题目内容
－English is too hard for me to study well. I don’t want to learn it any more.
－Don’t . It is useful in the future.
| A．give up | B．give out | C．give away | D．give to |
A
解析试题分析：give up 放弃，交出；give out发出，公布；give away泄露，分发；give to送给，赠给。句意：对我来说学好英语太难了。我不再想学英语了。——不要放弃。将来有用。结合语境可知选A。
考点：短语辨析
点评：解答此类题型的要点是了解各个短语的基本含义及用法的不同，同时注意其表示多个含义的现象，然后结合语境选择合适答案。
—What do you think of the lecture of Li Yang s Crazy English?
—I think it's_________，but someone thinks it's much too _______.
| A．wonderful enough; bored | B．enough wonderful; boring |
| C．wonderful enough; boring | D．enough wonderful; bored |
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, pretended（假装） not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
My mother has realized the disadvantages 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（股票经纪人）. I said in a voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs. Tan.” And my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, “Why he doesn’t send me the check. It’s already two weeks late.”
And then, in perfect English I said: “I’m getting rather anxious .You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived.” Then she talked more loudly. “What does he want? I’ll come to New York and say it in front of his boss.” And so I turned to the stockbroker again, “I can’t accept any more excuses. If I don’t receive the check immediately, I 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 (使困窘) 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 clear and direct. It was the language that helped me form the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.
【小题1】Why was the author’s mother poorly treated?
| 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. |
| A．She was good at pretending. |
| B．She was rude to the stockbroker. |
| C．She was ready to help her mother. |
| D．She was unwilling to phone for her mother. |
| A．they forgave the stockbroker |
| B．they failed to get the check |
| C．they moved to New York immediately |
| D．they wrote to their boss at once |
| A．It’s hard for her to understand. |
| B．It embarrasses her. |
| C．It helps her understand the world. |
| D．It helps her forgive rude people. |