I am a writer.I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can evoke(喚起)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 I 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，“l(fā)imited English”， for example.But they seem just as bad，as if everything is limited，including people's perceptions(認識)of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact，because when I was growing up, my mother's “l(fā)imited” 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(內在的)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.
小題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
小題2:The author used to think of her mother's English as ________.
A．impoliteB．amusingC．imperfectD．practical
小題3:The author gradually realizes her mother's English is ________.
A．well structuredB．in the old style
C．easy to translateD．rich in meaning
小題4:What is the passage mainly about?
A．The change 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 “l(fā)imited” English.
D．The author's experiences of using broken English.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A

本文主要記敘了作者在不同時期對母親所使用的語言的不同看法。
小題1:解析　推理判斷題。此句中the tool of my trade中的trade指的是職業(yè)。由本文第一句可知“我”是一名作家；此句又說語言是“我”的職業(yè)工具，故此句指的自然是“我”的職業(yè)為作家。答案　D
小題2:.解析　推理判斷題。由文中倒數(shù)第二段中“...because she expressed them imperfectly，her thoughts were imperfect”一句可知選C，作者一度以為自己媽媽所說的英語是不完美的。答案　C
小題3:解析　推理判斷題。由最后一段可知，我寫小說時開始運用她與我說話時所用的英語。我盡力地保留她語言的精髓，但未運用她所使用的英語或漢語的結構。我想領悟語言能力測試中所不能反映但我媽媽語言中所包含的意思。故選D。答案　D
小題4:解析　主旨大意題。本文以時間為線索，講述了作者對媽媽所使用的語言的不同態(tài)度，故選A。答案　A。
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