填空题

When Roberto Feliz came to the USA from the Dominican Republic, he knew only a few words of English. Education soon became a (47) "I couldn’t understand anything," he said. He (48) 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 (49) Spanish. "She helped me stay smart while teaching me English," he said. Given the chance to demonstrate his ability, he (50) confidence and began to succeed in school.
Today, he is a (51) doctor, runs his own clinic, and works with several hospitals. Every day, he uses the language and academic skills he (52) through bilingual education to treat his patients.
Roberto’s story is just one of (53) success stories. Research has shown that bilingual education is the most (54) way both to teach children English and ensure that they succeed academically. In Arizona and Texas, bilingual students (55) 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 (56) 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) wonderI) hid
• B) acquiredJ) prominent
• C) consistently K) decent
• D) regained L) countless
• E) nightmare M) recalled
• F) native N) breakthrough
• G) acceptance O) automatically
• H) effective