, and take advantage ofevery circumstance that might lead to success. Tan, however, rebelled against her parents’ expectations, which included such__ 13__ professions as neurosurgery, and devoted herself to being thoroughly American and dreaming of being a fiction writer.        Tan obtained a bachelor’s degree in English and linguistics and a master’s degree in linguistics and eventually establishedherself as a highly successful business writer. Tan, however, was not satisfied despite her material success. Turning to her lifelong dream, she wrote her first short story, “Endgame,” and then a second, “Waiting between the Trees.” In 1987 Tan visited herhalf-sisters in China with her mother, a trip that proved to be a turning point in her life and career. Tan felt a sense ofcompleteness, a(n) __14__ with the country and its culture that she had never expected. Returning from China, Tan wassurprised to learn that on the strength of her short stories she had received an advance from a publisher. Tan closed her businessand wrote the remaining stories for Joy Luck Club. It was 15 success, well received by the critics and appearing on theNew York Times bestseller list. It has been translated into seventeen languages, including Chinese, and made into a film in 1993. (AB) intensified (AC) exalted (AD) excel (AE) motivation (BC) resounding (BD) alternate (BE) bonding
【題組】11.