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In Zurich, a leading canton in the Swiss Confederation, it has been proposed to teach one foreign language-English-in primary sc

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问题     In Zurich, a leading canton in the Swiss Confederation, it has been proposed to teach one foreign language-English-in primary schools. This would represent a change【C1】______Zurich’s elementary school kids now study English and French. Voters will decide whether French will be 【C2】______.
    Some educators【C3】______that two foreign languages are too much for kids. Supporters of one foreign language believe that kids fail to reach strong【C4】______in German, the mother tongue for schoolchildren in Zurich.
    In fact, Zurich kids speak Swiss German, which is【C5】______an oral language. In school they have to learn stand and German, which【C6】______is a foreign language. 【C7】______you add them all together Zurich kids are learning four languages.
    All of Switzerland will watch what Zurich voters decide because Zurich is an influential canton and others may【C8】______. Yet some German-speaking cantons have already decided to 【C9】______plans to reduce the number of foreign languages.
    【C10】______what happens. Swiss kids will be fluent in more than one language which is a definite asset in today’s【C11】______economy. It is also a definite asset in learning other subjects. Studies【C12】______in American universities have found that kids who study in dual-language schools outperform their【C13】______who are taught in English only. Apparently, kids educated in two languages develop a mental【C14】______that monolingual kids lack. Perhaps four languages are too many in elementary school, but two is not【C15】______at all.
【C13】
选项 A、predecessors
B、counterparts
C、opponents
D、companions
答案B
解析 predecessor祖先，前辈。counterpart配对。对方，相对物。opponent敌手，对手。companion伴侣，同伴。
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