单选题 When Roberto Feliz came to the USA from the Dominican Republic, he knew only a few words of English. Education soon became a nightmare. 'I couldn't understand anything,' he said. He hid from his teachers, came home in     26    , and thought about     27    out.
    Then Mrs. Malave, a bilingual educator, began to work with him while teaching him math and science in his native Spanish. 'She helped me stay smart while teaching me English,' he said. Given the chance to demonstrate his ability, he     28    confidence and began to succeed in school.
    Today, he is a prominent doctor, runs his own     29    , and works with several hospitals. Every day, he uses the language and academic skills he     30    through bilingual education to treat his patients.
    Roberto's story is just one of     31    success stories. Research has shown that bilingual education is the most     32    way both to teach children English and ensure that they     33    academically. In Arizona and Texas, bilingual students consistently outperform their peers in monolingual programs. Calexico, Calif., implemented bilingual education, and now has dropout rates that are less than half the state     34    and college     35    rates of more than 90%. In El Paso, bilingual education programs have helped raise student scores from the lowest in Texas to among the highest in the nation.
    A. satisfy    B. dropping    C. clinic        D. succeed
    E. effective  F. average    G. frequently    H. relationship
    I. range      J. acquired    K. while        L. regained
    M. tears      N. acceptance  O. countless
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【正确答案】M
【答案解析】这里是在表现小男孩的负面情绪,选项中的tears与in搭配,意为“哭着”,是固定搭配。
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【正确答案】B
【答案解析】这里需要填动名词,构成think about doing sth. 搭配,可选选项中只有dropping符合,drop out是固定搭配,意为“退学”。
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【正确答案】L
【答案解析】这里需要谓语动词,且根据前后的时态判断这里填动词的过去时。acquired和regained意思都对,但是前文说Roberto Feliz因听不懂而感到沮丧想要退学,间接说明他失去信心。而在Malave女士的帮助下开始在学校中表现得很好,故可推测此空应为他重获信心,故选regained。
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【正确答案】C
【答案解析】这里需填名词,且与男士的职业有关,故clinic符合题意,run clinic意为“开诊所”。
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【正确答案】J
【答案解析】此句是skills的定语从句,缺少谓语动词,可以猜测这里的意思是“他在双语教育中所学到的语言和专业技能”,故选acquired。
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【正确答案】O
【答案解析】这里需要形容词修饰成功的故事,符合题意的只有countless,意为“数不清的成功故事”。
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【正确答案】E
【答案解析】这里需要一个形容词,又根据前面的most推断这是个多音节形容词,用来修饰这种教课方式的效果,故effective最符合题意。
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【正确答案】D
【答案解析】这里需要填动词,意思是“保证他们在学业上……”,只有succeed最符合题意,意为“保证他们在学业上成功”。
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【正确答案】F
【答案解析】这里需要填名词,剩下的名词有:average,relationship和acceptance,其中average最符合题意,意为“国家平均水平”。
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【正确答案】N
【答案解析】根据上下文可以猜测这里是说大学的升学率,故选acceptance。