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【題目】Millions of children around the world don’t have chances to get basic education, such as reading, writing andmathematics, and the problem is only getting worse. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, reports that 263 million children around the world are not in school. Teaching these boys and girls is a problem that researchers are trying to solve.

The Global Learning XPrize competition is looking for ways to help children teach themselves with only a tablet computer（平板電腦）. What’s more, they are offering $15 million to find the best educational apps. In this way they can teach simple skills to people who have never attended school.

Keller told reporters that the plan is different from other ideas of education. “Traditional ways are mainly about building new schools and training new teachers,” he said. “There are many children who do not go to school. Can you develop something that’s so special and useful that you just give it to a child who cannot read in a very faraway part of the world – she picks it up, she touches it and she begins to learn how to read? And that’s the challenge that we put out to the world.”

About 200 teams entered the competition. And five teams of them were chosen. Each was given $1 million. The next step for these five teams is to field test their solutions. Google has given away 8,000 Pixel C tablets to children in 150 villages in the Tanga region of Tanzania. They will field test each team’s software in a period of 15 months. Whichever solution shows the highest achievement after that time will be the winner, receiving a prize of $10 million.

【1】Doallthechildrenaroundtheworldhavethechancetogetbasiceducation?

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【2】Howmanyteamswerechosenforfieldtesting?

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【3】WhatisthepurposeoftheGlobalLearningXPrizecompetition?

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【4】Doyouthinkitisabetterideatogivechildrentabletcomputerswitheducationalappsthanbuildingnew schoolsandtrainingnewteachers?Whyorwhynot?(20-30詞)

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 No, they don’t.

【2】 Five teams

【3】 To teach simple skills to people who have never attended school.

【4】 Yes, I do. Because I think using tablet computers with educational apps gives children a chance to learn by themselves. It can also save their time.

【解析】

世界上有上百萬(wàn)兒童沒(méi)有得到基礎(chǔ)的教育，聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織報(bào)道稱二億六千三百萬(wàn)孩子沒(méi)有上學(xué)，研究者們正嘗試各種辦法來(lái)解決這一問(wèn)題。

【1】句意：世界上所有的孩子們都有機(jī)會(huì)獲得基礎(chǔ)教育嗎？根據(jù)Millions of children around the world don’t have chances to get basic education, such as reading, writing and mathematics, and the problem is only getting worse.可知世界上有數(shù)百萬(wàn)兒童沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)得到基礎(chǔ)教育，故本題答案為No, they don’t.

【2】句意：有多少個(gè)隊(duì)伍被選中參加實(shí)地試驗(yàn)？根據(jù)About 200 teams entered the competition. And five teams of them were chosen.可知共有大約200個(gè)隊(duì)伍參加比賽，但是被選中的有5個(gè)隊(duì)伍，故答案為Five teams.

【3】句意：全球?qū)W習(xí)XPrize競(jìng)賽的目的是什么？根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容及In this way they can teach simple skills to people who have never attended school.的提示可知其目的是教給沒(méi)有上過(guò)學(xué)的人簡(jiǎn)單的技能，故答案為To teach simple skills to people who have never attended school.

【4】句意：你認(rèn)為給孩子們帶有教育軟件的平板電腦要比建設(shè)新學(xué)校和培訓(xùn)新老師的想法要好嗎？為什么這樣認(rèn)為或?yàn)槭裁床贿@樣認(rèn)為？本題文開(kāi)放性試題，答案不唯一，明確表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)，給出合理的理由即可。參考答案：Yes, I do. Because I think using tablet computers with educational apps gives children a chance to learn by themselves. It can also save their time.