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When Roberto Feliz came to the USA from the Dominican Republic, he knew
only a few words of English. Education soon became a __1__. "I couldn't
understand anything," he said. He __2__ from his teachers, came home in tears,
and thought about dropping out.
Then Mrs. Malave, a bilingual educator, began to work with him while
teaching him math and science in his __3__Spanish." She helped me stay smart
while teaching me English," he said. Given the chance to demonstrate his
ability, he __4__ confidence and began to succeed in school.
Today, he is a __5__ doctor, runs his own clinic ,and works with several
hospitals .Every day, he uses the language and academic skills he __6__ through
bilingual education to treat his patients.
Roberto's story is just one of __7__ success stories. Research has shown
that bilingual education is the most __8__ way both to teach children English
and ensure that they succeed academically. In Arizona and Texas, bilingual
students __9__ outperform their peers in monolingual programs. Calexico, Calif.
, implemented bilingual education, and now has dropout rates that are less than
half the state average and college __10__ rates of more than 90%.In E1 Paso,
bilingual education programs have helped raise student scores from the lowest in
Texas to among the highest in the nation.
[A] wonder
[B] acquired
[C] consistently
[D] regained
[E] nightmare
[F] native
[G] acceptance
[H] effective
[I] hid
[J] prominent
[K] decent
[L] countless
[M] recalled
[N] breakthrough
[O] automatically
参考答案:
1.E
2.I
3.F
4.D
5.J
6.B
7 L
8.H
9.C
10.G |
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