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英语专业四级

2.I

3.F

4.D

5.J

6.B

7 L

8.H

9.C

10.G