19.About 30years ago,I left Cuba for the United States with my son.After getting settled finally in Brunswick,New Jersey,I enrolled(注冊) my son in kindergarten.Several weeks later,my son's teacher asked me to meet him at his office.
In the teacher's office,and exchange of greetings was followed by his questions:"Is your son mentally retarded(弱智的)?Does he suffer from any kind of mental disability?"
Was he talking about my wonderful Scola?NO,no,it can't be.What a helpless,lonely moment!I told him that Scola was a quiet,sweet little boy,instead.I asked him why he was asking me all these questions.
My son could not follow the teacher's directions,he told me,and thus,Scola was disrupting the class.Didn't he know my son did not speak English yet?
He was angry;"Why hasn't your son been taught to speak English?Don't you speak English at home?"
No,I didn't speak English at home,I replied.I was sure my son would learn English in a couple of months,and I didn't want him to forget his native language.Well,wrong answer!What kind of person would not speak in English to her son at home and at all time?"Are you one of those people who come to this country to save dollars and send them back to their country,never wanting to be a part of this society?"
Needless to say,I tried to tell him I was not one of"those people."Then he told me the meeting was over,and I left.
As I had expected,my son learned to speak English fluently before the school year was over.He went on to graduate from college and got a job,earning close to six figures.He travels widely and leads a well-adjusted,contented life.And he has benefited from being bilingual(雙語的).
Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others; it teaches people about other cultures and other places-something very basic and obviously lacking in the"educator"I met in New Jersey.
32.The teacher asked the author to his officeA.
A.to discuss Scola's in-class performance
B.to get Scola enrolled in kindergarten
C.to find a language partner for Scola
D.to work out a study plan for Scola
33.What does the underlined word"disrupting"in Paragraph 4probably mean?D
A.Breaking
B.Following
C.Attending
D.Disturbing
34.The author's attitude towards being bilingual may best be described asC.
A.critical
B.casual
C.positive
D.passive
35.This text is likely to be selected from a book ofB.
A.medicine
B.education
C.geography
D.history.
分析 本文是一篇記敘文,題材是學(xué)校教育.作者通過講述我與兒子的老師在辦公室的談話的故事,證明我讓兒子保留母語的想法是正確的.最后,兒子得益于他的雙語技能找到了高薪的工作.
解答 ADCB
32.A 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第二段中的"My son could not follow the teacher's directions,he told me,and thus,Scola was disrupting the class"可知,兒子不聽老師的話,還擾亂課堂.這些都是兒子在課上的表現(xiàn).故選A.
33.D 猜測詞義題.根據(jù)文章第四段中的"My son could not follow the teacher's directions,he told me,and thus,Scola was disrupting the class"可知,and前后并列關(guān)系,內(nèi)容相近.所以,根據(jù)前文的"他不聽老師的指導(dǎo)"可以推知disrupt意為:擾亂.故D正確.
34.C 作者態(tài)度題.根據(jù)文章最后一段的"Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others; it teaches people about other cultures and other places"可以推知作者認(rèn)為:不止講一種語言讓人們和(更多的)人進(jìn)行交流,這教會人們了解其他的地方和文化,這是一些最基本的東西.兒子就得益于雙語技能.由此可知作者持積極的態(tài)度.故C正確.
35.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章的語篇解讀可知,文章通篇講述的是有關(guān)教育的話題.所以,本文應(yīng)該是從有關(guān)教育的書中節(jié)選的.故B正確.
點評 閱讀理解題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋.考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點.