Large numbers of school-age children, including children from all social classes, have significant difficulties in ________ to read.
learn
learning
begin
beginning
2.
An increasing proportion of children in American schools, particularly in certain school systems, are learning ________, with most of the children identified as such because of difficulties in learning to read.
unable
difficult
disabled
weak
3.
A large number of students who should be ________ of reading ably given adequate instruction are not doing so, suggesting that the instruction available to them is not appropriate.
capable
know
do
can
4.
The number of children who speak other languages and have limited ________ in English in U.S. schools has risen dramatically over the past two decades and continues to grow.
doing
knowledge
skill
proficiency
5.
________ the size of the general school population has increased only slightly, the number of students acquiring English as a second language grew by 85 percent nationwide between 1985 and 1992.
Because
Although
Due to
Since
6.
Eight percent of kindergarten children speak a ________ language other than English and are English-language learners.
home
foreign
native
country
7.
________ in English would, of course, put students with limited English proficiency at a disadvantage.
To be teach and test
To be taught and tested
Being teach and test
Being taught and tested
8.
Of course, we are most ________ about children at high risk of developing reading difficulties.
thinking
concern
worried
thoughtful
9.
Once the learner of written English gets the basic idea that letters ________ the small sound units within spoken and heard words, called phonemes, the system has many advantages.
represent
make
are
stand
10.
English can present a ________ for a learner who expects to find each letter always linked to just one sound.
