完形填空   Would you believe that the first outstanding deaf teacher in America was a Frenchman? His name was Laurent Clerc. He   21  a friend of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and together they founded America's first school for the deaf.
    Laurent Clerc was   22  in a small village near Lyons, France, on December 26, 1785. When he was one year old, he fell into a fire,   23  both his hearing and his sense of smell.
    At 12, Laurent   24  the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris where he did well in his studies. After he graduated, the school asked him to stay on as an assistant   25  .
    Meanwhile, in America, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was very   26  about the lack of educational opportunities for the deaf. Therefore, in 1815, Gallaudet sailed to London, England to seek ideas on   27  to teach deaf people. While he was there, he was invited to go to Paris to   28  three months learning at the Royal Institution for the Deaf, the   29  where Laurent Clerc was teaching. Gallaudet accepted the offer. The two worked together. When the time came for Gallaudet to return, he asked Clerc to come with him. Clerc accepted on one   30  : that he would stay in America only a short time.
    They set sail and the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean   31  52 days. On the long trip, they had many conversations about education and   32  . The year after they arrived, they founded a school for the deaf in Harford, Connecticut.
    At the school, Clerc led a busy life. He taught signs to Principal Gallaudet, the pupils, and   33  men who came to the school to study deaf education.
    In 1819, Clerc   34  Eliza Crocker Boardman, one of his pupils. They had six children. He retired from teaching in 1858.   35  he had intended to return to France, he never did. He died on July 18, 1869 in the United States.
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 句意：他和Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet成为朋友并且一起创立了美国第一所聋哑人学校。become a friend of成为某人的朋友，故选B。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 根据句意可知，这里表示“在一座小山村里出生”，be born“出生”，故选A。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 这里是表示结果的状语从句，需要用动词的-ing形式引导，故选C。
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 句意：在12岁的时候，Laurent Clerc到巴黎的聋哑人皇家机构入学，在那里他学得很不错。come和go都是不及物动词，后面需要跟介词；leave“离开”不符合句意；enter及物动词，后面可以直接跟名词，表示“进入，加入”，符合题意，故选D。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 根据第四段倒数第四句“where Laurent Clerc was teaching”可知他被留下来做助教，故选A。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 句意：他非常关注聋哑人教育机会的短缺。be angry about“为……生气”，be concerned about“关注……”，be mad about“为……疯狂”，be sad about“为……而难过”。根据句意，故选B。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 句意：因此他到英国伦敦去寻找如何教育聋哑人的想法理念。what to do“做什么”，how to do sth. “怎么做某事”，where to do sth. “到哪里做某事”，when to do sth. “什么时间做某事”。根据句意，故选B。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 sb. spend some time doing sth.“某人花费时间做某事”，固定搭配，故选A。
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 由前一句中的“the Royal Institution for the Deaf”及第三段最后“...the school asked him to stay on...”可知，所以聋哑人皇家机构是所学校，故选D。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 句意：Clerc接受了，但是他有一个条件，那就是他只在美国待很短的时间。on one condition固定词组，有一个条件，故选C。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 sth. take (sb.) some time (to do)“做某事花了某人多长时间”，固定搭配，故选B。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 根据文章内容可知，文章主要在讲Laurent Clerc致力于聋哑人教育的事，所以他的谈话内容也是关于教育和耳聋的，故选B。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 句意：他教Gallaudet校长、学生，还有那些来校学习聋哑人教育的听得见的人手语。这里是动词的-ing形式做定语，hearing在这里表示能听见的，故选A。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 由下文“They had six children.”可知，他是和他的一个学生结婚了，故选C。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 根据句意可知，他很想回去，但是并没有。although可以引导让步状语从句，表示“尽管”，故选C。