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About 30 years ago, I left Cuba for the United States with my son. After getting settled finally in Brunswick, New Jersey, I enrolled(注册) my son in kindergarten. Several weeks later, my son's teacher asked me to meet him at his office.

In the teacher's office, an exchange of greetings was followed by his questions: "Is your son mentally retarded(弱智的)? Does he suffer from any kind of mental disability?"

Was he talking about my wonderful Scola? NO, no, it can't be. What a helpless, lonely moment! I told him that Scola was a quiet, sweet little boy, instead. I asked him why he was asking me all these questions.

My son could not follow the teacher's directions, he told me, and thus, Scola was disrupting the class. Didn't he know my son did not speak English yet?

He was angry; "Why hasn't your son been taught to speak English? Don't you speak English at home?"

No,I didn't speak English at home, I replied. I was sure my son would learn English in a couple of months,and I didn't want him to forget his native language. Well, wrong answer! What kind of person would not speak in English to her son at home and at all time? "Are you one of those people who come to this country tosave dollars and send them back to their country, never wanting to be a part of this society?"

Needless to say, I tried to tell him I was not one of "those people." Then he told me the meeting was over,and I left.

As I had expected, my son learned to speak English fluently before the school year was over. He went on tograduate from college and got a job, earning close to six figures. He travels widely and leads a well-adjusted, contented life. And he has benefited from being bilingual(双语的).

Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others; it teaches people about other cultures and other places - something very basic and obviously lacking in the "educator" I met in New Jersey.

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57. The teacher asked the author to his office__________.

A. to discuss Scola's in-class performance
B. to get Scola enrolled in kindergarten
C. to find a language partner for Scola

D. to work out a study plan for Scola

58. What does the underlined word "disrupting" in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. Breaking
B. Following
C. Attending

D. Disturbing

59. The author's attitude towards being bilingual may best be described as__________.

A. critical
B. casual
C. positive

D. passive

60. This text is likely to be selected from a book of _________.

A. medicine
B. education
C. geography
D. history

参考译文

大约30年前，我带着儿子离开古巴，去了美国。最后定居在新泽西的不伦瑞克，我给儿子登记注册了一家幼儿园。几个星期后，我儿子的老师让我去他的办公室见面。

在老师的办公室里，我们互相问候之后他提出了一些问题:“你儿子在精神上是弱智吗？他患有任何形式的精神残疾吗？”

他是在跟我谈论我那令人赞叹的斯科拉吗？不，不，这不可能。这是多么无助、多么孤独的时刻！我告诉他，正相反，斯科拉是一个安静又可爱的小男孩。我问他为什么问我这些问题。

他告诉我，我儿子不能跟上老师的指导，因此斯科拉是在班上捣乱。他还不知道我儿子不会说英语吗？

他生气了，“为什么你儿子没有学说英语？你不在家讲英语吗？”

我回答道，不，我在家不说英语。我确信我的儿子将在两个月内学会英语，我不想让他忘记自己的母语。嗯，错误的答案！什么样的人会一直不在家与她的儿子说英语呢？“你是那些来到这个国家挣钱并将它们寄回自己的国家而从来没有想过要成为这个社会的一部分的人中的一员吗？”

不必说，我想告诉他我并不是那些人中的一员。然后他告诉我会面结束了，我就离开了。

正如我预料的那样，我儿子在学年结束前学会了说流利的英语。接着他从大学毕业，找到了一份工作，能拿六位数的工资。他去过很多地方，过着一种合理调配而又令人满足的生活。同时他也受益于双语。

说多种语言能够帮助人们与他人沟通，也能教人们其他的文化并了解其他地方，而这些最基本也是最明显的东西却是我在新泽西所遇见的“教育家”所缺乏的。

答案解析

57. A 考查细节节理解。根据文章第四段中的"My son could not follow the teacher's directions, he told me, andthus, Scola was disrupting the class."可知，老师请作者去办公室就Scola的课堂表现进行了一些交流。故答案为A。

58. D 考查词义猜测。根据画线词前的"My son could not follow the teacher's directions"可知，作者的儿子不能理解老师的指令，所以就会扰乱课堂。故画线词与选项中的Disturbing意思相近。

59. C 考查推理判断。根据文章倒数第二段的最后一句"And he has benefited from being bilingual(双语的)."可知，作者认为他的儿子受益于双语，故作者的态度应该是积极的，所以C项正确。

60. B 考查推理判断。本文讲述了作者的儿子去美国后由于不懂英语而受到老师的批评，但作者的儿子最终受益于双语。尤其根据文章最后一段可知，作者主要论述的是教育的话题。故答案为B。