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A.cut
B.kill
C.live
D.kick
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B.kill
C.live
D.kick
A.junior
B.senior
C.primary
D.elementary
A.teacher's
B.relative's
C.informal
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West lake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do school work anywhere they want. Within five years,each of the 1,500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are a part of a $10 million computer program at West lake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak”with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees-anywhere at all!
Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students.
State Officials also are testing laptop programs at other universities,too.
At West lake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use the computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one West lake teacher said, “Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”
1.The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to ____.
A、access the Internet
B、work at home
C、use for their schoolwork
D、connect them to libraries
2. Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation mark?____
A、They don’t really talk
B、They use the computer language
C、Laptops have speakers
D、None of the above reasons is correct
3. Which of the following is true about West lake College?____
A、It is an old college in America
B、All teachers use computers
C、1,500 students have laptops
D、Students there can do everything
4.A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can____.
A、attend lectures on information technology
B、travel around the world
C、get information from around the world
D、have free laptops
5.What can we infer(推断) from this passage?____
A、The program is successful
B、The program is not workable
C、The program is too expensive
D、We don’t know the result yet
Read the following paragraph and select the irrelevant sentence.
Physical gestures and body language have different meanings in different cultures, and misunderstanding these signals can sometimes be embarrassing.So we must learn how to tolerate.Although I had spent a lot of time among non-Americans, I had never realized what this could mean in practical terms.I had an experience that taught me well, however.Some years ago, I organized and accompanied a small group of visiting foreign students to New York for four days of sightseeing by bus.Because these students were rather young, and because New York was such an overwhelming city, I was constantly counting heads to be sure we hadn't lost anyone.In the USA , it is very common to count people or things by pointing the index finger and, of course, I used this method.One young man became extremely quiet and pensive, and I thought that perhaps he wasn't enjoying himself.When I asked him what the matter was, he replied, In my country, we count people with our eyes.We use our fingers to count pigs.
A.Physical gestures and body language have different meanings in different cultures, and misunderstanding these signals can sometimes be embarrassing
B.So we must learn how to tolerate
C.Although I had spent a lot of time among non-Americans, I had never realized what this could mean in practical terms
D.I had an experience that taught me well, however
Twenty years ago, our classroom was a lot less pleasant.Very old-fashioned.We had fewer window, for example.There were five rows of desks, six desks in a row.Since everything was nailed to the floor, a student sat in the same place all day long.Oh, we had to be very strict.Now students move all over the room.They go to different areas for different subjects, and they write at these movable desks.The students are more mobile, and beca use they’re more mobile, they’re less restless, and because they’re less restless, they are more attentive.At least that’s the theory.And as a matter of fact, we really don’t have many behavior. problems here.
We use a modified open classroom system here at the James.I’ll try to explain what that means.Each student makes a work contract with his teacher.Basically, he agrees to a certain amount of work on a certain project.He hands the work in when he gets it done.He works at his own speed and plans h is own time.If he is particularly motivated in one subject—math, for instance—he can explore the subject more thoroughly than the others.But he must also complete his contract in arts or reading or social science.Freedom within a structured system: that ’s what we are trying to offer.
1.Now, the author of this passage must be in his ().
A.20’s
B.30’s
C.40’s
D.50’s
2.Now we really do not have many behavior. problems in the classroom because().
A.the students are more mobile and attentive
B.the teachers are more strict
C.the teachers are less strict
D.the students are less attentive and restless
3.The main idea of the third paragraph is about().
A.the characteristic of the modified open classroom system
B.the characteristic of the work contract
C.the freedom of the students
D.the generosity of the teachers
4.In a modifie d open classroom system,().
A.the student needn’t do any home work
B.the student can get more freedom in their study
C.the subject that the student should learn is decided by the teacher
D.there is not any discipline that the student should obey
5.According to the author, the educational system today is().
A.more strict and attentive
B.more pleasant and efficient
C.is similar to the educational system twenty years age
D.is sa tisfied by every teacher and student
B.a major barrier
C.equality in access to education
D.different people
E.non-traditional students
The National Union of Students (NUS) welcomes the news that greater numbers of black and disabled students are studying at UK universities, but there is still a lot of work to be done on widening access, writes the union's president, Gemma Tumelty.
A recent Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) equalities review showed that significant numbers of potential students felt their disability was (1)to accessing higher education (HE). This is simply unacceptable.
Equality and diversity is not entirely a “numbers game” and before too much praise is given we need to hear more from (2), not just about their experience of accessing higher education but also going through the system.
Equality in society is absolutely, and fundamentally, linked to(3).
(4), university is the place where they will be first exposed to different cultures and (5). As well as fighting for better access, the NUS wants to see diversity properly valued and promoted within the student experience. Many pay lip service to the value of diversity, but is this recognized and promoted as a core asset to those who go through the HE system?
Equality in society can be promoted by equality and diversity at university. But the benefits of university as a positive, diverse environment must be seen by students as adding “value” as much as any other factors before the numbers game is really won by the champions of diversity.
1、A.although
B.rather
C.though
D.therefore
2、A.forgetful
B.absent
C.faultless
D.unavailable
3、A.retrieved
B.recognized
C.claimed
D.accumulated
4、A.let
B.put
C.ran
D.got
5、A.measures
B.calculates
C.assesses
D.evaluates
6、A.between
B.during
C.across
D.throughout
7、A.assign
B.display
C.perform
D.overtake
8、A.bring forward
B.think of
C.check out
D.catch on
9、A.depict
B.manifest
C.predict
D.specify
10、A.however
B.whenever
C.whatever
D.whichever
11、A.procedures
B.sections
C.progress
D.stages
12、A.which
B.that
C.as
D.what
13、A.attach
B.subject
C.submit
D.stick
14、A.controversial
B.associated
C.particular
D.relevant
15、A.Even
B.So
C.But
D.And
16、A.set about
B.sit for
C.engage in
D.go through
17、A.stronger
B.closer
C.further
D.weaker
18、A.when
B.that
C.which
D.as
19、A.hampers
B.distinguishes
C.duplicates
D.resembles
20、A.highlights
B.implies
C.entails
D.Exclaims
by memory of all the basic things one must know is a most incredible and unending effort. School is not easy and it is not for the most part very much fun, but then, if you are very lucky, you may find a real teacher. Three teachers in a lifetime are the very best of my luck. My first was a science and math teacher in high school, my second, a professor of creative writing at Stanford, and my third was my friend and partner, ED Rickets.
I have to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that three are as few as there are any other great artists. It might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
My three teachers had these things in common: They all loved what they were doing; they did not tell, but stimulated a burning desire to know. Under their influence, the horizons sprang wide and fear went away and the unknown became knowable.
I shall speak only of my first teacher because in addition to the other things, she brought discovery. She aroused us to shouting, book-waving discussions. She had the noisiest class in school and she did not even seem to know it. We could never stick to the subject. Our speculation (思绪) ranged the world. She breathed curiosity into us so that we brought in facts or truths shielded in our hands like captured fireflies (萤火虫).
She was fired, and perhaps rightly so, for failing to teach fundamentals. Such things must be learned. But she left a passion in us for the pure knowable world and she inflamed me with a curiosity which has never left. I have had many teachers who told me soon-forgotten facts but only three who created in me a new attitude a new hunger. What deathless power lies in the hands of such a person?
21. In the writer’s opinion, school life is usually .
A. exciting B. interesting C. tiresome D. challenging
22. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that .
A. it is easy to find great artists as well as great teachers.
B. there are few great teachers but many great artists.
C. the greatest artists are not easy to find; nor are the greatest teachers.
D. being a great teacher is a great art to learn because teachers spread knowledge.
23. In the writer’s opinion, a good teacher should .
A. teach students the fundamental things
B. stick to one subject and be strict with students
C. teach students the knowledge ranging the world
D. arouse students’ curiosity and desire for the world
24. The writer’s first teacher was dismissed mainly because .
A. her class was the noisiest in school
B. she did not teach basic knowledge in class
C. she let students shout and wave books in class
D. she did not know how to teach basic knowledge effectively
25. What is the best title of this article?
A. The Teachers in My Life B. How to Become a Teacher
C. What to Teach at School D. What Makes a Good Teacher