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【题目】

It was a February afternoon in a Brooklyn classroom. Sixteen-year-old Taylor Engler came face to face with a cow. But it was all in her head. She was transported by a virtual (TE拟的）reality (VIO headset-it took Taylor and her classmates to a farm 250 miles away. For students，the technology means field trips are no longer limited by the length of a bus ride.“I was not expecting it to be right in my face！”That's what Taylor said after taking off the headset and finding herself back in the classroom.

On any school day, students can take virtual reality “trips". They are deep-sea diving. They are observing medical operations. They are visiting the Science Museum in London. Teachers say it's another way to involve the iPhone generation（一代人）into classroom learning and it can help with their understanding and improve their grades. Calm Jones, a science teacher, has walked students through the northern forest with a Google app called Expeditions. “It can be done in a period or two with the help of the new technology, he said. "But it could take even a week sometimes to take a real expedition.’, "It's different from watching videos. You can actually move"，Taylor said during the lesson on farm animals. "Not only move, but also feel, said Richard Lamb. He studies how brains deal with information.“Your physiological responses（生理反应）in virtual reality are similar to what you get in doing the actual activity.”Lamb said.“Heart rate, breathing...everything.”

It is unknown how many classrooms will use the technology. But experts say it's still rare. Each headset can cost as little as＄20 or＄30，but systems and software for classes run into thousands of dollars. And good software is in great need. Another problem we face is how to make sure the VR technology mimics（模仿）the real world closely. "But we have to say VR technology provides students with a huge learning opportunity,”said David Evans, director of the National Science Teachers Association.

John Miller, a chemistry teacher，agreed. "Too often in schools, students did something wrong in their chemistry experiments. But we don't have enough materials for them to redo the experiments. In virtual reality, all they do is hitreset on the computer. We don't have to actually use chemicals.”Both Miller and Evans stressed the technology could enrich-not replace-real-world experiences. "We have to remain anchored（立足）in the real world,”Evans warned, "because that's the one that we really need to study and explain.”

【1】On a February afternoon, Taylor_____.

A.travelled to a farm on a busB.watched a video about a cow

C.had a virtual reality lesson in the classroomD.played computer games with her classmates

【2】What can we learn from the passage?

A.VA technology is widely used in schools.

B.Teachers think VR technology helpful for students.

C.Colin Jones' students prefer a real trip to the forest.

D.Students breathe faster in VR activities than in actual ones.

【3】Miller and Evans probably agree that______.

A.people shouldn't lose interest in the real world

B.people should develop more VR systems and software

C.VR technology won't change students' way of learning

D.VR technology will reduce students' mistakes in experiments

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述虚拟现实在教育事业上的用途，为学生提供巨大的学习机会，但是能否被广泛运用还是未知数，因为软件的费用很高。这个只是丰富而不是取代整个世界。

【1】细节理解题。根据She was transported by a virtual (TE拟的）reality (VIO headset-it took Taylor and her classmates to a farm 250 miles away“她被一个虚拟现实耳机传送过来，它将泰勒和她的同学带到了250公里以外的农场”可知，他们在教室中有一个虚拟现实的课程。故选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据it can help with their understanding and improve their grades“他能够帮助他们理解和提高他们的成绩”可知，老师认为VR技术对学生们有帮助，故选B。

【3】细节理解题。根据Both Miller and Evans stressed the technology could enrich-not replace-real-world experiences. "We have to remain anchored（立足）in the real world“米勒和埃文斯都强调科技会丰富而不是取代真实的世界经历，我们不得不保持立足于真实的世界”可知，人们不应该对真是的世界失去兴趣，故选A。