B About 18,000 refugees from Burma have come to the United States each year since 2007. Some have settled in Howard County, Maryland between Baltimore and Washington. A local school began teaching English to the children of the refugees. But while the children learned the language, their parents did not. That made communication with teachers arduous. At present, almost fifty children from Burma attend Bollman Bridge Elementary School. Laurel Conran is a teacher there. She said, “The main idea is the global idea. She teaches English to speakers of other languages. One of her students is Tha Neih Ciang. Another student is Tha Neih’s mother, Tin Iang. Ms. Conran practices English with Tin Iang at the mother’s workplace. Many refugees from Burma work at Coastal Sunbelt Produce, a supplier of fruits and vegetables to restaurants and other businesses. Laurel Conran started classes at the company to help refugees from Burma learn English. Laurel Conran said, “The program is a six-week session. It’s once a week, on every Wednesday, from twelve to one o’clock. So every Wednesday I go to Coastal Sunbelt. As the workers eat lunch, they also practice their new language skills. Lisa Chertok has a child at Bollman Bridge. She is also a manager at Coastal Sunbelt. She helped Ms. Conran develop the lessons, which she says have really helped. Lisa Chertok said, “Well, when the Burmese employees got here, they were very, very shy. Now I find that they are more outspoken than before. They’re more communicative. As parents, they are also more involved in their children’s school. Jonathan Davis is the principal of Bollman Bridge Elementary School. Mr. Davis hopes the lessons will help these parents feel better about communicating with the school. He said, “Even as simple as making a phone call to say that their son or daughter is sick, even if that’s the amount of English that they have got from the program, that truly will help us. 46. What is the main idea of this passage? A. A local school is providing free English lessons for the poor. B. Refugees from Burma are trying their best to learn English. C. A local school is helping refugees from Burma learn English. D. Refugees from Burma have settled in Howard County, Maryland. 47. What does the underlined word “arduous in Paragraph 1 mean? A. Interesting. B. Necessary. C. Surprising. D. Difficult. 48. When the refugees from Burma first arrived in Howard County, . A. the children could speak very good English B. the parents liked communicating with the teachers C. the parents could help their children speak English D. neither the children nor the parents could speak English 49. What can we learn about Laurel Conran from the passage? A. She mainly teaches English to the local children in a school. B. She often goes to the refugees’ company to teach them English. C. She teaches not only English but also other languages. D. She worked at Coastal Sunbelt Produce before being a teacher. 50. Jonathan Davis hopes that the lessons will . A. totally change the difficult life of the refugees B. help the parents get along better with their children C. help the parents communicate better with the school D. encourage more refugees to send their children to the school 【查看更多】
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