Question

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

A．she uses English in foreign trade

B．she is fascinated by languages

C．she works as a translator

D．she is a writer by profession

【小题2】The author used to think of her mother’s English as ______.

A．impolite

B．amusing

C．imperfect

D．practical

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?

A．Americans do not understand broken English.

B．The author’s mother was not respected sometimes.

C．The author’ mother had positive influence on her.

D．Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.

【小题4】The author gradually realizes her mother’s English is ______.

A．well structured	B．in the old style
C．easy to translate	D．rich in meaning

【小题5】What is the passage mainly about?

A．The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English.

B．The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother.

C．The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English.

D．The author’s experiences of using broken English.

Answer 1

【小题1】D
【小题1】C
【小题1】B
【小题1】D
【小题1】A

解析【小题1】根据上文描述，可知这个作者是为职业作家，故选D，他是一位专职的作家。
【小题1】根据Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English.及下文描述，可知他认为母亲说的英语是不完美的，故选C。
【小题1】通过第三段描述，可知作者的母亲由于英语说的不好，有时受不到人们的尊重，故选B。
【小题1】通过短文最后一段描述，可知作者知道了他母亲的英语是含义丰富的，故选D。
【小题1】这篇短文中作者描述了自己对于母亲说的英语从不满到理解的一个过程，故选A，作者对母亲说的英语的态度的变化。