2.In New York City public schools,176different languages are spoken among the more than 1million students.For 160,000children,English is not their first language.New York's Department of Education makes learning better for these students by providing dual-language programs,in which students are taught in two languages,English and another one,like Russian or Chinese.Math,social studies,science and all other regular courses are taught in both languages.And they learn about the culture of the other country.
Milady Baez Deputy Chancellor of English Language Learners and Student Support,says these dual-language programs will help children succeed in the future."The jobs of the future require that our students know more than one language.They are going to be traveling abroad; they are going to be communicating with people from all over the world.This will open doors for them."
Middle-schoolers might not have jobs on their minds yet.For Kequing Jaing,she likes keeping up her first language,Mandarin."It makes me feel that I am home because I can talk in Chinese; learn in Chinese,while learning in English.So it makes me feel better and makes me understand more about the task I'm learning."
Anastasia Hudikova came to the United States when she was 2years old.She says the Russian-English program keeps her connected to her heritage and her parents happy."They're really happy about the program.They are really happy that I can preserve my culture and my language,and that I can speak it fluently in school."
The New York schools also offer dual-language programs in seven other languages:Arabic,F(xiàn)rench,Haitian Creole,Hebrew,Korean,Polish and Spanish.There are plans to add even more languages in the future.
While these dual-language programs are popular,some organizations in the U.S.say teaching English comes first.U.S.Studies show that children who learn English early will be more successful later.
24.Dual-language progams in New York aim toA.
A.help the students learn better
B.rid the students of homesickness
C.a(chǎn)ttract more international students
D.prevent the students forgetting their culture
25.Who may not quite agree with dual-language programs?D
A.Milady Baez B.Kequing Jaing
C.Anastasia Hudikova's parents D.some organizations in the U.S
26.The author writes the passage in order toB.
A.encourage us to learn more languages
B.introduce dual-language programs in New York schools
C.a(chǎn)dvertise the dual-language programs
D.inspire more students to study in New York.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了紐約市計劃啟動雙語言項目,來幫助紐約的孩子們學(xué)習(xí),在紐約,不只是英語,還有俄語,漢語等等,他們不僅學(xué)習(xí)語言,還學(xué)習(xí)國家的歷史文化.
解答 24.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文章第一段New York's Department of Education makes learning better for these students by providing dual-language programs可知雙重語言項目旨在幫助孩子們更好的學(xué)習(xí),故選A.
25.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)最后一段While these dual-language programs are popular,some organizations in the U.S.say teaching English comes first.U.S.Studies show that children who learn English early will be more successful later.可知一些美國的組織也許會反對這個雙語計劃,因為他們覺得英語更加重要,故選D.
26.B 主旨大意題,通讀全文可知作者寫這篇文章就是為了跟我們介紹紐約的這種雙語教學(xué),故選B.
點評 考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.