2013年12月大学英语六级阅读选词填空真题及答案

【选词填空部分答案】
36 intentions
37 stems
38 permanently
39 delayed
40 simultaneously
41 asset
42 identified
43overwhelming
44 equivalent
45 underlying
【原⽂】
Quite often, educators tell families of children who are learning English as a second language to speak only English, and not their native language, at home. Although these educators may have good (36) intentions, their advice to families is misguided, and it (37) stemsfrom misunderstandings about the process of language acquisition. Educators may fear that children hearing two languages will become (38) permanentlyconfused and thus their language development will be (39) delayed; this concern is not documented in the literature. Children are capable of learning more than one language, whether (40) simultaneouslyor sequentially(依次地). In fact, most children outside of the United States are expected to become bilingual or even, in many cases, multilingual. Globally, knowing more than one language is viewed as an (41) assetand even a necessity in many areas.
It is also of concern that the misguided advice that students should speak only English is given primarily to poor families with limited educational opportunities, not to wealthier families who have many educational advantages. Since children from poor families often are (42) identified as at-risk for academic failure, teachers believe that advising families to speak English only is appropriate. Teachers consider learning two languages to be too (43) overwhelming for children from poor families, believing that the children are already burdened by their home situations.
If families do not know English or have limited English skills themselves, how can they communicate in English? Advising non-English-speaking families to speak only English is (44) equivalent to telling them not to communicate with or interact with their children. Moreover, the (45) underlying message is that the family's native language is not important or valued.
【阅读匹配⽂章点评】
本⽂涉及近年来较热的话题“第⼆外语习得”及“幼⼉早教”，批判了⼀些所谓“教育专家”教育幼⼉学习英语的⽅式，说明要求家长不说母语，只说英语的教育⽅式并不科学。

⽂章摘⾃Childhood Education Publisher出版的⼀篇论⽂，话题⽐较常见，理解难度不⼤。

⽂章科学性与⼈⽂性并存，⽤词专业，难度中上，对复杂的副词形容词的考核是重点，如simultaneously, underlying, permanently等等，动词短语的搭配也有涉及，如短语stem from。

教育这个话题⼀直是各个考试中频频出现的热门内容，建议六级考⽣多关注这⽅⾯的⽂章，同时注意背诵多⾳节的形容词副词及动词短语搭配。