Question

About 30 years ago, I left Cuba for the United States with my son. After getting settled finally in Brunswick, New Jersey, I enrolled(注冊(cè)) 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(yǔ)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.

57. The teacher asked the author to his office__________.

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

58. What does the underlined word “disrupting” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. Breaking      B. Following      C. Attending       D. Disturbing

59. The author’s attitude towards being bilingual may best be described as__________.

A. critical        B. casual         C. positive        D. passive

60. This text is likely to be selected from a book of _________.

A. medicine      B. education       C. geography      D. history

Answer 1

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文，題材是學(xué)校教育。作者通過(guò)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(yǔ)的想法是正確的。最后，兒子得益于他的雙語(yǔ)技能找到了高薪的工作。

段落	關(guān)鍵詞、句	大意推測(cè)
第一部分（Para. 1） 故事開端（時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)、人物）	About 30 years ago；settled finally in Brunswick；in kindergarten ；at his office	故事背景：30年前，我在美國(guó)定居，兒子上了幼兒園。一天，老師要我去辦公室見他。
第二部分（Para. 2-7） 敘述故事的過(guò)程	mentally retarded (弱智的）; mental disability; a quiet, sweet little boy; disrupting; native language；	我來(lái)到老師的辦公室，老師問(wèn)了一系列問(wèn)題，認(rèn)為兒子可能有智障。我認(rèn)為兒子是恬靜的小男孩。兒子不會(huì)講英語(yǔ)，在課堂上搗亂。是因?yàn)槲也幌胱屗�忘記母語(yǔ)。
第三部分（Para. 8-9） 從故事得到的啟示	benefited from being bilingual; more than one language; communicate with others; different person; teaches people about other cultures and other places	結(jié)果證明我的想法是正確的。兒子學(xué)會(huì)了英語(yǔ)并從大學(xué)畢業(yè)，找到了高薪的工作。這都得益于他的雙語(yǔ)技能。多會(huì)一門外語(yǔ)能更好地與人交流。

【解析】

57. A。推理判斷題。難度：中等。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。

干擾項(xiàng)排除：B項(xiàng)說(shuō)作者給兒子注冊(cè)上幼兒園，這不是在老師辦公室談的；C項(xiàng)、D項(xiàng)文章內(nèi)容沒(méi)有提到。

58.D。猜測(cè)詞義題。難度：中等。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。

59. C�？疾樽髡邞B(tài)度題。難度：中等。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(yǔ)言讓人們和（更多的）人進(jìn)行交流，這教會(huì)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(yǔ)技能。由此可知作者持積極的態(tài)度。故C正確。A批判的；B漫不經(jīng)心的；D消極的。它們都不合文意。

60. B。推理判斷題。難度：易。根據(jù)文章的語(yǔ)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。

【難句學(xué)習(xí)】

1. 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?

翻譯：你是那些來(lái)這個(gè)國(guó)家攢錢并把它們寄回本國(guó)，從來(lái)不想成為這個(gè)社會(huì)的一員的人之一嗎？

分析：句中who引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，never wanting to be a part of this society是現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)作狀語(yǔ)。

2. 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.

翻譯：不止講一種語(yǔ)言讓人們和（更多的）人進(jìn)行交流，這教會(huì)人們了解其他的地方和文化，這是一些最基本的東西�？墒牵�很顯然，我在新澤西遇到的那個(gè)老師就缺乏這種意識(shí)。

分析：句中Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others作原因狀語(yǔ)，something very basic and obviously lacking in the “educator” I met in New Jersey是同位語(yǔ)，I met in New Jersey是定語(yǔ)從句。