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Would you believe that the first outstanding deaf teacher in America was a Frenchman? His name was Laurent Clerc. He【C1】______ a

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问题    Would you believe that the first outstanding deaf teacher in America was a Frenchman? His name was Laurent Clerc. He【C1】______ a friend of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and together they founded America’ s first school for the deaf.
   Laurent Clerc was【C2】______ in a small village near Lyons, France, on December 26, 1785. When he was one year old, he fell into a fire, 【C3】______ both his hearing and his sense of smell.
   At 12, Laurent【C4】______ the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris where he did well in his studies. After he graduated, the school asked him to stay on as an assistant【C5】______ .
   Meanwhile, in America, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was very【C6】______ about the lack of educational opportunities for the deaf. Therefore, in 1815, Gallaudet sailed to London, England to seek i-deas on【C7】______ to teach deaf people. While he was there, he was invited to go to Paris to【C8】______ three months learning at the Royal Institution for the Deaf, the【C9】______ where Laurent Clerc was teaching. Gallaudet accepted the offer. The two worked together. When the time came for Gallaudet to return, he asked Clerc to come with him. Clerc accepted on one【C10】______ : that he would stay in A-merica only a short time.
   They set sail and the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean【C11】______ 52 days. On the long trip, they had many conversations about education and【C12】______ The year after they arrived, they founded a school for the deaf in Harford, Connecticut.
   At the school, Clerc led a busy life. He taught signs to Principal Gallaudet, the pupils, and【C13】______ men who came to the school to study deaf education.
   In 1819, Clerc【C14】______ Eliza Crocker Boardman, one of his pupils. They had six children. He retired from teaching in 1858.【C15】______ he had intended to return to France, he never did. He died on July 18, 1869 in the United States.
【C15】
选项 A、If
B、Even
C、Although
D、Still
答案C
解析 根据句意可知，他很想回去，但是并没有。although可以引导让步状语从句，表示“尽管”。故选C。
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