If it takes Kate twenty seconds to add 12 and 26, while Terry can do the sum in a quarter the time on his pocket calculator, how much better grades will Terry get than Kate in the maths exam?

Pocket calculators are as cheap to buy as a pair of shoes, and as essential to thousands of school children as a pencil and eraser. Schools have tried to limit their use, by allowing them in science lessons, to save time but by not allowing them to be used in maths classes. When children do their homework, a pocket calculator is a must. Nowadays in Britain, calculators can be used freely in school examinations, and already in many schools the only sound to be heard during a mathematics examination is the sound of children tapping out their answers.

Many parents feel that their children are not being given a basic understanding of the facts of maths. “The process of addition, division, subtraction and multiplication is part of a training in logic which is important for every child. It teaches them to take series of steps necessary in coming to a conclusion,” says a local maths teacher. “ With a calculator, the child can reach the right answer, but have no idea at all how he got there.” Another teacher in the same school disagreed. “Of course the children understand the principles(基本原理) behind what they do on the calculator. It makes no difference to the mental processes they go through, except to make them much faster, and less boring.” “It’s far easier to teach them to completely understand the idea of division and multiplication by making them understand which button they need to push than to talk about apples being cut in pieces,” said another teacher, who uses calculators to keep the interest of his class.

In any case, the pocket calculator is here to stay; it’s taking the stress out of mental labor in all sorts of ways.

1. From the passage we learn that ______________.

A. in Britain students are encouraged by schools to use pocket calculators

B. parents use the calculators to keep the interest of their children

C. people have different opinions on whether pocket calculators should be used in maths classes

D. all the teachers agree that pocket calculators should be used in classes but not in school examinations

2. As a local maths teacher says, children can reach the right answer with a calculator, but they ______________.

A. really don’t know how they can get better grades

B. have no idea how to use the calculator properly

C. can’t understand whether the answer is right

D. don’t know how they get it

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Calculators used to be as cheap as a pair of shoes

B. Some schools don’t allow the students to use pocket calculators in maths class

C. How to add, divide, subtract and multiply is a question of maths

D. It’s easy to calculate with a calculator

4. The author stands for the opinion that ______________.

A. Students should be allowed to use pocket calculators freely

B. since the pocket calculator has been created, it should be made use of

C. pocket calculators shouldn’t be used by students in maths classes

D. Terry should get grades four times better than Kate

Directions: Read the following passage which is followed by several questions. Give an answer to each question as required.

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