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1、2013届高考英语二轮专题总复习精选综合能力专练：阅读理解12Iamawriter.Ispendagreatdealofmytimethinkingaboutthepoweroflanguage—thewayitcanevoke(唤起)anemotion,avisualimage,acomplexidea,orasimpletruth.Language_is_the_tool_of_my_trade.AndIusethemall—alltheEnglishesIgrewupwith.BornintoaChinesefamilythathadrecentlyarrivedinCalif
2、ornia,I’vebeengivingmorethoughttothekindofEnglishmymotherspeaks.Likeothers,Ihavedescribedittopeopleas“broken”English.ButIfeelembarrassedtosaythat.IthasalwaysbotheredmethatIcanthinkofnowaytodescribeitotherthan“broken”,asifitweredamagedandneededtobefixed,asifitlackedacertainwholeness.I’veheardoth
3、ertermsused,“limitedEnglish”,forexample.Buttheyseemjustasbad,asifeverythingislimited,includingpeople’sperceptions(认识)ofthelimitedEnglishspeaker.Iknowthisforafact,becausewhenIwasgrowingup，mymother’s“limited”Englishlimitedmyperceptionofher.IwasashamedofherEnglish.IbelievedthatherEnglishreflectedt
4、hequalityofwhatshehadtosay.Thatis,becausesheexpressedthemimperfectlyherthoughtswereimperfect.AndIhadplentyofevidencetosupportme:thefactthatpeopleindepartmentstores,atbanks,andatrestaurantsdidnottakeherseriously,didnotgivehergoodservice,pretendednottounderstandher,orevenactedasiftheydidnothearhe
5、r.Istartedwritingfictionin1985.AndforreasonsIwon’tgetintotoday,IbegantowritestoriesusingalltheEnglishesIgrewupwith:theEnglishsheusedwithme,whichforlackofabettertermmightbedescribedas“broken”；andwhatIimaginetobehertranslationofherChinese,herinternal(内在的)language,andforthatIsoughttopreservetheess
6、ence，butneitheranEnglishnoraChinesestructure.Iwantedtocatchwhatlanguageabilitytestscannevershow:herintention,herfeelings,therhythmsofherspeechandthenatureofherthoughts.[语篇解读] 本文主要记叙了作者在不同时期对母亲所使用的语言的不同看法。1．Bysaying“Languageisthetoolofmytrade”，theauthormeansthat________.A.sheusesEnglishinforeign
7、tradeB.sheisfascinatedbylanguagesC.sheworksasatranslatorD.sheisawriterbyprofession[解析] 推理判断题。此句中thetoolofmytrade中的trade指的是职业。由本文第一句可知“我”是一名作家；此句又说语言是“我”的职业工具，故此句指的自然是“我”的职业为作家。[答案] D2．Theauthorusedtothinkofhermother’sEnglishas____
