mind-and in fact she did read my early drafts-I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English I spoke to my mother, which for lack of better term might be described as "simple"; the English she used with me, which for lack of better term might be described as "broken"; and what I imagined to be her translation of her Chinese if she could speak in perfect English, her internal language, and for that I sought preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. I wanted to capture what language ability tests can never reveal: her intent, her passion, her imaginary, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.

Apart from what any critic had to say about my writing, I knew I had succeeded where it counted when my mother finished reading my book and gave me her opinion: "So easy to read."

1. What happened during the speech, according to paragraph 1?

　A. The author's mother arrived unexpectedly at the speech.

　B. The author delivered wrong information to the audience.

　C. The author admitted that she could use standard English.

　D. The author began to reflect on the different Englishes she used.

2. In which blank we put the sentence "It's my mother tongue."？

　A.① B.② C.③ D.④

3. How does the author feel about her mother's English being described as "limited"？

A. Ashamed B. Uncomfortable C. Astonished D. Disappointed.

4. The author tells the story in Paragraph 5 to.

　A. show the limitations of her mother's English.

　B. Indicate that people in New York are easily taken in.

　C. explain the reasons for others' bad attitude to her mother.

　D. display the difficulty immigrants had fitting into society.

5. In what way was the author influenced by her mother?

　A. Her mother helped her draft her writing.

　B. Her mother greatly shaped her writing.

　C. Her mother's language ability inspired her.

　D. Her mother's language almost ruined her life.

6. What can be learned from the passage?

　A. The author's writing retells what happened to her mother.

　B. American language ability tests are unfair to Chinese immigrants.

　C. The author finds it impossible to describe her mother's language.

　D. The author feels lucky to have inherited culture from her mothers.

第四部分 任务型阅读(共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)

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　　Prejudice is a baseless and usually negative attitude toward a person or group. Common features of prejudice include negative feelings and a tendency to discriminate against a person or group. While specific definitions of prejudice given by social scientists often differ, most agree that it involves prejudgments (预先判断） about a person or group.

In many cases, prejudices are based upon stereotypes (模式化） . A stereotype is a simplified assumption about a group based on previous assumptions. Stereotypes can be either positive