A、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 thEEnglish I grEw up with.Bom into AChinEsE FAmily thAt hAD rECEntly ArrivED inCAliForniA，I’vE BEEn giving morE thoughtto thEkinD oFEnglish 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，“limitEDEnglish，”For ExAmplE．But thEy 8EEm just As BA
D、As iF EvErything is limitED，inCluDing pEoplE’s pErCEption(认识)oF thE limitEDEnglish 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 hErEnglish．I BEliEvED thAt hErEnglish 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 thEEnglish I grEw up with：thEEnglish 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 hErChinEsE，hEr intEr-nAl(内在的)lAnguAgE，AnD For thAt I sought to prEsErvE thE EssEnCE，But nEithEr AnEnglish nor AChinEsE 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．WhAt is thE pAssAgE mAinly ABout ( )
A、ThE ChAngEs oF thE Author’s AttituDE to hEr mothEr’sEnglish．
B、ThE limitAtion oF thE Author’s pErCEption oF hEr mothEr．
C、ThE Author’s misunDErstAnDing oF“limitED”English．
D、ThE Author’s ExpEriEnCEs oF using BrokEnEnglish．