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Chicago Public Schools are going to great lengths to hire teachers--now the school districtrecruits teachers fr。m other countries to help solve a shortage of teachers.It all started in 1999，when R。uses Hannon.a math and physics teacher from Palestine(巴勒斯坦)，visited Chicago He read about the teacher shortage at Chicago Public Schools and asked the school board if they dhire him The board was interested and decided to create a special program for foreign—born teach—ers like Hannon，and he was the first teacher hired.
The program is called the Global Educator Outreach or GEO，and it’s a partnership between
Chicago Public Schools and the U。S. government. Because the teacher shortage in Chicago is soextreme，the Government allows the school district to temporarily hire foreign teaching candi—dates using H1一B visas.The Government grants these visas oniy to skilled foreign_born citlzens SO they can work in highly specialized jobs that can’t be filled with available U.S.workforce.
Through the GEO，the school district has hiredtries.Applicants must pass an English language test dozens of teachers from 22 different coun—and specialize in math，science。world lan—guage or bilingual(双语的)education.Hannon and the first GEO teachers started in the class—room at the beginning of the 2000~2001 school year，
What do the GEO teachers think of the American classroom?ttannon， who was hired toteach math at Gage Park High School，says classrooms in Chicagoare very different from those inPales tine. For one thing，he says，the fixed schedule that forces students t0 attend the same clas—ses at the same time each day becomes too dutl. In Palestine，the class sehedule changes eachweek.He says in Palestine，the culture forces students to work hard because if they don't they'ilbe kicked out and put in vocational schools，which limits their career options.There is not nearlvaS much pressure for American students to do,veil。He says he has todouble the amounts of
work just to get his students interested，
36.Chicago Public Schools began to employ foreign teachers because
A.there were not enough American teachers
B.a program for foreign teachers was started
C.the schooi board was interested in foreign teachers
D.foreign teachers taught better than American teachers
37.The American Government is involved in the program because .
A.the schools are public schools
B.the Government is to finance the program
C.the Government grants visas to the foreign teachers
D.the program involves bilingual education
38.It seems that the Global Educator Outreaeh wiil .
A.be difficult to continue B.last a limited period of time
C.pose a threat to U.S.workforce D.be extended to other cities
39.Chicago Public Schools do not seem to lack teachers of_____.
A.English B.math
C.science D.world language
40.Hannon，as a GEO teacher，has found that____.
A.class schedules in America and Palestine are very much the same
B.fixed class schedules make it easy for teachers to prepare lessons
C.vocational schools offer a good career option for American students
D.American students do not work as hard as Palestinian students
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