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Who wants to pay for " D "-quality plumbing(管道)? Fly the skies with a " D "-

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问题     Who wants to pay for " D "-quality plumbing(管道)? Fly the skies with a " D "-rated pilot? Settle【C1】_____a "D" restaurant?
    Exactly.
    The way the Mount Olive school district【C2】_____it, its students should not be【C3】_____by with D’s on their report cards,【C4】______. This fall, there will no longer be any D’s,【C5】_____A’s, B’s, C’s and F’s.
    "D’s are【C6】_____not useful in society," said Larrie Reynolds, the Mount Olive superintendent(主管), who led the【C7】_____against D’s as a way to raise the bar and【C8】_____students to work harder. "It’s a throwaway grade. No one wants to hire a D-anything, so why would we have D-students and give them【C9】_____for it?" The no-D policy, which was【C10】_____by the school board last week, has led to a【C11】_____of Facebook messages from students calling it the worst idea【C12】_____, and has been debated on soccer fields and around swimming pools in this suburban township in northwestern New Jersey. 【C13】_____some teachers have expressed【C14】_____that it may result in more students failing.
    "I really don’t like it," said Chris Radler, 13, who is entering ninth grade; he said it was unfair and would【C15】_____the pressure on students. "If you’re a little【C16】_____less than a C, but not quite an F, you’re still going to fail. Some kids aren’t at that level【C17】_____They aren’t able to get that upper【C18】_____But parents like Christine Priest, a mother of six, 【C19】_____the new policy for reinforcing a message that they have long taught at home: D’s are not good enough. "With my kids, we always told them a D is an F," she said. "D just wasn’t enough of an【C20】_____" [br] 【C19】
选项 A、opposed
B、predicted
C、applauded
D、declined
答案 C
解析 动词辨析题。根据本句前半句句首的转折连词But可知，家长们的意思正好与学生的相反，由此可推知他们应该是赞成这一举措，故applauded“为……鼓掌；赞成”符合句意。opposed“反对”；predicted“预测”；declined“拒绝”。
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