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【題目】I went to Arizona earlier this month to see what the college of the future might look like. What I found is an exciting new era of higher education that will help more students get a great, personalized education at an affordable price.

This future may not always include the lecture halls, dormitories, and other features of the traditional college experience. Instead, the colleges I visited are experimenting with ways for students to get their degrees online, allowing them to take courses any place and at any time.

These “colleges without walls,” as they are sometimes called, are at the forefront of the effort to broaden access to higher education, especially for low-income students with full-time jobs and families. During my visit, I heard encouraging stories of students who were taking advantage of these flexible learning models to pursue degrees that could put them on paths to new careers.

One of those students was Shawn Lee. He had a compelling story: After dropping out of college decades ago, he found himself in a series of low-paying, often back-breaking jobs. He recently decided to get his degree when he had his first child and wanted to start building a better life.

Tucked away in an industrial park in Tempe, Rio Salado didn’t look much like a traditional institute of higher education. There were no students running to class. Just a couple of glass-faced office buildings. The college had just 22 full-time faculty serving 60,000 students, with more than half of them attending classes online.

Several students I met during my visit said they liked learning online. “I’ve taken college classes in a big auditorium with herds of people. There was no personal connection,” one student said. “Now I can reach my teacher with the click of a mouse.”

After several days’ visit, I left Arizona feeling quite optimistic about what the future holds for higher education.

【1】What does “colleges without walls” in the third paragraph refer to?

A. Colleges that have no walls around.

B. Colleges that students attend online.

C. Colleges that can be entered freely.

D. Colleges that give students more freedom.

【2】What made Shawn Lee return to attend college again?

A. That he has nothing to do.

B. That he couldn’t find a job.

C. That the cost of the college is low.

D. That he wanted to find a better job.

【3】How did the writer feel after the visit?

A. Hopeful. B. Dissatisfied. C. Disappointed. D. Upset.

【4】What is the writer’s purpose by writing this passage?

A. To explain what “colleges without walls” are.

B. To advertise the colleges.

C. To encourage people to attend higher education.

D. To introduce a new model of education.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析: 本文介紹了作者在亞利桑那州所見到的新型教育模式---網(wǎng)絡(luò)學(xué)校。

【1】B考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容和第二段Instead, the colleges I visited are experimenting with ways for students to get their degrees online, allowing them to take courses anyplace and at any time.可知作者在文中介紹的是網(wǎng)絡(luò)學(xué)校，選B。

【2】D考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段可知Lee只能找到低收入，重體力的工作，再根據(jù)末句He recently decided to get his degree when he had his first child and wanted to start building a better life.可以推斷他再進行繼續(xù)教育的目的是想找到一份好工作，過上更好的生活，選D。

【3】A考查推理判斷題。本題從文中出現(xiàn)的描述作者態(tài)度看法的形容詞入手考查考生對作者的態(tài)度、觀點的理解。根據(jù)文章第一段出現(xiàn)的exciting，第三段的encouraging和末段的 optimistic等詞可知作者對這種網(wǎng)絡(luò)教學(xué)感到非常興奮，對未來充滿希望，故選A。

【4】D考查推理判斷題。作者在文中介紹了通過在線學(xué)習(xí)來獲得教育的新型教育模式，也就是網(wǎng)絡(luò)大學(xué)，故選D。

考點 ：日常生活類閱讀。