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India was once part of the British Empire, but thanks to modern technology and a booming economy, it has turned the tables on its former colonial master. Indian tutors are helping to teach math to British children over high-speed Internet connections. Early results suggest the idea is improving exam results. But not everyone is happy at this “outsourcing” of tutoring.

It’s 3:30, and pupils at Raynham Primary School in London are gathering for their after-school maths lessons.

Five time zones— thousands of kilometers away—their math tutors are also arriving for class. High-speed Internet has made it possible for Indian tutors to teach British pupils in real time. Each pupil gets a dedicated one-to-one online tutor. The students work with activities on their computer screen and wear a headset and microphone to talk to their tutor.

The class teacher, Altus Basson, says he has seen an improvement in results. “There are some children who’ve really rocketed in their results. Children who struggleto focus in class focus a lot better on the laptops. The real advantage is that each child gets a focused activity and a single tutor,” he said.

Such individualized teaching is the core idea of Brightspark Education, the company that provides the online tutoring, says founder Tom Hooper. “Children today feel very confident online; they feel very engaged; they feel very in control. And that's half the battle with education.Give them control, make them feel confident and enjoy their learning and you'll see them start to improve and embrace it," he said.

Raynham Primary School is among the first in Europe to try online tutoring. At between $20 and $25 an hour, it's about half the cost of face-to-face coaching. But some people say an Internet connection is not enough of a connection for teaching and learning. Kevin Courtney is deputy General Secretary of Britain's National Union of Teachers. "We think, there's a really important emotional connection between a teacher and a child whether it's a whole class or whether it's one-to-one. You need that immediacy of feedback and we're not convinced that that can happen across an Internet connection. In one of the wealthiest.countries in the world, we think that we can afford to have teachers with genuine emotional connection there with the children," he said.

Brightspark Education says the online tutoring is used only as an addition to supplement regular teaching. The company says its service does not represent a threat to teachers' jobs in Britain.

Parents say they're very satisfied with the results they've seen. And what about the children?Children: "I love it!"I love it!"I hate maths!" So math--or, as the British call it, maths—is still not everyone's favorite subject even with the latest technology to teach it.

1.What do we know about the online tutoring?

A．Indian tutors are helping to teach math in Britain.

B．Tutors and students are in different places.

C．An online tutor helps several students at the same time.

D．Tutors and students communicate by telephone.

2.What can we learn about Brightspark Education? 

A．It shows a threat to teachers’ jobs in Britain.

B．It can take place of the regular teaching.

C．It only pays attention to math teaching.

D．It emphasizes the individualized teaching.

3.According to Kevin Courtne, _________.      .

A．online tutoring will represent a threat to teachers’ jobs in Britain

B．online tutoring has a great influence on British.

C．the emotional connection between a teacher and a child is important

D．immediacy of feedback can happen across an Internet connection

4.What’s the best title for this passage ?

A．A New Teaching Pattern

B．Indian Teachers and British Students

C．To Learn Maths with the Latest Technology

D．Indian Tutors Teach British Kids Online

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：

1.推理题，由第一段第三行tutors are helping to teach math to British children over high-speed Internet可以推出辅导者和学生不在同一个地方，所以选B

2.细节题，由第五段第一句话Such individualized teaching is the core idea of Brightspark Education,可以知道答案，所以选D

3.细节题，由第六段第五行here's a really important emotional connection between a teacher and a child whether it's a whole class or whether it's one-to-one.可以知道老师和学生的情感连接很重要，所以选C

4.推理题，由本文的主要意思“印度的辅导员通过网络教英国的学生，所谓的在线辅导”，所以选D

考点：本文为一篇说明文。

点评：本文说明了印度的辅导员通过网络教英国的学生，所谓的在线辅导，先通读全文，然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。本文主要考查细节题和推理题，要求学生有很强的细节分析能力和推理分析能力。