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【題目】MOOCs, an acronym（縮寫）for “massive open online courses,” mark an important, possibly revolutionary, development in education．These courses are online, free of charge, and open to anyone in the world who has a laptop and an Internet connection．Moreover, they are mainly offered by elite universities like Standford, Berkeley, Harvard and Columbia．

The courses, like normal college courses, are sequenced（按順序排好）by difficulty, enabling students to progress from beginners to the advanced．The courses cover not only a broad range of technical subjects such as math and computer science, but also courses in the social sciences and the humanities （人文學科）．

Though MOOCs are not offered for credit and degree, many students enroll in the courses for real skills or knowledge which they can put to some practical use．Some students even form online study groups, or in-person groups with students who live nearby．

The format seems superior to the traditional school class．The average quality of the lecturer is much higher, because students do not have to stick with a mediocre（平庸的） lecturer．

Besides, students can scroll back or forward—in short, they can go at their own learning speed, which they cannot do in a live lecture．And, of great importance, they do not have to travel anywhere to attend an online lecture．One can obtain a first-class American college education wherever he or she lives and however little money he or she has．

There is a problem of asking questions of the lecturer in a class of ten thousand students, but some MOOCs have solved it by allowing students to post questions online for a vote, and only the most popular questions are put to the lecturer．

In a knowledge era, lifelong learning is not confined to a traditional classroom．Of course, students enrolling in MOOCs cannot be compared with those who are in traditional universities, but we need to rethink what a “students” is．

Students in MOOCs are very clever, have work experience, and in many cases, have already developed a set of core competences．Moreover, they also offer unique international perspectives that would be the envy of any school classroom．

【1】Which of the following statements is NOT true about MOOCs?

A．The word “MOOCs” is an acronym for “Massive open online campuses．”

B．Anyone who has a computer and an Internet connection can take MOOCs．

C．MOOCs are usually offered by first-class universities in the world．．

D．MOOCs may be a breakthrough in the development of education．

【2】Students enroll in MOOCs mainly for ________．

A．credits B．degrees C．skills D．study groups

【3】MOOCs seem to have an advantage over traditional school classes because________．

①the average quality of the lecturer is higher

②students can travel to many places when taking MOOCs

③students can learn at their own study pace

④there is a problem of asking questions in traditional classes

A．①② B．②③ C．①③ D．②④

【4】Which word is the best to describe students enrolling in MOOCs?

A．Mediocre B．Creative

C．Practical D．Competent

【5】Which of the following words does not have the same meaning as the underlined word “perspectives”in the last Paragraph?

A．Vision B．View C．Outlook D．Scenery

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述MOOCs是一項網(wǎng)上免費教學課程，其課程范圍涵蓋廣，課程教學質(zhì)量高，以及能夠隨學生的學習速度進行調(diào)整，使學生能夠獲得更為實際的技能。

【1】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第一句MOOCs, an acronym（縮寫）for “massive open online courses,”它是大量開放網(wǎng)絡(luò)課程的縮寫，A項是錯的，故選A

【2】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句many students enroll in the courses for real skills or knowledge許多學生加入課程是為了實際技巧和知識，可知他們是為了技巧，故選C

【3】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第二句The average quality of the lecturer is much higher第五段第一句they can go at their own learning speed可知MOOCs的優(yōu)勢在于演講者質(zhì)量更好以及學生可按自己速度學習，故選C

【4】C推理分析題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句Students in MOOCs are very clever, have work experience, and in many cases, have already developed a set of core competences．MOOCs的學生很聰明、有工作經(jīng)驗、發(fā)展出一系列核心能力，可以說他們都是很有實踐性的，故選C

【5】D詞義猜測題。根據(jù)最后一句they also offer unique international perspectives that would be the envy of any school classroom．對于坐在學校教室的學生來說，他們是一道獨特的國際風景，故選D