The State Board of Regents will consider letting alternative teacher training programs certify teachers, expanding the role that

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问题     The State Board of Regents will consider letting alternative teacher training programs certify teachers, expanding the role that for decades has been【C1】______performed by education schools.
    The proposal is one of several【C2】______to improve teacher quality and recruitment that the board will consider in Albany on Monday. Another would change the【C3】______for teacher certification, like having more difficult content exams and classroom demonstrations.
    The possible expansion of certification would further redefine the【C4】______path to becoming a teacher in the state.
    While New York has had some【C5】______certification programs in place for years, like Teach for America and New York City Teaching Fellows, students are still required to take classes at education schools during the summer, nights and weekends to earn a teaching certificate.
    But critics have often【C6】______education schools of not doing enough to prepare graduates for the classroom. In a speech at Teachers College at Columbia University last month, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that schools should focus more on hands-on classroom work,【C7】______to medical residencies(住院实习期间)that aspiring doctors must complete.
    Dr. Steiner said that if the Regents【C8】______the changes, he expected it would strengthen New York State’s application for Race to the Top, a federal grant program that will【C9】______some states for taking on education improvement initiatives.
    Robert L. Hughes, chief executive of New Visions for Public Schools, which helps train educators at New York City schools, has long been critical of education schools. He said the plan had the chance to【C10】______a "revolution".
A)accused 1)executively
B)reward J)similar
C)alternative K)approved
D)recommendations L)informed
E)familiar M)exclusively
F)provoke N)requirements
G)traditional O)complex
H)guidelines
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答案C

解析 此处应填形容词。此处需要一个修饰certification programs的形容词。该句的意思是尽管纽约一些……认证项目,如“为美国而教”和“纽约市助教”已存在多年,这些项目也可以对教师进行认证,文章首句已说要安排“一些其他教师培训项目”(alternative teacher training programs):本段下一段接着评论者们经常指责教育学校做得不够,结合上下文可知,本空是对首句alternative的复现,又与下文语义一致,所以C)alternative“供选择的”能使文意通顺。
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