摘要: ashamed adj 惭愧的.害臊的

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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 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. 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 cheek. 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 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 couldn’t speak English well.
B.Her English was very good.
C.She was not clearly heard.
D.She was not very polite.
【小题2】From Paragraph 2, what can we know about the author?
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
【小题3】What does the author think of her mother’s English now?
A.It confuses her.
B.It embarrasses her.
C.It helps her understand the world.
D.It helps her forgive rude people.
【小题4】What can we infer from the passage?
A.Chinese English is clear and natural to native speakers.
B.Chinese English may bring inconvenience in America.
C.Chinese English has a very bad name in America.
D.Chinese English is impolite to native speakers.
【小题5】What is the best title of the passage?
A.Great MotherB.A Chance
C.Mother’s Chinese EnglishD.Perfect English

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broadcast1/'br?:dkɑ:st||?br?d?kæst/n[C] a programme on the radio or on television: a radio news broadcast | live broadcast ( =" a" programme that you see or hear at the same time as the events are happening)
broadcast2 v past tense and past participle, broadcast 1 [ I,T] to send out radio or television programmes: The interview was broadcast live across Europe. 2 [T] to tell something to a lot of people: There was no need to broadcast the fact that he lost his job.
broadcaster /?br??dkɑ?st? || ?br??dkæst?r/ n [C]
curious/?kj??ri?s || 'kjur-/ adj 1 wanting to know about something: When I mentioned her name everyone was curious. | [ +about] I’m incurious about this book she's supposed to be writing. |curious to see/hear/know etc: Mandy was curious to hear what Peter had to say himself.—opposite INCURIOUS 2 strange or unusual: a curious noise coming from the cellar | curious that It's very curious that she left without saying goodbye.
curl1 /k?:l|| k?rl/ n 1[C] a small mass of hair
flask / flɑ:sk || flæsk/n [C] I BrE a special type of bottle that you use to keep liquids either hot or cold, for example when travelling 2 a flat bottle usually used to carry alcohol 3 a glass bottle with a narrow top, used in a LABORATORY
flat1/ flæt / adj flatter, flattest
1? SURFACE? smooth and level, without raised or hollow areas, and not sloping or curving: a flat-bottomed boat |a perfectly flat sandy beach | flat as a
pollute / p?'lu:t/ v [T] 1 to make air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use: beaches polluted by raw sewage | industrial emissions that pollute the air 2 pollute sb’s mind to give someone immoral thoughts and spoil their character: fears that Lawrence's novels would pollute young minds--polluted adj: polluted rivers--polluter n [C]
pollution / p??lu:?n /n [U] 1 the process of making
 
【小题1】The pronunciation of the word "broadcast" is ____ or/?br?d?kæst /.
A./'br?:dkɑ:st/B./'br?ud'sɑ:st/C./bræd'k?st/D./'bru:dkɑ:st/
【小题2】The word"____ "can be used as an adjective (形容词).
A.polluteB.pollutionC.curiousD.curiously
【小题3】Which of the following is a flask?
A.B.C.D.
【小题4】 The word "pollute" means "______".
A.to tell something to a lot of peopleB.wanting to know about something
C.a programme on the radio or on TVD.to make air. water, soil, etc dirty
【小题5】These texts are probably from ______.
A.a magazineB.a dictionary
C.a newspaperD.an advertisement

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