2018年12月大学英语四级阅读理解试题：选词填空专项（十四）

2018年12月大学英语四级阅读理解试题：选词填空专项（十四）

　　第三十篇

　　When Roberto Feliz came to the USA from the Dominican Republic, he knew only a few words of English. Education soon became a __1__. "I couldn't understand anything," he said. He __2__ 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 __3__Spanish." She helped me stay smart while teaching me English," he said. Given the chance to demonstrate his ability, he __4__ confidence and began to succeed in school.

　　Today, he is a __5__ doctor, runs his own clinic ,and works with several hospitals .Every day, he uses the language and academic skills he __6__ through bilingual education to treat his patients.

　　Roberto's story is just one of __7__ success stories. Research has shown that bilingual education is the most __8__ way both to teach children English and ensure that they succeed academically. In Arizona and Texas, bilingual students __9__ outperform their peers in monolingual programs. Calexico, Calif. , implemented bilingual education, and now has dropout rates that are less than half the state average and college __10__ rates of more than 90%.In E1 Paso, bilingual education programs have helped raise student scores from the lowest in Texas to among the highest in the 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

　　参考答案：

　　1.E

　　2.I

　　3.F

　　4.D

　　5.J

　　6.B

　　7 L

　　8.H

　　9.C

　　10.G

　　第三十一篇

　　As war spreads to many corners of the globe, children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts. In Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking part in peace education __1__. The children, after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the __2__ of peacemakers. The Children's Movement for Peace in Colombia was even nominated(提名) for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. groups of children __3__ as peacemakers studied human rights and poverty issues in

　　Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known as The Schools of Peace.

　　The classroom __4__ opportunities for children to replace angry, violent behaviors with __5__, peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step __6__toward becoming peacemakers.

　　Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are __7__ useful when helping children along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, started in 1992, provides a Website with resources for teachers and __8__ on starting a Kindness Campaign. The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children's rights and how to help the __9__ of war. Starting a Peacemakers' Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to other classrooms and ideally affect the culture of the __10__ school.

　　[A] victims

　　[B] technology

　　[C] role

　　[D] respectively

　　[E] projects

　　[F] offers

　　[G] information

　　[H] images

　　[I] forward

　　[J] especially

　　[K] entire

　　[L] cooperative

　　[M] comprehensive

　　[N] assuming

　　[O] acting

　　参考答案：

　　1.E

　　2.C

　　3.O

　　4.F

　　5.L

　　6.I

　　7.J

　　8.G

　　9.A

　　10.K