[英语]2009年福建省某市教师公开招聘考试小学英语试卷
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I am a writer.I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of
language-the way itcan evoke(唤起)an emotion,a visual image,a complex idea,
or a simple truth.Language is thetool of my trade.And I USe them all-all the
English I grew up with.
Bom into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California,I’ve
been giving more thoughtto thekind of English my mother speaks.Like others,
I have described it to people as“broken”English.But 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
cer’tain wholeness.I,ve heard other terms used,“limited English,”
for example.But they 8eem just as bad.as if everything is limited,including
people’s perception(认识)of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact.because when I was growing up,my mother’s“limited’’
English limited my perception of her.1 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 l985.And for reason l won’t get into today,I began to
write stories using aU the English 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 inter-nal(内在的)language,and for that I sought to
preserve the essence,but neither an English nor a Chinese stnlcture:1 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.
36.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
37.The author used to think of her mother’s English as .
A.impolite
B.amusing
C.imperfect
D.practical
38.Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?( )
A.Americans do not understand broken English.
B.The author’s mother was not respected sometimes.
C.The author’mother had positive influence on her.
D.Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.
39.The author gradually realizes her mother’s English is .