"Lei ming m ming baak ngo gong ge waa ah？Do you understand what I am saying？" I stare back at the speaker dumbly，my lips parted，the ideas clear in my mind but a response unable to express itself in a language in my distant range.After an uncomfortable pause，a bunch of words spill out of my mouth，sounding forced and unnatural.
   The anecdote（軼事）above is a semi-conversation I had in Malaysia years ago.A three-week stay in Malaysia once every few years was often the highlight of my summers — what more can you ask from a food paradise （天堂）？But besides the family，food，and escape that Malaysia offered，trips also brought accompanying feelings of guilt that I just couldn't seem to translate.For one month every few summers，I got a taste of what it feels to be an outsider in my own culture.I was a girl lost in translation，passively absorbing the various tongues shouted between the stalls（攤位） in the wet markets，quietly nodding along at my grandparents' huge family dinners.
   In America though，I am a different person.I don't think twice about my grammar when speaking.I don't struggle with the words and fear that my logic and stories won't get through to people.So as a native English speaker，I do not have to worry daily about whether I'm judged for having an accent or whether I'm misunderstood across languages.In Malaysia，I naturally burst out "have you eaten？" instead of recalling the Malaysian equivalent "you makan already？" In Malaysia，everything about the way I speak—my accent，intonation，sentence structure，slang—gives me away.My American-ness is seen in the way I talk，dress and act.Maybe my face could pass for a Malaysian local，but once I open my mouth to speak I am so clearly not.It is uncomfortable and awkward，and sometimes I wonder if I did not look Asian at all would it be better，since there would be no more language expectation for me than for a white tourist.

（1）How did the author feel in the anecdote？

B

B

A．Confused and scared.
B．Embarrassed and nervous.
C．Curious and surprised.
D．Upset and puzzled.
（2）Why did the author feel guilty according to Paragraph 2？

D

D

A．Because she had to stay away from her family.
B．Because she didn't enjoy speaking the language.
C．Because she had to accept what grandparents said.
D．Because she found it hard to understand the culture.
（3）What can we learn about the author from the last paragraph？

D

D

A．She was a good language learner.
B．She didn't like being an Asian.
C．She was judged unfairly in Malaysia.
D．She spoke English unconsciously in Malaysia.
（4）From which column of the website does this article probably come from？

A

A

A．Culture
B．News.
C．Education.
D．Humor.