Question

Imagine a classroom missing the one thing that’s long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing?Paper,No notebooks,no test paper.Nor are there any pencils or pens,which always seem to run out of ink at the critical moment.

    A“paperless classroom”is what more and more schools are trying to achieve.Students don't do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use palm (手掌) size, or specially-designed computers. The teacher downloads texts from Internet libraries and sends them to every student's personal computer.

Having computers also means that students can use the Web. They can look up information on any subject they're studying from math to social science.

High school teacher Judy Herrell in Florida, US, described how her class used the Web to learn about the war in Afghanistan (阿富汗) over one year ago.

"We could touch every side of the country through different sites? from the forest to refugee camps (難民營)," she said. "Using a book that's three or four years old is impossible."

And exams can go online too. At a high school in Tennessee, US, students take tests on their own computers. The teacher records the grades on the network for everyone to see and then copies them to his own electronic grade book.

A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper. High school teacher Stephanie Sorrell in Kentucky, US, said she used to give about 900 pieces of paper each week to each student.

 "Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers," she said.

But, with all this technology, there's always the risk that the machines will break down. So, in case of a power failure or technical problems, paper textbooks are still widely available for these hi-tech students.

1.What does the part of the last sentence in the first paragraph, “run out of ink at the critical moment”, mean?

A. Pens may not write well at the critical moment.

B. Pens get lost easily, so you may not find them at the critical moment.

C. Pens may have little or no ink at the critical moment.

D. Pens use ink, while pencils don't.

2.In a paperless classroom, what is a must?

A. Pens.    B. Computers.    C. Information.    D. Texts.

3.The high school teacher, Judy Herrell, used the example of her class to show that _______.

A. the Web could take them everywhere

B. the Web taught them a lot

C. the Web is a good tool for information

D. the Web better than the textbooks, can give the latest and comprehensive (全面的) information

4.The paperless classrooms will benefit _____ the most.

A. students    B. teachers    C. trees    D. computers

5.What does the phrase in the last paragraph, “break down”, mean?

A. Break into pieces.    B. Stop working

C. Fall down.    D. Lose control.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要描述了未來沒有紙的教室。沒有筆記本、課本、測試卷。這是一個(gè)只用電腦的教室，但電腦死機(jī)該怎么辦？這也是令人頭痛的問題。

1.句意理解題。根據(jù)其所在的句子可猜出critical在此表示“關(guān)鍵的，重要的”。critical還有“批評(píng)的”之意。critical所在的句子的句意是：也沒有鉛筆或鋼筆，它們好像總是在關(guān)鍵的時(shí)候用完墨水。選C

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的“Students don’t do any handwriting in this class.Instead，they use hand-sized，or specially-designed computers.”可知在沒有紙的教室，電腦是必須的，選B。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)她說的話“Using a book that’s three or four years old is impossible，”“Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers，”可推斷出她認(rèn)為網(wǎng)絡(luò)資源是很全面的，而課本上的內(nèi)容通常是陳舊的。選D

4.猜詞題：從倒數(shù)第二段的句子："Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers," she said.可知沒有紙的課堂受益最多的是樹，選 C

5.猜詞題：從后面的句子：So, in case of a power failure or technical problems,可知以防停電或技術(shù)故障，可知是break down是機(jī)器壞了，不運(yùn)作了，選B

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