Question

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 realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on 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(股票經(jīng)紀(jì)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 cheek already two week long.”

And then, in prefect 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.

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.

2. 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 immediately

D．they spoke to their boss at once

3. What does the author think of her mother’s English now?

A．It confuses her.

B．It embarrassed her.

C．It helps her understand the world.

D．It helps her tolerate rude people.

4. We can infer from the passage that Chinese English _________.

A．is clear and natural to non-native speakers

B．is vivid and direct to non-native speakers

C．has a very bad reputation in America

D．may bring inconvenience in America

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文作者講述了母親的英語(yǔ)不好在美國(guó)常受人欺負(fù);也令作者尷尬;但后來(lái),在作者看來(lái),正是母親的語(yǔ)言才教會(huì)我如何看到事物,如何表達(dá)思想,了解世界。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)主要信息點(diǎn)在第一段。由第一段第一句和第二段第一句，以及下文中引用的母親所講的英語(yǔ)原話，可知母親講的英語(yǔ)不好。由第一段中的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可排除選項(xiàng)B和C。由這些信息可以推斷出，是因?yàn)樗�的英語(yǔ)講得不好店里的人欺侮她，而不是她無(wú)禮，可排除選項(xiàng)D。故選A。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)由電話中的話“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.”和下段中的The next week we ended up in New York.可知。故選B。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)由最后一段，But now后的內(nèi)容，特別是最后一句It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world可知。故選C。

4.推理判斷題。主要由第一段可推斷出。選項(xiàng)A和B是作者自己的感悟；選項(xiàng)C有點(diǎn)推理過(guò)度。故選D。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文閱讀。

點(diǎn)評(píng)：推理判斷題的正確選項(xiàng)不是文章直接或明確說(shuō)明的內(nèi)容，是間接表達(dá)出來(lái)的，除符合文章主旨外，還符合邏輯，讓考生有推敲的余地，另外，正確選項(xiàng)大多含義深刻，不是常識(shí)選項(xiàng)。