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- 1. Multiple Choice
The function of the sentence "Lately, I've been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks" (paragraph 8) is to
introduce examples that will illustrate a central point the author is making
provide a transition from the mother's point of view to the daughter's
offer additional evidence to support the point made in the previous paragraph
appeal to the emotions of readers
- 2. Multiple Choice
It can be inferred that the author's primary purpose in the passage is to
expunge her own guilt for misjudging her mother
plead for more understanding of the difficulties immigrants face
promote awareness of damaging stereotypes
criticize the business and medical worlds
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Principal contrast in the passage is between
the differences between written and spoken languages
the mother's expectations and the daughter's response
Chinese and American conceptions of family obligations
the way ideas are stated and the substance of the ideas
the daughter's attitude as a child and as an adult
- 4. Multiple Choice
In both the example of the stockbroker and the anecdote about the CAT scan, the speaker emphasizes
her own stubbornness
the insensitivity of people in authority
her own gullibility
her mother's stubbornness
society's gender bias
- 5. Multiple Choice
What figure of speech is Tan using when she refers to her mother's "impeccable broken English" (paragraph 13)
personification
metonymy
pun
simile
oxymoron
- 6. Multiple Choice
The author's attitude toward her mother in the passage can be described as
remorseful but angry
concerned and admiring
condescending and critical
censorious yet understanding
sentimental yet loving
- 7. Multiple Choice
In this passage, the author uses all of the following techniques EXCEPT
factual data
anecdotes
dialogue
irony
expert testimony
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