B
Up until about 3 years ago, I never really questioned my identity but now I am far more aware of it.
Sometimes I’ll say really crazy things like “I wonder what I’d look like with pale yellow hair”, and my father only smiles. I guess growing up with Western parents and living in a fairly Western society have made me feel rather “Western”. However, my mother thought that it was still important for me to stay connected to my “roots”.
Our family would go on various trips to China, sightseeing and learning more about the culture. I would attend Saturday Chinese (language) school and whenever my school had a culture or an international day, my mother would encourage me to dress up in Chinese dress or bring Chinese food. The key word: encouraged. Not forced.
Understanding my native culture and tradition and knowing other children just like me were obviously important ideas my mother valued when it came to bringing up her two Chinese daughters. I have never really had any identity issues; however, I find that now I have become less interested in maintaining a strong link to my Chinese tradition. This is because I started traveling and seeing more of the world, and grew up in a very Western lifestyle.
What do I mean by this? I have started to become more aware of their customs. But do not think I did not appreciated the opportunity I had to learn about my culture; I will never truly stop being Chinese, but as I grow older, I want to declare myself a full-and-through Australian.
I am on a Chinese Adoption Facebook group and I decide to ask for some ideas on how they feel about being open to learning their native culture.
24. According to the text, the writer’s roots are in _________.
A. China B. Australia
C. America D. France
25. The writer stays connected to China by the following ways EXCEPT _______.
A. traveling to China
B. cooking Chinese food
C. attending Chinese language school
D. learning Chinese culture
26. What can we infer about the writer and her family?
A. The writer is a nice girl with beautiful golden hair.
B. The writer wants to be strongly connected with Chinese tradition.
C. The writer prefers the Western lifestyle to the Chinese one.
D. The writer’s present parents both come from Australia.
27. What is most likely to be written in the paragraph that follows?
A. The experience the writer’s family had while traveling in China.
B. The writer’s feeling about her special identity.
C. The effect the Western lifestyle has on the writer.
D. Others’ responses the writer received to her question.
