問題詳情

The education of "bilingual" students in the U.S. has always been closely 39 political, economic and socialconcerns. As a nation of immigrants, the U.S. was founded by colonists from multiple language backgrounds andnationalities. 40 early private schools were quickly established to teach colonial children, schools were generallysegregated by communities so that students studied in their native languages. As immigrant communities (mainly fromEurope) vied for political and economic power in the new world, language and nationality differences raised tensionsbetween neighbors. This in turn 41 calls for new immigrants to assimilate by learning the language and customsof earlier arrivals. For example, in colonial Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin complained that an influx of Germanspeaking immigrants would threaten the ability of the English in the settlement to maintain their language andgovernment. He was so worried about this prospect 42 he established one of the first groups of English languageschools for Germans with the hope of helping them to better assimilate 43 the English-speaking culture.
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(A) tied to
(B) up to
(C) about to
(D) next to

參考答案

答案：A
難度：適中0.447106
統計：A(224),B(83),C(139),D(38),E(0)

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