Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank follow­ing the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may_not use any of the word in the bank more than once.

Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.

When Roberto Feliz came to the USA from the Dominican Republic, he knew only a few words of English. Education soon became a 47__. "I couldn't understand anything," he said. He _48 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 49 Spanish. "She helped me stay smart while teaching me English," he said. Given the chance to demonstrate his ability, he 50_ confidence and began to succeed in school.

Today, he is a 51_ doctor, runs his own clinic, and works with several hospitals. Every day, he uses the language and academic skills he 52 through bilingual education to treat his patients.

Roberto's story is just one of 53  success stories. Research has shown that bilingual education is the most 54 way both to teach children English and ensure that they succeed academically. In Arizona and Texas, bilingual students 55 outperform their peers in monolingual programs. Calexico, Calif, implemented bilingual education, and now has dropout rates that arc less than half the state average and college 56 rates of more than 90%. In El Paso, bilingual education programs have helped raise student scores from the lowest in Texas to among the highest in me 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

 
标准答案：
    47.E  48.I  49.F  50.D  51.J  52.B  53.L  54.H  55.C  56.G

Part VI    Translation   (5 minutes)
87. The substance does not dissolve in water _______________________________(不管是否加热)。

88．Not only _____________________________________(他向我收费过高)，but he didn’t do a good repair job either.

89. Your losses in trade this year are nothing _______________________________(与我的相比)。

90．On average, it is said, visitors spend only __________________________________(一半的钱)in a day in Leeds as in London.

91. By contrast, American mothers were more likely ____________________________(把孩子的成功归因于) natural talent.

 

 

标准答案：
87. whether (it is) heated or not     88. did he charge me too much / did he overcharge me
89. compared with mine / in comparison with mine    90. half as much （money）
91. to attribute their children’s success to