Question

【題目】

How do native speakers truly feel when speaking with non-native English speakers? It seems that【1】(break) English annoys them. However, they keep being really nice when speaking with non-native speakers. I wonder how they really feel when doing so.

I think it would depend【2】the native English speakers. Some people are just【3】(easy) annoyed.

Personally, I study Spanish. When I hear someone【4】(attempt) English, I am patient with them because I know【5】difficult it is to talk in a non-native tongue. I also know English is very difficult【6】(learn), and that increases my respect for their efforts. I’m a patient person by nature.

The situation matters too. If I were waiting【7】(table) on a super crowded day and really【8】(need) to do about a dozen different things, I might become upset at having to wait for someone to struggle while ordering his meal.

There also exists the【9】(possible) that what is considered as annoyance is not truly annoyance. I might frown (皺眉) while listening to a non-native speaker, 【10】that would be because I am concentrating and listening hard to understand him. It wouldn’t mean I’m at all annoyed.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】broken

【2】on/upon

【3】easily

【4】attempting

【5】how

【6】to learn

【7】tables

【8】needed

【9】possibility

【10】but

【解析】整體分析：本文講述了作者對說外語的人的理解和同情。

【1】考查過去分詞。broken English“蹩腳英語；很爛的英語”。句意：似乎蹩腳的英語令他們感到煩惱。

【2】考查介詞。depend on/upon“依賴；取決于”。句意：我認(rèn)為這取決于以英語為母語的人。

【3】考查副詞。修飾形容詞annoyed應(yīng)使用副詞。句意：有些人就是容易生氣惱怒。

【4】考查動名詞。hear sb. doing sth.聽到某人在做某事。句意：聽到某人在嘗試講英語時。

【5】考查副詞。句意：當(dāng)我聽到有人在嘗試英語時，我對他們很有耐心，因為我知道用非母語交談是多么困難。how difficult多么困難。

【6】考查動詞不定式。be difficult to do sth.做某事困難。句意：我知道學(xué)習(xí)英語很困難。

【7】考查名詞復(fù)數(shù)。wait tables“伺候進(jìn)餐”。句意：如果在餐館特別擁擠的日子里招待客人。

【8】考查動詞時態(tài)。“If I were waiting tables on a super crowded day and really needed ( need) to do about a dozen different things, I might become upset at having to wait for someone to struggle while ordering his meal.” 如果在餐館特別擁擠的日子里招待客人，并且真需要處理多個不同的事情，我可能對等著某人擠著點菜這種情況感到心煩意亂。根據(jù)and前用were，故這里也用過去時needed。

【9】考查名詞。There exists the possibility that+(同位語從句)。句意：還有被認(rèn)為是煩惱的可能性并不是真正的煩惱。前面有定冠詞the修飾，而且作主語，故用名詞。

【10】考查邏輯關(guān)系理解。句意為：聽非本族語人說話時，我可能緊皺著眉頭，但那會是因為我在聚精會神地極力去聽懂他，我根本不是生氣，我不會有那個意思。