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Mama’s English

　　Mama's voice floated through the apartment as she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life．“Hola,”she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom．“Please speak to me in 　　1　　,”I interrupted．She paid no attention and 　　2　　 speaking in Spanish．The words 　　3　　 me of my grandparents and birthday parties in Mexico, but I knew my mother's life would be 　　4　　 if she learned to speak English．We had lived in the United States for three years, and she still had difficulty 　　5　　 to store owners and my teachers．I was determined that she should try．“Why won't you speak English?”I 　　6　　．“Don't you want to be 　　7　　 to talk to people here?”“Isabel,”she whispered．Mama always whispered when she was upset with me．“What?”I was not 　　8　　 with her, either．She 　　9　　 for the English words．“Come with me to the, uh－how do you say it? Meeting．”“What kind of meeting? Where is it?”I 　　10　　 her, but now she refused to answer．In 　　11　　 we drove across town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot．I was 　　12　　．I had expected a meeting at someone's 　　13　　－a garden club or a parents' group．Then I 　　14　　 a sign on a door．My mother was 　　15　　 night classes to learn English!

　　“I don't understand．　　16　　 you're learning English, why won't you speak English at home?”I asked．“You'll learn faster if you 　　17　　 with me．”“I speak English here,”she said in her thick accent．She hesitated, putting the words together, and then went on,“I speak Spanish at home 　　18　　 you．”

　　I 　　19　　 understood－she spoke Spanish at home so that I wouldn't forget the words, songs, and 　　20　　 of Mexico．I said,“O.K．, Mama, esta bien．”

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　　Mama's voice floated through the apartment as she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life．“Hola,” she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom．“Please speak to me in 　　1　　,” I interrupted．She paid no attention and 　　2　　 speaking in Spanish．The words 　　3　　 me of my grandparents and birthday parties in Mexico, but I knew my mother's life would be 　　4　　 if she learned to speak English．We had lived in the United States for three years, and she still had difficulty 　　5　　 to store owners and my teachers．I was determined that she should try．“Why won't you speak English?” I 　　6　　．“Don't you want to be 　　7　　 to talk to people here?” “Isabel,” she whispered．Mama always whispered when she was upset with me．“What?” I was not 　　8　　 with her, either．She 　　9　　 for the English words．“Come with me to the, uh －how do you say it? Meeting．” “What kind of meeting? Where is it?” I 　　10　　 her, but now she refused to answer．In 　　11　　, we drove across town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot．I was 　　12　　．I had expected a meeting at someone's 　　13　　－ a garden club or a parents' group．Then I　　14　　 a sign on a door．My mother was 　　15　　 night classes to learn English!

　　“I don't understand．　　16　　 you're learning English, why won't you speak English at home?” I asked．“You'll learn faster if you 　　17　　 with me．” “I speak English here,” she said in her thick accent．She hesitated, putting the words together, and then went on, “I speak Spanish at home 　　18　　 you．”

　　I 　　19　　 understood － she spoke Spanish at home so that I wouldn't forget the words, songs, and 　　20　　 of Mexico．I said, “O．K．, Mama, estabien．”

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Mama' s voice floated through the apartment a s she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life．“Hola, ” she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom．“Plea se speak to me in 　　1　　, ” I interrupted．She paid no attention and 　　2　　 speaking in Spani sh．The word s 　　3　　 me of my grandparent s and birthday partie s in Mexico, but I knew my mother' s life would be 　　4　　 if she learned to speak Engli sh．We had lived in the United State s for three year s, and she still had difficulty 　　5　　 to store owner s and my teacher s．I wa s determined that she should try．“Why won't you speak Engli sh? ” I 　　6　　．“Don't you want to be 　　7　　 to talk to people here? ” “I sabel, ” she whi spered．Mama alway s whi spered when she wa s up set with me．“What? ” I wa s not 　　8　　 with her, either．She 　　9　　 for the Engli sh word s．“Come with me to the, uh-how do you say it? Meeting．” “What kind of meeting? Where i s it? ” I 　　10　　 her, but now she refu sed to an swer．In 　　11　　, we drove acro s s town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot．I wa s 　　12　　．I had expected a meeting at someone' s 　　13　　-a garden club or a parent s’ group．Then I 　　14　　 a sign on a door．My mother wa s 　　15　　 night cla s se s to learn Engli sh!

　　“I don't under stand．　　16　　 you’re learning Engli sh, why won't you speak Engli sh at home? ” I a sked．“You'll learn fa ster if you 　　17　　 with me．” “I speak Engli sh here, ” she said in her thick accent．She he sitated, putting the word s together, and then went on, “I speak Spani sh at home 　　18　　 you．”

　　I 　　19　　 under stood-she spoke Spani sh at home so that I wouldn't forget the word s, song s, and 　　20　　 of Mexico．I said, “O．K．, Mama, e stabien．”

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