Question

完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

About 30 years ago, I left Cuba for the United States with my son who started learning in a kindergarten there. Several weeks _________ , my son’s teacher asked me to meet him at the school. In the __________ , after the greeting words, the teacher asked “Is your son mentally retarded(弱智的)?” Was he ____________ my wonderful Scola? NO, no, it___________ be. What a helpless,__ _________ moment! I told him that Scola was a quiet, sweet little boy. I asked him _____________ he was asking me this question. He told me that my son couldn’t ____________ the teachers’directions（指令）, and was making bad effects to the class.

Didn’t he know my son did not speak English yet?

He was ___________ ,“Why haven’t you taught him 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 few months, and I didn't want him __________ his native language.”

“I can’t believe __________there are such people who don’t teach their children to speak English at home and at all time.” the teacher said.

Then he told me the meeting was over, and I___________ the office.

As I had expected, ___________ learned to speak English well before the school year was over. He went on to graduate from college and got a high-paid job. He travels widely and has a ___________ life. And all these are mostly ___________ being bilingual(双语的).

Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with ____________；it teaches people about other cultures and other places. But the “educator” I met in my son’s kindergarten didn’t realized these.

1.A. earlier B. later C. before D. after

2.A. office B. classroom C. gym D. dining hall

3.A. thinking about B. talking about C. learning about D. knowing about

4.A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. can’t D. shouldn’t

5.A. friendly B. useful C. careless D. lonely

6.A. what B. how C. why D. where

7.A. follow B. find C. correct D. think

8.A. angry B. sad C. pleased D. proud

9.A. to remember B. to forget C. to learn D. to tell

10.A. who B. which C. when D. that

11.A. reached B. left C. returned D. made

12.A. my son B. I C. the teacher D. the school

13.A. awful B. wonderful C. terrible D. comfortable

14.A. as a result B. as well as C. because of D. such as

15.A. others B. other C. the other D. another

Answer 1