SectionA

Directions: Inthissection, thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2 withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

　　Questions36 to45 arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

　　TheU.S.DepartmentofEducationismakingeffortstoensurethatallstudentshaveequalaccesstoaqualityeducation.Todayitis（36） thelaunchoftheExcellentEducatorsforAllInitiative.Theinitiativewillhelpstatesandschooldistrictssupportgreateducatorsforthestudentswhoneedthemmost.

　　"Allchildrenare（37 ）toahigh-qualityeducationregardlessoftheirrace, zipcodeorfamilyincome.Itis（38 ）importantthatweprovideteachersandprincipalsthesupporttheyneedtohelpstudentsreachtheirfull（39） ," U.S.SecretaryofEducationArneDuncansaid." Despitetheexcellentworkanddeep（ 40 ）ofournation'steachersandprincipals, studentsinhigh-poverty, high- minorityschoolsareunfairlytreatedacrossourcountry.Wehavetodobetter.Localleadersandeducatorswill（41 ）theirowncreativesolutions, butwemustworktogetherto（42） ourfocusonhowtobetterrecruit, supportand（43） effectiveteachersandprincipalsforallstudents, especiallythekidswhoneedthemmost."

　　Today'sannouncementisanotherimportantstepforwardinimprovingaccesstoaqualityeducation, a（44 ）ofPresidentObama'syearofaction.Latertoday, SecretaryDuncanwillleadaroundtablediscussionwithprincipalsandschoolteachersfromacrossthecountryaboutthe（45 ）ofworkinginhigh-needschoolsandhowtoadoptpromisingpracticesforsupportinggreateducatorsintheseschools.

A.Announcing

B.beneficial

C.challenges

D.commitment

E.component

F.contests

G.critically

H.develop

I.distributing

J.enhance

K.entitled

L.potential

M.properly

N.qualified

O.retain