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Today we remember a man who was considered one of the best teachers in the United
States. Jaime Alfonso Escalante was born in 1930 in La Paz, Bolivia. Both his parents were
___41__ as him. He taught math and science in his own ___42___for twelve years.
In the 1960s, Jaime Escalante and his wife Fabiola came to the United 1974,
Mr. Escalante was hired at Garfield High School to ___43___ mathematics. The school was
in a __44___ area of Los Angeles, California. Many of the students had__45___ problems
with illegal drugs, gangs and __46___. The school was in danger of __47__ its official
approval to operate.
Mr. Escalante's students were mostly Mexican-Americans from a Spanish-speaking
area of the city. Many were the __48___students at the school and thought to be "unteachable." But Mr. Escalante pushed the group to work ___49___. He told his students that he __50_
them.
Jaime Escalante __51___ an advanced math program with a small group of students.
Advanced Placement is a program of college-level classes and tests. In 1982, eighteen of his students took the Advanced Placement test in calculus. They all __52___.
Officials at the testing company thought the students had___53___ and rejected them. Mr. Escalante protested. He said the students were being rejected __54___ they were from
a poor school. He__55__ his students to take the test again. Twelve of the students ___56__
the test. And again, __57___failed. The advanced math program at Garfield became
extremely __58___over the next several years.
Jaime Escalante received many teaching ___59___ including the Presidential Medal of
Excellence in Education. Jaime Escalante ___60___in 1998 and later moved back to Bolivia with his wife Fabiola.
41. A. travelers B. teachers C. singers D. writers
42. A. kingdom B. classroom C. school D. country
43. A. develop B. teach C. spread D. study
44. A. close B. friendly C. poor D. new
45. A. serious B. necessary C. important D. different
46. A. lying B. violence C. sports D. learning
47. A. finding B. changing C. getting D. losing
48. A. funniest B. bravest C. worst D. shortest
49. A. freely B. hard C. long D. widely
50. A. believed in B. watched over C. turned to D. cared for
51. A. explained B. checked C. wanted D. started
52. A. improved B. left C. passed D. existed
53. A. helped B. cheated C. argued D. failed
54. A. though B. unless C. if D. because
55. A. encouraged B. refused C. allowed D. showed
56. A. thanked B. hated C. repeated D. remembered
57. A. everybody B. anybody C. somebody D. nobody
58. A. unusual B. successful C. disappointing D. frightening
59. A. examples B. methods C. awards D. plans
60. A. retired B. died C. disappointed D. moved
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