:阅读理解训练题（十一）
Imagine a classroom missing the one thing
thats long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing ? Paper. No
notebooks, no textbooks, no test paper. Nor are there any pencils or pens,
which always seem to run out of ink at the critical (关键的) moment.
A
paperless classroom is what more and more schools are trying to
achieve.
Students dont 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
students personal computer.
Having computers
also means that students can use the Web. They can look up information on any
subject theyre studying ? from maths to social science.
High school
teacher Judy Herrell in Florida, US, described how her class used the Web to
learn about the war in Afganistan (阿富汗)
over one year ago.
We could
touch every side of the country through different sites ? from the forest to
refugee camps (难民营), she said. Using a
book thats 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, theres always the risk (危险) that the machines will break down.
So, in case of a power failure or technical problems, paper textbooks are still
widely available (可用的) for these hi-tech students.
56. 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 dont.
57. In a paperless classroom, what is a must?
A. Pens. B.
Computers. C.
Information. D.
Texts.
58. 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
