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3. In the context of paragraphs 2 and 3, the 7. Which of the following statements best
writer’s attitude toward standardized testing expresses the writer’s views on the relationship
can best be described as between language and thought? chapter 4
a. confident and motivated a. Expressing one’s thoughts accurately in
b. confused and frustrated language is essential.
c. dismissive and annoyed b. A new language can be insufficient as a
d. fearful and anxious means of expressing one’s thoughts.
e. eager and delighted c. One’s thoughts are limited by one’s ability to
correctly use language.
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“Fortunately,” the writer is indicating a contrast
between one’s thoughts.
e. One’s thoughts are often unclear until one
a. the strict rules laid upon her at school and puts them into language.
her delight in defying them
b. her early struggles in writing English and her 8. The writer’s primary purpose in this passage is to
later expertise with it a. explain a complex cultural issue to a
c. others’ expectations of her English literacy mainstream audience that lacks familiarity
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skills and her own attitude toward it with the topic
d. others’ attitudes toward her Chinese heritage b. issue a call to action against outdated
and her own experiences grammar rules that discriminate against non-
e. others’ treatment of her mother as an native English speakers
immigrant and her own perspective c. tell a funny story about her upbringing that
reveals the complex relationship between
5. The writer uses the term “Englishes” in her and her mother
paragraph 7 to emphasize that
d. reflect upon the complicated nature of
a. her mother’s ability to speak English is not in language development especially for non-
doubt native speakers
b. she is still struggling with her mother’s effect e. celebrate her own progress as a writer who
on her English has learned how to correct her early career
c. she speaks a number of distinct English mistakes
dialects
d. technical, grammatical rules are always
useless and restrictive
e. sometimes clarity and honesty should
override technical rules
6. The overall progression of the passage can best
be described as a move from
a. describing unimportant signs of success to
appreciating more meaningful success
b. narrating her early struggles to encourage
others who are facing such struggles
c. complaining about her mother to regretting
her mother’s untimely death
d. praising her mother’s many virtues to
admitting to her mother’s few faults
e. telling stories about her own childhood to
telling stories about her mother’s childhood
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