Question

【题目】

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 (皱眉) 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】整体分析：本文讲述了作者对说外语的人的理解和同情。

【1】考查过去分词。broken English“蹩脚英语；很烂的英语”。句意：似乎蹩脚的英语令他们感到烦恼。

【2】考查介词。depend on/upon“依赖；取决于”。句意：我认为这取决于以英语为母语的人。

【3】考查副词。修饰形容词annoyed应使用副词。句意：有些人就是容易生气恼怒。

【4】考查动名词。hear sb. doing sth.听到某人在做某事。句意：听到某人在尝试讲英语时。

【5】考查副词。句意：当我听到有人在尝试英语时，我对他们很有耐心，因为我知道用非母语交谈是多么困难。how difficult多么困难。

【6】考查动词不定式。be difficult to do sth.做某事困难。句意：我知道学习英语很困难。

【7】考查名词复数。wait tables“伺候进餐”。句意：如果在餐馆特别拥挤的日子里招待客人。

【8】考查动词时态。“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.” 如果在餐馆特别拥挤的日子里招待客人，并且真需要处理多个不同的事情，我可能对等着某人挤着点菜这种情况感到心烦意乱。根据and前用were，故这里也用过去时needed。

【9】考查名词。There exists the possibility that+(同位语从句)。句意：还有被认为是烦恼的可能性并不是真正的烦恼。前面有定冠词the修饰，而且作主语，故用名词。

【10】考查逻辑关系理解。句意为：听非本族语人说话时，我可能紧皱着眉头，但那会是因为我在聚精会神地极力去听懂他，我根本不是生气，我不会有那个意思。