11.In New York City public schools,176different languages are spoken among 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 speak 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.
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.Which one of the following is true according to the article?C
A.Most students in New York public schools are not native English speakers.
B.A dual-language program is carried out to help overcome the language barrier.
C.The dual-language program contributes to preserving a foreign student's own culture.
D.Seven languages are adopted in the program at present.
27.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.advertise 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習,在紐約,不只是英語,還有俄語,漢語等等,他們不僅學習語言,還學習國家的歷史文化.
解答 25.D 細節(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.C 細節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章內容,Milady Baez,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."由此可知,雙語計劃會對學習這些的孩子們起到很好的作用,為他們將來工作的選擇、與人溝通等方面打來方便之門.結合選項,故選C
27.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,讓廣大的學生、家長以及學校在這方面引起重視,結合選項,故選B.
點評 本文是一個社會文化類閱讀,題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題,做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析,結合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).