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  3. In recent years, we’ve read a lot of articles about how we need better teachers in our public schools and, if the teachers’ unio

In recent years, we’ve read a lot of articles about how we need better teachers in our public schools and, if the teachers’ unio

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问题     In recent years, we’ve read a lot of articles about how we need better teachers in our public schools and, if the teachers’ unions went away, our kids【C1】______score like Singapore’s on the big international tests. There’s no question that a great teacher can make a huge difference in a student’s achievement, and we need to recruit, train and reward more such teachers.【C2】______here’s what some new studies are also showing: We need better parents. Parents more【C3】______on their children’s education can also make a huge difference in a student’s achievement.
    How do we know? Every three years, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or O. E. C. D. , conducts exams as part of the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, which tests 15-year-olds in the world’s leading industrialized nations on their reading【C4】______and ability to use what they’ve learned in math and science to solve real problems. America’s 15-year-olds have not been【C5】______themselves in the PISA exams compared with students in Singapore, Finland and Shanghai.
    To better understand why some students【C6】______in the PISA tests while others do not, Andreas Schleicher, who【C7】______the exams for the O. E. C. D. , was encouraged by the O. E. C. D. countries to look【C8】______the classrooms. So starting in 2006, the PISA team went to the parents of 5,000 students and interviewed them "about how they raised their kids and then compared that with the test results". Two weeks ago, the PISA team published the main findings of its study:
    Fifteen-year-old students whose parents read books【C9】______with them during their first year of primary school show markedly higher scores in PISA than students whose parents read with them infrequently or not at all.
    Schleicher explained that "just asking your child how was their school day and showing【C10】______interest in their learning can have the same impact as hours of private tutoring. It is something every parent can do,【C11】______their education level or social background. "
    These PISA findings were【C12】______in a recent study by the National School Boards Association’s Center for Public Education. "Monitoring homework; making sure children get to school; rewarding their efforts and【C13】______the idea of going to college. These parent actions are【C14】______to better attendance, grades, test scores, and preparation for college. " " The study found that getting parents【C15】______with their children’s learning at home is a more powerful【C16】______for achievement than parents attending school board meetings,【C17】______in classrooms, participating in fund【C18】______, and showing up at back-to-school nights. "
    To be sure, there is no【C19】______for a good teacher. There is nothing more valuable than great classroom instruction. But let’s stop putting the whole burden【C20】______teachers. We also need better parents. Better parents can make every teacher more effective.
【C5】
选项 A、elevating
B、outstanding
C、distinguishing
D、excelling
答案C
解析 上文提到了经济合作发展组织每三年开展针对发达国家的中学生的一次测验，空格处的这句话说“与新加坡、芬兰和上海的学生比起来，美国的学生并不……”。四个选项中[A]选项elevating表示“提升，拔高”；[B]选项outstanding是一个形容词，表示“脱颖而出的，突出的”；[C]选项distinguishing表示“区别，区分，使……显著”；[D]选项excelling表示“超越，胜过”。就词性上来看，首先可以将[B]选项排除。就字面意思上来看，[A]选项可以排除。再仔细辨别剩下的两个选项，会发现distinguish oneself是固定搭配，表示“(因善于做某事)受人注目，出名”。例如：She distinguished herself by her coolness and bravery．她因头脑冷静、敢作敢为而为人称道。而excel往往和介词in搭配，excel in sth．表示“擅长……”，excel sb．in表示“比……更出众”。例如：His wife excels him in strategic ability．他的妻子在战略上胜过他。因此，本题的正确答案应该选[C]。
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