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Sir Martin Sorrell, the chief executive of the advertising

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    共享题干题【2018年真题】Sir Martin Sorrell, the chief executive of the advertising conglomerate WPP, was at Kensington Wade, Britain's first primary school to offer full Chinese immersion for its pupils, on a recent evening, for a reception to celebrate the Chinese mid-autumn festival.
     Sir Martin offered___(91) to the parents that the  17,000-a-year tuition they had paid for at the newly-opened school was money well___(92).
     For those parents___(93) to start their children early, there is Hatching Dragons,the UK's first Chinese-English nursery. It___(94) to "foster fluency" in both languages by age five.
     “I’ve got enough___(95) that if a child joins us at six months and stays until they are five, 50 hours a week, they will be orally fluent,” said Cennydd John, who___(96) Hatching Dragons in 2015, after the birth of his son. "If you___(97) him," says Mr.John, "you can go and check his YouTube videos."
     "Chinese is the___(98) language because China is rising as a political and economic power,” said Antonella Sorace, a linguistics professor. "It’s regarded as a good___(99)”.
     Kensington Wade is named___(100) Sir Thomas Wade, a 19th century British diplomat who produced one of the first English-Chinese textbooks. Its___(101) class of 15 students arrived last month. Three were fluent Mandarin speakers___(102) about half knew no Chinese.
     Its two classrooms, in an existing academy, are______(103), with toys and early reading books. On closer___(104), it becomes apparent that one is entirely in English and the other in Chinese. One teacher is British, and the other Chinese. The children move between them and their___(105) worlds during the day. The hope is that by age 11, when they graduate, they will be fluent in both.
     Kensington Wade also aims to______(106) two teaching styles. It upholds the renowned "Shanghai model" of math with the creativity and critical thinking___(107) in a British education.
     The benefits of bilingual education are alluring,___(108) greater cultural empathy and cognitive flexibility. Then there is the question of______(109) children view the language as being useful.
     In April, Jo Wallace, Kensington Wade’s head-teacher, visited three schools in the San Francisco area that have been offering immersive English-Chinese___(110),one for more than 30 years.
     “I went with the worry that these little kids were going to be confused, that they’d be stressed. And all I saw was children having a lovely time,” she recalled, although she acknowledged that some parents would have to “hold their nerve” in the early days


     

    单选题第1题Sir Martin offered___(91) to the parents

    A.Insurance

    B.assurance

    C.endurance

    D.finance

    参考答案:B

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    答案解析:本题考查形似词词义辨析。根据第一段, “肯辛顿韦德小学是英国第一所提供沉浸式中文教育的学校”,以及下文“这所新开的学校一年收取17000英镑的学费”推断,家长必 然会有疑虑, “这笔巨款花得值不值? ”因此这里应该是“马丁先生向父母们保证,这笔钱花得值”。



     

    单选题第2题that the  17,000-a-year tuition they had paid for at the newly-opened school was money well___(92).

    A.Spend

    B.to spend

    C.spending

    D.spent

    参考答案:D

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    答案解析:本题考查语法搭配。通读全句划分结构,提取that后的从句: the f 17,000 ̄a ̄year tuition…was money well______可知,句子主要结构成分完整,空白处缺少的是修饰成分,应填入过去分词作后置定语。此处选择spent最为恰当.



     

    单选题第3题For those parents___(93) to start their children early

    A.Inclined

    B.declined

    C.inclining

    D.declining

    参考答案:A

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    答案解析:本题考查词义辨析和语法搭配。根据句子成分, parents之后为后置定语修饰成分,应填入过去分词。本句大意为“针对那些倾向于早些开始教育孩子的父母,还有‘望子成龙’,这个英国第一所提供中英双语教育的幼儿园” 。



     

    单选题第4题It___(94) to "foster fluency" in both languages by age five.

    A.claims

    B.maintains

    C.announces

    D.proceeds

    参考答案:A

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    答案解析:本题考查固定搭配。根据下文可知,此句意为“该幼儿园称,孩子们到五岁的时候就可以‘流利掌握,两门语言” 。从词语搭配形式上看,空白处所填动词应与to搭配。



     

    单选题第5题“I’ve got enough___(95) that if a child joins us at six months and stays until they are five, 50 hours a week, they will be orally fluent,”

    A.suggestions

    B.assistance

    C.evidence

    D.blessings

    参考答案:C

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    答案解析:本题考查语境推理。本句主要结构为“如果孩子们……就能……”,讲话人在尝试说服他人,所以推测空白处是“证据” 。根据下文可知,此句意为“我有足够的证据证明如果一个孩子在六个月大的时候来到我们这里,并且每周在我们这儿待50个小时,待到五岁,他们就可以流利地说中文了” 。



     

    单选题第6题who___(96) Hatching Dragons in 2015, after the birth of his son.

    A.found

    B.founding

    C.finds

    D.founded

    参考答案:D

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    答案解析:本题考查语法搭配。通读全句分析结构,此处为who引导的定语从句,句子成分缺少谓语,故此处填动词。根据上下文,此句时态应为一般过去时,意为″2015年他在儿子出生后创办了‘望子成龙’幼儿园” 。



     

    单选题第7题"If you___(97) him,"

    A.justify

    B.doubt

    C.believe

    D.convince

    参考答案:B

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    答案解析:本题考查语境推理。此处空白处缺少动词,且词义应与下文中的go and check his YouTube videos意义相呼应,可推测此句意为“如果你对此仍有疑虑,可以看他的YouTube视频了解信息” 。



     

    单选题第8题"Chinese is the___(98) language because China is rising as a political and economic power,”

    A.submerging

    B.merging

    C.emerging

    D.verging

    参考答案:C

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    答案解析:本题考查词义辨析。根据句中“中国在政治和经济领域正在瞩起”,可推测汉语教学也在逐渐兴起,学习汉语是趋势。


     

    单选题第9题"It’s regarded as a good___(99)”.

    A.profit

    B.benefit

    C.merit

    D.investment

    参考答案:D

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    答案解析:本题考查语境推理。根据上下文联系可知,代词it指代的是learning Chinese。原句It’s regarded as a good______中,缺少名词,此句意为“学汉语可以说是一项很好的投资” 。


     

    单选题第10题Kensington Wade is named___(100) Sir Thomas Wade

    A.after

    B.with

    C.on

    D.under

    参考答案:A

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    答案解析:本题考查固定搭配。通读全句并初步翻译,本句意为“肯辛顿韦德小学是以托马斯韦德爵士的名字来命名的”。 name after为圃定搭配,意为“以……命名” 。




     

    单选题第11题Its___(101) class of 15 students arrived last month

    A.opening

    B.initiative

    C.inaugural

    D.original

    参考答案:C

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    答案解析:本题考查语境推理。根据上文,这所小学是新办的学校,采用沉浸式的汉语教学模式,刚刚开始招收学生,可推测此句意为“该小学的首批学生于上个月来到学校,共15人″。




     

    单选题第12题Three were fluent Mandarin speakers___(102) about half knew no Chinese.

    A.instead

    B.since

    C.therefore

    D.though

    参考答案:D

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    答案解析:本题考查逻辑衔接。通读全句并初步翻译, “其中三人可以说流利的普通话,有一半学生一点也不会说”,据此判断,空白处为转折关系。



     

    单选题第13题are______(103)

    A.unremarkable

    B.unfavorable

    C.unbearable

    D.uncomfortable

    参考答案:A

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    答案解析:本题考查语境推理。分析句子结构,厘清主干,本句中in an existing academy是插入语, With toys and early reading books是补足语,不影响句子成分。故主干部分为Its two classrooms are 缺少形容词。根据上下文,此句意为“这所小学坐落在一所学院中,有两个教室,不太起眼,教室里有各种玩具和早教读物” 。



     

    单选题第14题On closer___(104)

    A.contemplation

    B.inspection

    C.speculation

    D.meditation

    参考答案:B

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    答案解析:本题考查语境推理。根据下文可知,两个教室“其中一个教室完全用来教授英语课程,另一个教室用来教授普通话课程” 。这显然是通过观察得出的结论。



     

    单选题第15题The children move between them and their___(105) worlds during the day

    A.colliding

    B.connecting

    C.corresponding

    D.cooperating

    参考答案:C

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    答案解析:本题考查词义辨析。结合上文,得知本句中的代词their指代前句中的″中文老师和英文老师”,以及他们的语言所对应的世界。本句意为“一天之中,学生在两位老师以及他们所代表的世界中转换” 。



     

    单选题第16题Kensington Wade also aims to______(106) two teaching styles

    A.divide

    B.combine

    C.differentiate

    D.isolate

    参考答案:B

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    答案解析:本题考查词语搭配。本句中的two teaching styles,指代下文中的Shanghai model和British education,文中的学校对两种教育方式是持肯定态度的,此句意为“肯辛顿韦德小学还计划结合两种教学方式” 。



     

    单选题第17题It upholds the renowned "Shanghai model" of math with the creativity and critical thinking___(107) in a British education.

    A.criticized

    B.exaggerated

    C.ignored

    D.Prized

    参考答案:D

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    答案解析:本题考查语境推理。分析句子结构,可知主句为It upholds A and B结构,意为“推崇以下两者” 。作者对and前后两者的态度观点一致,前为renowned Shanghai model,下文应该也表达赞同或褒奖。由上下文可知,本句意为“该校十分推崇著 名的富有创造性的‘上海数学教学法’,并结合英国教育所看重的批判性思维的培养” 。



     

    单选题第18题___(108) greater cultural empathy and cognitive flexibility

    A.including

    B.excluding

    C.included

    D.excluded

    参考答案:A

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    答案解析:本题考查反义词辨析和语法搭配。前半句“双语教学的好处非常吸引人”与后半句“更好的文化认同感和认知灵活性”中间以逗号隔开,其后必定不能用动词形式,而需要用现在分词形式作伴随状语。本句大意是双语教学的好处包括后面提及的两者,根据词义及语法搭配,此处选择including最为恰当。

     

    单选题第19题Then there is the question of______(109) children view the language as being useful.

    A.how

    B.what

    C.whether

    D.whatever

    参考答案:C

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    答案解析:本题考查语境推理和语法搭配。根据上下文可知,此句意为“然后问题就是孩子们是否认为语言有用” 。the question of需加名词或名词性从句。此处为whether引导的名词性从句,意为“是否……” 。



     

    单选题第20题visited three schools in the San Francisco area that have been offering immersive English-Chinese___(110)

    A.construction

    B.destruction

    C.obstruction

    D.instruction

    参考答案:D

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    答案解析:本题考查词义辨析。句中immersive一词意为“沉浸式,拟真的,身临其境的” 。本文多次提及“沉浸式教学”,此处乔华莱士前往旧金山地区的学校访问,关注点也是沉浸式教学。本句意为“四月份,肯辛顿韦德小学的校长乔华莱士访问了旧金山的三所学校。这三所学校一直提供沉浸式英语一中文教学,其中一所已有30多年的历史”。

     

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