D．She was not very polite.

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第一段的"Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly."可知。

　　2．From Paragraph 2, we know that the author was ________.

　　A．good at pretending

　　B．rude to the stockbroker

　　C．ready to help her mother

　　D．unwilling to phone for her mother

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第二段的"I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her."可知。

　　3．After the author made the phone call, ________.

　　A．they forgave the stockbroker

　　B．they failed to get the check

　　C．they went to New York immediately

　　D．they spoke to their boss at once

　　解析：选B　推理判断题。 根据第五段的"If I don't receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week."和第六段"The next week we ended up in New York."可知。

　　4．What does the author think of her mother's English now？

　　A．It confuses her.

　　B．It embarrasses her.

　　C．It helps her understand the world.

　　D．It helps her tolerate rude people.

　　解析：选C　推理判断题。根据文中最后一句"It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world. "可知。

　　B

　　These days, young people in some English­speaking countries are speaking a strange language, especially when communicating on social media.

　　Look at these words chosen by The Washington Post："David Bowie dying is totes tradge" and "When Cookie hugged Jamal it made me totes emosh". Or this sentence："BAE, let me know if you stay in tonight."

What on earth do they mean? Well，"totes" is a short form of "totally". Similarly，"tradge" means "tragic" and "emosh" means "emotional". It seems that, for millennials (千禧一代), typing in this form is not only time­saving but fashionable.