题目内容
About 30 years ago,I left Cuba for the United States with my son. After getting settled finally in Brunswick,New Jersey,I enrolled (注册) my son in kindergarten. Several weeks later,my son's teacher asked me to meet him at his office.
In the teacher's office,an exchange of greetings was followed by his ques?tions, "Is your son mentally retarded (智力发育迟缓的) ？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 Eng-lish 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 (双语的) . 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.
1. 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
2. What does the underlined word " disrupting" in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Breaking.
B. Following.
C. Attending.
D. Disturbing.
3. The author's attitude towards being bilingual may best be described as .
A. critical B. casual
C. positive D. passive
4. This text is likely to be selected from a book of .
A. medicine B. education
C. geography D. history
B[文章大意]本文是一篇记叙文。作者主要回忆了自己在教育孩子方面和老师之间发生的一个小插曲，旨在说明孩子在学会当地语言的同时，不应该忘记学习自己的母语。
1. A推理判断题。根据第二段老师在办公室里问"我"的问题"Is your son mentally retarded (智力发育迟缓的) ？" 以及第四段的第一句"My son could not…disrupting the class."可知A项正确。
2. D词义猜测题。由语境可知，"我"儿子没有听从老师的指令，因此老师认为"我"儿子上课"捣乱"。故D项正确。
3. C细节理解题。根据倒数第二段"As I had expected,my son learned to speak English…And he has benefited from being bilingual (双语的) ."可知选C项。
4. B推理判断题。根据全文可知，文章主要讲述了"我"和老师在孩子教育问题上的不同看法。因此，最有可能节选自教育类的书籍。故选B项。
