Learning a second language fuels children’s intelligence and makes their job prospects brighter. 【C1】______the fact is, in the U

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问题    Learning a second language fuels children’s intelligence and makes their job prospects brighter. 【C1】______the fact is, in the USA , as in many other English speaking countries, speakers of two or more languages are in the【C2】______. Eighty- four per cent of US people are monolingual(speaking or using only one language ). This leaves a small number who【C3】______to speak two or more languages. No matter how proud people are of their cultural roots, to speak anything【C4】______English is a marker of difference here. That’s why fourteen-year-old Umar is【C5】______when people comment on the fact that he is able to speak Arabic. Umars mother points out: "In the USA. it’s not【C6】______for kids to be bilingual. But, if you speak another language to your children in the USA. it is thought that you are not helping them to【C7】______society." But in fact, the general【C8】______among experts is that learning a second language is good for children. Experts believe that bilinguals-people who speak【C9】______languages-have a clear learning advantage【C10】______their monolingual schoolmates. This【C11】______on how much of each language they can speak not on which language is used,【C12】______they are learning Arabic, French. Chinese or any other language. Vinss Millon, a professor of Foreign Language Training, says: "A lot of studies have【C13】______that But children who speak more than one language sometimes learn one language more【C14】______, but in the end they do as well as their monolingual schoolmates, and often better, in other subjects. The view is that there is a(n) 【C15】______from the effort of learning another language. A few other【C16】______agree that bilinguals tend to use language better as a whole. They also【C17】______greater creativityand problem-solving ability, and the y learn further languages more easily.
   With all of the benefits, why do we not show more【C18】______for learning other languages? Parents and teachers【C19】______in bilingual education say it is pressure from friends at school, general【C20】______to other languages in English-speaking countries, and problems in the school system that are to blame.
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选项 A、beneath
B、beyond
C、over
D、of

答案C

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