About 30 years ago, I left Cuba for the United States with my 4－year－old son.After getting __1__ finally in Brunswick, New Jersey, I enrolled(注册)my son in __2__. Several weeks later, my son's teacher asked me to meet him at his __3__.
In the teacher's office, an exchange of __4__ was followed by his questions: “Is your son mentally retarded (弱智的)? Does he suffer from any kind of__5__disability？”
Was he talking about my wonderful Scola? No, no it can't be.What a __6__ lonely moment! I told him that Scola was a quiet, sweet little boy, instead.I asked him why he was asking me all these questions.
My son could not __7__the teacher's directions, he told me, and __8__.Scola was disrupting the class.Didn't he know my son did not speak English yet?
He was __9__； “Why hasn't your son been taught to speak English? Don't you speak English at home？”
No, I didn't speak English at home, I __10__. I was sure my son would learn English in a couple of months, and I didn't want him to forget his __11__language.Well, wrong answer! What kind of person would not speak in English to her son at home and at all time? “Are you one of those people who come to this country to save dollars and send them back to their country, __12__ wanting to be a part of this society？”
__13__， I tried to tell him I was not one of “those people”．Then he told me the __14__was over, and I left.
As I had __15__， my son learned to speak English __16__before the school year was over.He went on to graduate from college and got a __17__， earning close to six figures.He travels widely and leads a well－adjusted, contented life.And he has __18__ from being bilingual(双语的)．
Speaking more than one language allows people to __19__with others; it teaches people about other __20__and other places something very basic and obviously lacking in the “educator” I met in New Jersey.
( )1.A.solved B．settled
C．situated D．involved
( )2.A.school B．company
C．community D．kindergarten
( )3.A.office B．home
C．house D．workshop
( )4.A.questions B．greetings
C．information D．requests
( )5.A.physical B．emotional
C．educational D．mental
( )6.A.careless B．helpless
C．useless D．worthless
( )7.A.hear B．repeat
C．follow D．explain
( )8.A.thus B．however
C．otherwise D．though
( )9.A.angry B．calm
C．surprised D．sad
( )10.A.refused B．replied
C．reminded D．rewarded
( )11.A.spoken B．written
C．second D．native
( )12.A.often B．never
C．seldom D．once
( )13.A.Needless to say B．Beyond words
C．For no reason D．To make matters worse
( )14.A.instruction B．blame
C．meeting D．discussion
( )15.A.planned B．noted
C．suggested D．expected
( )16.A.easily B．fluently
C．hardly D．exactly
( )17.A.job B．degree
C．chance D．scholarship
( )18.A.suffered B．benefited
C．learned D．grown
( )19.A.deal B．stay
C．communicate D．match
( )20.A.languages B．customs
C．traditions D．cultures
