WhenIfirstarrivedinTaiwantoteachEnglish，IhadalreadytakenseveralcoursesinuniversityonMandarinChinese．Ihaddonewellinthosecoursesandenjoyedthemverymuch．IthoughtIwouldbeabletohaveaconversationwithChinesespea
WhenIfirstarrivedinTaiwantoteachEnglish，IhadalreadytakenseveralcoursesinuniversityonMandarinChinese．Ihaddonewellinthosecoursesandenjoyedthemverymuch．IthoughtIwouldbeabletohaveaconversationwithChinesespeakersandimprovemyChineseintheprocess．
However，assoonasIsettledinTaiwanIbecameafraidtospeak．SeeingallofthesignswritteninChinese，constantlyoverhearinglongstreamsofspokenChinese，andseeingtheeffortlessfluencyofsomeforeignerswhohadbeenthereforawhile，IbegantodoubtmyownabilitytospeakChinese．It'sprovedthatthingsweredifferentoutsideoftheclassroom．
WhatreallyhappenedtomewaswhathappenseverydaytoChineselanguagelearners．Ibecameafraidandnervousattheforeignnessofthelanguage．Somethinghappenedafewweekslater．Itriedtospendalotoftimeinpublic，andthesoundofspokenChinesewasbecomingmoreordinarytome．DespitethefactthatIhadnotbeenpracticingmyChineseandIhadnotconsultedmyvocabularyflashcards．IbegintonoticesomewordsthatIrecognizedfrommycoursesinuniversity．Atfirst，Iheardonlyoneword．"dianhua"-telephone．Afterthat，Ibeginhearingotherwords．Sometimes，Iwouldhearacoupleofwordsinonesentence．
Moreandmorewordsbegantostandouttome．IstartedstudyingChinesecharactersandbegantobeabletoreadsmallblocksoftextintheadvertisements．WhenIreallybeganspeakinginChinesetoChinesepeopleImet，IbegantolearnChinesefastandthesmilesthatIreceivedinreturnwereafantasticrewardfortheworkthatIhaddoneinlearningthelanguage．ItwasagreatfeelingtoorderfoodfromarestaurantinChinese，ortomakeacommentabouttheweathertotheladywhoworksatthebank．
21．Whatcanweconcludefromthepassage？___
A．TheauthorissharinghisSpokenChineseexperience．
B．Theauthorisafearfulandcautiousman．
C．Theauthordidn'tgetgoodgradesatuniversity．
D．Theauthorcouldn'tadjusttothelifeofTaiwan．
22．Accordingtothepassageweknowthat___．
A．Chinesedishesandweatherattracttheauthordeeply．
B．theauthorthoughthecouldtalkwithChineseinmandarinbeforehearrivedinTaiwan．
C．theauthorfailedtoi