4. They didn't have to reply immediately,so they have enough time to think about it and then answer.

3. Jack described his father,who would have been a brave boy many years ago,as a strong-willed man.

2. You don't need do anything else about this dangerous building. It's over.

1. This room is very dirty. It needs to cleaning now.

5. 你当时不必亲自来，我可以代替你。

You      in person,because I could replace you then.

4. "我必须要参加会议吗？""不，没必要。你可以让汤姆去。" 

―Must I attend the meeting?

―No,you     . You can ask Tom to go instead.

3. 当我们到的时候办公室已经开门了，我们没必要在街上等。

The office had already opened when we arrived,so we           outside in the street.

2. 今天早上我不必早起，所以我一直睡到上午九点钟起床。

I           this morning,so I stayed in bed until 9  am.

1. 那天早上我起床起得很早，但我本来不必起那么早的，因为我没什么事做。

I got up early that morning,but I           so,because I had no work to do.

  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