One topic is rarely mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in our schools: the almost complete failure of foreign-language teaching. As a French graduate who has taught for more than twenty-five years, I have some ___1_____ of why the failure is so total.  2  the faults already found out in the education system as a whole, there have been several serious  3  which have a direct effect on language teaching.

The first is the removal from the curriculum (课程) of the thorough teaching of English  4?????? . Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun or the subject of a sentence from its object.

Another important error is mixed-ability teaching, or teaching in ability groups so  5  that the most able groups are  6  and are bored while the least able are lost and  7  bored.

Progress depends on memory, and pupils start to forget immediately they stop having 8  lessons. This is why many people who attended French lessons at school have forgotten it a few years later.

Most American schools have accepted what is necessary and  9  modern languages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Britain to do the same, and stop 10  resources on a subject which few pupils want or need.

A. questions   B. evidences     C. ideas          D. knowledges

A. Due to      B. In addition to        C. Instead of        D. In spite of

A. errors       B. situations             C. systems               D. methods

A. vocabulary   B. culture          C. grammar             D. sentences

A. wide        B. similar                C. separate               D. unique

A. kept out    B. turned down        C. held back            D. left behind

A. surprisingl   B. individually     C. equally              D. hardly

A. extra          B. traditional          C. basic                   D. regular

A. restored      B. absorbed            C. prohibited           D. remove

A. wasting      B. focusing          C. exploiting            D. sharing

第一节  完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One topic is rarely mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in our schools: the almost complete failure of foreign-language teaching. As a French graduate who has taught for more than twenty-five years, I have some ___21_____ of why the failure is so total.  22  the faults already found out in the education system as a whole, there have been several serious  23  which have a direct effect on language teaching.

The first is the removal from the curriculum (课程) of the thorough teaching of English  24?????? . Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun or the subject of a sentence from its object.

Another important error is mixed-ability teaching, or teaching in ability groups so  25  that the most able groups are  26  and are bored while the least able are lost and  27  bored.

Progress depends on memory, and pupils start to forget immediately they stop having 28  lessons. This is why many people who attended French lessons at school have forgotten it a few years later.

Most American schools have accepted what is necessary and  29  modern languages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Britain to do the same, and stop 30  resources on a subject which few pupils want or need.

21. A. question        B. evidence             C. idea           D. knowledge

22. A. Due to  B. In addition to     C. Instead of D. In spite of

23. A. errors   B. situations    C. systems      D. methods

24. A. vocabulary   B. culture       C. grammar    D. sentences

25. A. wide    B. similar       C. separate      D. unique

26. A. kept out       B. turned down      C. held back   D. left behind

27. A. surprisingly B. individually       C. equally       D. hardly

28. A. extra    B. traditional  C. basic   D. regular

29. A. restored       B. absorbed    C. prohibited  D. remove

30. A. wasting       B. focusing     C. exploiting   D. sharing