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Learning a second language fuels children’s intelligence and makes their job prospects brighter. ______the fact is, in U.S.A, as in many other English speaking countries, speakers of two or more languages are in the   ______ . Eighty-four percent of US people are monolingual (speakers of only one language). This leaves a small number who   ______ to speak two or more languages.

No matter how proud people are of their cultural roots, to speak anything ______ English is a marker of differencehere. That’s why fourteen-year-old Umar is______ when people comment on the fact that he is able to speak Arabic.

Umar’s mother points out: ―In U.S.A, it’s not  ______ for kids to be bilingual. But, if you speak another language to your children in U.S.A, it is thought that you are not helping them to ______ society.

But in fact, the general  ______ among experts is that learning a second language is good for children. Experts believe that bilinguals people who speak ______ languages have a clear learning advantage ______ their monolingual schoolmates. This ______on how much of each language they can speak, not on which language is used, ______ they are learning Arabic, French, Chinese or any other language.

Vinss Millon, a professor of Foreign Language Training, says: ―A lot of studies have ______ that children who speak more than one language sometimes learn one language more______, but in the end they do as well as their monolingual schoolmates, and often better, in other subjects.

The view is that there is a(n)  ______  from the effort of learning another language. A few other ______ agree that “Bilinguals tend to use language better as a whole. They also ______  greater creativity and problem-solving ability, and

they learn further languages more easily.

With all of the benefits, why do we not show more ______ for learning other languages? Parents and teachers ______in bilingual education say it is pressure from friends at school, general  ______ to other languages in English-speaking countries, and problems in the school system that are to blame.

1.A. And          B. So             C. But           D. Thus

2.A. minimum     B. maximum      C. minority        D. majority

3.A. claim        B. pretend        C. decide         D. plan

4.A. more than     B. less than    C. rather than      D. other than

5.A. excited       B. embarrassed   C. disappointed     D. appreciated

6.A. common       B. unusual       C. unique          D. general

7.A. fit in       B. build up       C. contribute to    D. figure out

8.A. distinction  B. commission     C. announcement  D. agreement

9.A. one          B. two           C. three            D. more

10.A. beneath      B. beyond       C. over             D. of

11.A. determines  B. focuses        C. comments         D. depends

12.A. if           B. whether      C. when             D. because

13.A. rejected    B. released       C. revealed         D. reminded

14.A. slowly       B. rapidly        C. easily          D. efficiently

15.A. outcome     B. improvement   C. advantage        D. tendency

16.A. parents      B. learners     C. schoolmates    D. professors

17.A. display      B. produce       C. inspire          D. discover

18.A. concern      B. respect        C. enthusiasm      D. intelligence

19.A. involved     B. impressed      C. competing        D. replacing

20.A. opinions     B. obstacles    C. senses           D. attitudes

 

1.C 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.B 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.C 11.D 12.B 13.C 14.A 15.B 16.D 17.A 18.C 19.A 20.D 【解析】 试题分析:本文是一篇议论文。学习一门第二语言会为孩子的智力发展提供养分,使他们的职业前景更光明,然而会双语的小孩缺很少。通过摆出事实,列举专家学者的观点,证明双语教育的孩子跟只用一种语言的孩子相比,有很大优势。 1.】C 考查连词的用法及语境理解。文章第一句:学习一门第二语言会为孩子的智力发展提供养分,使他们的职业前景更光明。而下一句说事实却是怎样的,由此可知上下句之间是转折关系,因此选B。 2.】C 考查名词的用法及语境理解。从but 可以看出会说两种或者多种语言的是少数人。A.minimum 最小量B. maximum 最大量C. minority少数D. majority 大多数,可知C正确。 3.】A 考查动词的用法及语境理解。句意:这就导致了一小部分人要求学两门或多门语言。A. claim 要求,需要;B. pretend 假装;C. decide决定;D. plan 计划。由此可知A 正确。 4.】D 考查短语意思及语境理解。句意:会说除了英语以外的语言,就都让人感觉不同。 A. more than不仅仅,多于 B. less than少于 C. rather than而不是 D. other than 除了…之外,因此D 正确。 5.】B 考查形容词意思及语境理解。句意:这就是为什么当人们评论他能说阿拉伯语的事实时,十四岁的Umar感觉很尴尬的原因了。A. excited 兴奋的;B. embarrassed 尴尬的;C. disappointed失望的;D. appreciated 感激的。 6.B 考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。根据上句,大家看到男孩会阿拉伯语很吃惊,因此男孩的母亲说,在美国,孩子学双语并不常见。A.common普遍的,常见的;B. unusual不普通,不平常;C. unique独一无二的;D. general 一般,总体。可知选B。 7.】A 考查动词短语辨析及语境理解。句意:在美国,如果你跟孩子说另一种语言,那么你会被认为不是在帮他们融入社会。A. fit in与…相协调,相适应; B. build up建立,增强;C. contribute to为…做贡献;D. figure out 计算出,可知选B 。 8.】D 考查名词词义及语境理解。句意:事实上,专家们普遍同意的就是:学习一门第二语言对孩子是有好处的。A. distinction区别,差别; B. commission任务,行动;C. announcement布告,通知;D. agreement 同意。故选B。 9.】B 考查数词词义语境理解。根据前半句中的billinguals(双语教育)可知是会两种语言的人。A. one 一次;B. two 两种;C. three 三种; D. more 更多。故选B。 10.】C 考查动词短语搭配及语境理解。have an advantage over 与…相比有优势。 句意:双语教育的孩子跟只用一种语言的孩子相比,有很大优势。由此可知C正确。 11.】D 考查动词短语搭配及语境理解。句意:这取决于他们每种语言能说多少。depend on ,取决于;依赖,依靠A. determines 决定,及物动词;B. focuses注意力集中于;C. comments 评价;故选D。 12.】B 考查名词性从句的连接词。On 为介词,后面宾语从句中,意思是:是否,必须用whether。句意: 不是取决于他们是否学习阿拉伯语,法语,汉语或其他任何语言。故选B。 13.】C 考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。 句意:很多研究已经证明说多种语言的孩子有时候学一种语言比较慢,但是最后他们还是会比学一门语言的同学学的更好,在其他学科也是如此。A. rejected拒绝;B. released释放;C. revealed揭示,揭露; D. reminded 提醒,使某人想起。可知选C。 14.】A 考查副词词义辨析及语境理解。根据句意开始学的慢。 A. slowly慢地;B. rapidly 迅速地; C. easily轻易地; D. efficiently 有效地。可知选A。 15.】B考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。句意:学习另一种语言(所作出)的努力会使其有所提高。A. outcome结果;B. improvement改善,提高; C. advantage优势;D. tendency 倾向。可知选B。 16.】D 考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。从句中other一词可以看出,与上段首句提到professor形成照应,因此应为其他的教授。句意:少数的其他教授同意双语倾向于作为一个整体来使用语言。故选D。 17.】A 考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。句意:他们也展示出更大的创造力和解决问题的能力。A. display展示,发挥;B. produce 生产;C. inspire鼓舞,激励;D. discover 发现。故选A。 18.】C 考查名词的词义及语境理解。句意:我们为什么不表现出更高的热情来学习其他的语言?A. concern 关注;B. respect 尊重; C. enthusiasm 热情;D. intelligence 智力。故选D。 19.】A 考查非谓语动词短语辨析及语境理解。 句意:涉及到双语教育的父母和老师们说:是在学校来自于朋友的压力,说英语国家对于其他语言的态度,学校系统中的问题,应该对此负有责任。A. involved 涉及,牵连;B. impressed 给人印象深刻的;C. competing竞争的;D. replacing代替。故选A。 20.】D 考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。A. opinions观点;B. obstacles 障碍;C. senses 感觉; D. attitudes态度。对于其他语言的态度,可知D 正确。 【名师点睛】 尽管完形填空提供的是一篇残缺不全的文章,但作答前花上两、三分钟,忽略残缺部分,对整个篇章做出判断,是完全必要,也是很值得的。只有这样,才能迅速掌握文章大意,找到文章基调,弄清作者思路,情节发展过程,建立起必要的背景知识,也才有保证抓住中心议题,做到心中有底,如本文一再强调双语教育的重要,双语教育的优势,所以通过通读对文章发展很快就能有方向。然后才能不断根据文中提供的信息,将被删除的细节补全,使文章的情节得到正常发展,最后获得完整语篇。 在通读时,文章的第一句是很重要的,它常为全文提供大意、主题、体裁、人物、时间、地点、气氛等多方面信息,有了这些信息,再往下读,就是跳过一些空格,也不会太紧张。在通读文章之后,要充分利用文章本身提供的信息(也就是我们常说的语境),找出正确答案,对文章领会越深刻,越能体会到上下文之间的关系, 答案才能找得越准确。在读其他句子时,也不要忽视小词,有些信息往往来自于这些小词,它们的色彩能决定我们的选择。如本文中的第36空前的but , 与第一句形式形成对比,这样选择起来就能得心应手了。 考点:考查议论类完形填空
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