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1、Iamawriter.Ispendagreatdealofmytimethinking阅读答案 Iamawriter.Ispendagreatdealofmytimethinkingaboutthepoweroflanguage—thewayitcanevoke(唤起)anemotion,avisualimage,acomplexidea,orasimpletruth.Languageisthetoolofmytrade.AndIusethemall—alltheEnglishesIgrewupwith. BornintoaChinesefamilythathadrecent
2、lyarrivedinCalifornia,I’vebeengivingmorethoughttothekindofEnglishmymotherspeaks.Likeothers,Ihavedescribedittopeopleas“broken”English.Butfeelembarrassedtosaythat.IthasalwaysbotheredmethatIcanthinkofnowaytodescribeitotherthan“broken”,asifitweredamagedandneededtobefixed,asifitlackedacertainwhole
3、ness.I’veheardothertermsused,“limitedEnglish,”forexample.Buttheyseemjustasbad,asifeverythingislimited,includingpeople’sperceptions(认识)ofthelimitedEnglishspeaker. Iknowthisforafact,becausewhenIwasgrowingup,mymother’s“limited”Englishlimitedmyperceptionofher.IwasashamedofherEnglish.Ibelievedtha
4、therEnglishreflectedthequalityofwhatshehadtosay.Thatis,becausesheexpressedthemimperfectlyherthoughtswereimperfect.AndIhadplentyofevidencetosupportme:thefactthatpeopleindepartmentstores,atbanks,andatrestaurantsdidnottakeherseriously,didnotgivehergoodservice,pretendednottounderstandher,orevenac
5、tedasiftheydidnothearher. Istartedwritingfictionin1985.AndforreasonsIwon’tgetintotoday,IbegantowritestoriesusingalltheEnglishesIgrewupwith:theEnglishsheusedwithme,whichforlackofabettertermmightbedescribedas“broken”,andwhatIimaginetobehertranslationofherChinese,herinternal(内在的)language,andfor
6、thatIsoughttopreservetheessence,butneitheranEnglishnoraChinesestructure:Iwantedtocatchwhatlanguageabilitytestscannevershow;herintention,herfeelings,therhythmsofherspeechandthenatureofherthoughts. 41.Bysaying“Languageisthetoolofmytrade”,theauthormeansthat______. A.sheusesEnglishinforeigntrad
7、e B.sheisfascinatedbylanguages C.sheworksasatranslator D.sheisawriterbyprofession 【答案】D 【解析】推理理解题。“trade”本身就有“职业,行业”之意,加之文章第一段和最后一段都谈到了作者是一名作家。 42.Theauthorusedtothinkofhermother’sEnglishas______. A.impolite B.amusing C.imperfect D.