(37)处应填()。
A.work
B.preparation
C.graduation
D.explanation
A.
Would you believe that the first outstanding deaf teacher in America was Laurent Clerc, a Frenchman At 12, he (36) the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris where he became a top student. After (37) , the school asked him to stay on as a (38) .
B.
Meanwhile, an American named Thomas Gallaudet was studying to be a minister. (牧师) (39) he met a young girl who was deaf. He was disappointed to learn that there were no (40) for the deaf in America. (41) , in 1815 Gallaudet sailed to London to (42) information on deaf education. However, he was (43) to get help and became frustrated (灰心的). Fortunately he met a French educator who (44) him to go to Paris to spend three months (45) at the school where Clerc was working. The school asked Clerc to teach (46) sign language. As a result, the two men (47) each other.
C.
When the time came for Gallaudet to (48) America, he asked Clerc to come with him. The two men (49) in June 1816. The voyage (50) the Atlantic (大西洋) took days. They put the time to productive use, (51) for the new school for the deaf (52) they wanted to ’open. Such a school was (53) the following year in Connecticut.
D.
At the school, Clerc led a busy life. Although he wanted to return to France, he (54) did. He died on July 18, 1869, still in America. France’s (55) was America’s gain!