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解释为什么她妈妈成为了一名教师

D question the relevance of established customs 质疑已经建立的习俗的相关性

E rationalize her grandfather’s action 使她祖父的举动变得合理、

分析:She was a dutiful daughter.

正式因为她的孝顺,所以她才选择了屈服于她爸爸的想法成为了一名老师。

14. The narrator suggests that as a child she read her mother’s book of pieces in order to (B)

叙述者暗示到当她还是一个孩子的时候她读她妈妈的书是为了

A seek proof of her mother’s devotion to the family 为她妈妈对于家庭的奉献寻找证据

B understand more fully the contradictions in her mother’s behavior

更深刻的理解她妈妈的举动的自相矛盾

C perpetuate(使永存)the fantasy she created about her mother

铭记关于她妈妈创造出的迷恋

D search for clues to her mother’s reluctance to discuss her past

寻找她妈妈不愿意提及过去的线索

E discover the cause of her mother’s unhappiness 发现她妈妈不开心的原因

分析:原文是 As a child, I read it like a book of mysteries for clues to a life both alien and familiar 是为了寻求既熟悉又陌生的生活的线索,这个线索即为解释她母亲身上存在的矛盾的原因。亦可以用排除法,其他的选项文章都没有涉及。

15 The description of the reaction of the mother to her children’s manner of speaking (line 36-38) highlights how she (C) 妈妈对她孩子说话方式的反应说明

A feared that her children’s na?veté would invite trouble

担心她孩子的天真幼稚会导致麻烦

B shared her children’s distaste for Japanese language lessons 分享她孩子对于日语课的厌恶

C was still imbued with the lessons of her culture 依旧被她文化准则所灌输

D insisted on maintaining a strong Japanese influence in her home

坚持维系一种强烈的日本文化在她的家中

E wanted her children to be fluent in the Japanese language

希望她的孩子可以流利的说日语

分析:We talked too loudly and all at once, which mortified my mother, but she was always complaining about Japanese indirectness. A选项文章没有提及,B选项串段,D选项若正确的话,那么在叙述者家中就应该说日语而不是英语,E选项容易错选,让我们去学日语的目的是问了让我们更流利的说日语,而母亲的反应是因为我们说话的方式并不合乎日本的传统的文化。

16 The narrator repeats the word ―everything ― in line 46-48 to (D)

A explain the intensity of her competition with her sister

解释她和她姐妹竞争的激烈度

B characterize the diverse achievements of Japanese Americans 描述日裔美国人的不同的成就

C describe her mother’s single-minded pursuit of perfection

描述她妈妈对于完美的单一的追求

D emphasize the extent to which discipline governed Japanese life

强调规矩影响日本人生活的程度范围

E highlight the extraordinary skill required to master the koto

强调掌握koto的超凡的技巧

Of course, everything Japanese was a lesson in discipline

–flower

arranging,

embroidery,

everything.

文章不停地提及everything 主要是强调规矩在日本文化之中是非常重要也是普遍的存在。

17 In Line 53-56, the narrator’s description of childhood walks home from ikebana class conveys a sense of ( )

叙述者对于孩童时期从ikeban课程回家传达了一种感觉( D)

A adventure 冒险 B relief 放松 C melancholy 忧郁 D absurdity 荒谬 E vitality 活力

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