解释为什么她妈妈成为了一名教师
D question the relevance of established customs 质疑已经建立的习俗的相关性
E rationalize her grandfather’s action 使她祖父的举动变得合理、
分析：She was a dutiful daughter.
正式因为她的孝顺，所以她才选择了屈服于她爸爸的想法成为了一名老师。
14. The narrator suggests that as a child she read her mother’s book of pieces in order to (B)
叙述者暗示到当她还是一个孩子的时候她读她妈妈的书是为了
A seek proof of her mother’s devotion to the family 为她妈妈对于家庭的奉献寻找证据
B understand more fully the contradictions in her mother’s behavior
更深刻的理解她妈妈的举动的自相矛盾
C perpetuate（使永存）the fantasy she created about her mother
铭记关于她妈妈创造出的迷恋
D search for clues to her mother’s reluctance to discuss her past
寻找她妈妈不愿意提及过去的线索
E discover the cause of her mother’s unhappiness 发现她妈妈不开心的原因
分析：原文是 As a child, I read it like a book of mysteries for clues to a life both alien and familiar 是为了寻求既熟悉又陌生的生活的线索，这个线索即为解释她母亲身上存在的矛盾的原因。亦可以用排除法，其他的选项文章都没有涉及。
15 The description of the reaction of the mother to her children’s manner of speaking (line 36-38) highlights how she （C） 妈妈对她孩子说话方式的反应说明
A feared that her children’s na?veté would invite trouble
担心她孩子的天真幼稚会导致麻烦
B shared her children’s distaste for Japanese language lessons 分享她孩子对于日语课的厌恶
C was still imbued with the lessons of her culture 依旧被她文化准则所灌输
D insisted on maintaining a strong Japanese influence in her home
坚持维系一种强烈的日本文化在她的家中
E wanted her children to be fluent in the Japanese language
希望她的孩子可以流利的说日语
分析：We talked too loudly and all at once, which mortified my mother, but she was always complaining about Japanese indirectness. A选项文章没有提及，B选项串段，D选项若正确的话，那么在叙述者家中就应该说日语而不是英语，E选项容易错选，让我们去学日语的目的是问了让我们更流利的说日语，而母亲的反应是因为我们说话的方式并不合乎日本的传统的文化。
16 The narrator repeats the word ―everything ― in line 46-48 to （D）
A explain the intensity of her competition with her sister
解释她和她姐妹竞争的激烈度
B characterize the diverse achievements of Japanese Americans 描述日裔美国人的不同的成就
C describe her mother’s single-minded pursuit of perfection
描述她妈妈对于完美的单一的追求
D emphasize the extent to which discipline governed Japanese life
强调规矩影响日本人生活的程度范围
E highlight the extraordinary skill required to master the koto
强调掌握koto的超凡的技巧
Of course, everything Japanese was a lesson in discipline
–flower
arranging,
embroidery,
everything.
文章不停地提及everything 主要是强调规矩在日本文化之中是非常重要也是普遍的存在。
17 In Line 53-56, the narrator’s description of childhood walks home from ikebana class conveys a sense of ( )
叙述者对于孩童时期从ikeban课程回家传达了一种感觉（ D）
A adventure 冒险 B relief 放松 C melancholy 忧郁 D absurdity 荒谬 E vitality 活力