Some people cannot learn in
ordinary schools. Physical or mental handicap(残疾)prevents a child from learning. Today new ___ 31___are
being used in special schools to help the disabled ___32___.
A school is being set up in New Jersey, USA. It is called Bancroft. Here
the disabled will be trained to ___33___ themselves and to get along in the
outside world.
Bancroft is not surrounded by
___34___ of any kind. Its director insists that it be ___35___ so that students
may gradually develop ___36___ relations with the rest of the world. Bancroft
students will ___37___ in apartments (公寓), cooking their own meals and learning to perform other
___38___. As they become able, they will buy their own furniture, paying for it
out of their own ___39___. They will pay for their food, too. They will learn
to expect ___40___ bills for the calls they make every month.
In order to become independent (自立), each disabled person
will ___41___ what kind of work he wants to be ___42___ to do. While some of
the training will be ___43___ on within Bancroft itself, most of the students
will receive ___44___ training in nearby towns. They will be trained by town
people.
After the training has been
___45___completed, the student will work ___46___an assistant (助手) and will begin to earn
money. After that he will leave Bancroft, ___47___ the school will continue to
give him help if he needs it.
How long will it take a student to
___48___ his training under this new system? The director says, “For some a year will be
___49___. For others it might take ten years.” For all,
however, this method offers new ideas. Many will learn to be ___50___ and
independent, supporting themselves in the world.
31. A. plans B.
decisions
C. tools
D. methods
32. A. learn B. live
C. earn
D. play
33. A. enjoy B. teach
C. help D.
support
34. A. trainers B. students C.
trees
D. walls
35. A. free B.
open
C. quiet
D. different
36. A. special B. familiar C.
normal
D. close
37. A. live B.
study
C. hide
D. cook
38. A. operations B. jobs
C. plays
D. acts
39. A. hands B.
wealth
C. pockets
D. work
40. A. telephone B. education C.
housing
D. food
41. A. like B.
teach
C. finish D.
decide
42. A. asked B.
sent
C. trained
D. made
43. A. taken B.
called
C. tried
D. carried
44. A. life B.
job
C. body
D. mind
45. A. successfully B.
gradually
C. quickly D. hardly
46. A. with B.
for
C. like
D. as
47. A. and
B. but
C. so
D. or
48. A. receive B. get
C. complete
D. stop
49. A. short B.
enough
C. good
D. long
50. A. helpful B. careful
C. useful D.
cheerful