WelcometoMyClassinThisPoeticSpring
ClozeTest一显身手BorninAmerica,IspokeEnglish,notChinese,thelanguageofmyancestors
WhenIwasthree,myparentsflashedcardswithChinese36atmyface,butIpushedthem37
MymombelievedIwouldlearn38Iwasready
Butthe39nevercame
customB
gamesC
charactersD
language37
aheadB
aroundC
alongD
aside38
beforeC
unlessD
until39
successB
studyC
attemptOnaChineseNewYear’sEve,myunclespoketomeinChinese,butallIcoulddowas40athim,confused,scratchingmyhead
“Stillcan’tspeakChinese
”He41me,“Youcan’tevenbuyafishinChinatown
stare41
caredaboutB
laughedatC
arguedwithD
askedafter“Hey,thisisAmerica,notChina
I’llgetsome42withorwithoutChinese
”Irepliedandturnedtomymomfor43
“Remembertoaskforfreshfish,XinXianYu,”shesaid,handingovera$20bill
I44thewords,runningdo