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2."In the online world you don't need to fill buildings or lecture theatres with people and you don't need to be trapped into a lecture timetable,"says Peter Scott,director of the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute.The Open University,the UK's open access university,which allows people to study from home in their own time,has been an international pioneer of degree courses online.
The university,with more than 263,000students in 23countries,has become a record breaker on the iTunes U service,which provides a digital library of materials for university students and staff.Instead of music or movies,Apple's iTunes U provides a download service for lectures and resources from universities around the world.Top universities from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in the UK have been making their materials available,with no charge to the users.
There have been 31million downloads of OU materials,more than any other university,representing roughly 10% of all iTunes U downloads.Nearly 90% of these users are from outside the UK.In this online era,the OU student is also getting younger.A quarter of students are aged under-25and only 10% are aged 50or over.That change can only be accelerated as the cost of going to university increases in many countries.The prospect of learning from Harvard from your own bedroom is getting closer.
"We have a belief that a degree and an opportunity are rights for all citizens.And we have got to enable the population of students attending higher education to scale up.What I am most excited about is that the privilege of going for higher education is not something only for the wealthy or for the smartest or for the most well-equipped students in the future,"an American educator says.Online education will be a way of opening up more choices and getting beyond the big brand names of the most exclusive universities.
At the Open University,Peter Scott says they are trying to develop services that give students exactly what they want,from face-to-face learning to the fully online experience."We can produce brilliant televisual material and get it to you on YouTube,on iTunes U or even on the web.
36.According to the passage,online education has many advantages EXCEPT thatC.
A.students don't have to go to the classrooms according to the timetable
B.it provides people with more chances to get higher education
C.students don't need to have courses or lectures any more
D.it's convenient for people to study at home in their free time
37.OU students use iTunes U service toB.
A.search for the library B.download educational materials
C.download music and movies D.surf the Internet
38.What made the American educator most excited was thatB.
A.only the rich or the cleverest students can get the higher education
B.more chances of attending the higher education will be offered to common people
C.common people are given the privilege to go to famous universities
D.the number of OU students will increase in the future
39.Which of the following statement about the Open University is NOT TRUE?D
A.It has played a leading role in the international online education.
B.More people will get into it because of the high fee of going to university.
C.It provides users with many lectures and resources from universities.
D.people have to pay for the materials downloaded from Harvard or Oxford.
40.According to the passage,we can infer thatC.
A.all the citizens can get the higher education now
B.online education will take the place of the traditional education
C.online education will probably change the way that people go for higher education
D.studying in Harvard or Cambridge will become easier in the future.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了网上教育的盛行带来的影响,作者认为网上教育是一种改革式的教育,是发展必须.
解答 36.C.细节理解题.根据文章第一段"In the online world you don't need to fill buildings or lecture theatres with people and you don't need to be trapped into a lecture timetable"可知在线教育只是为课程或讲座提供时间和空间上更多的自由,并非减少它们;故选C.
37.B.细节理解题.根据文章第四段"There have been 31million downloads of OU materials,more than any other university,representing roughly 10% of all iTunes U downloads"可知ou学生使用iTunes U服务下载材料;故选B.
38.B.细节理解题.根据文章第五段"What I am most excited about is that the privilege of going for higher education is not something only for the wealthy or for the smartest or for the most well-equipped students in the future"可知美国教育家最激动的是高等教育将提供给普通人更多的机会;故选B.
39.D.细节理解题.根据文章第三段"Top universities from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in the UK have been making their materials available,with no charge to the users"可知大家为材料从哈佛或牛津下载是免费的;故选D.
40.C.推理判断题.根据文章第五段"Online education will be a way of opening up more choices and getting beyond the big brand names of the most exclusive universities"可知网上教育可能会改变人们对高等教育的方式;故选C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
Recently,John lost his (24)C Janet.For eight years she fought against cancer,but in the end her sickness had the last (25)D.One day John took out a folded piece of (26)D from his wallet.He had found it,so he told me,when he (27)C up some drawers at home.
It was a (28)A love letter Janet had written.The note could look like a school girl's scrawls (潦草地写,乱涂) about her dream guy.(29)B the letter was written by a woman who had had seven children,a woman who fought for her life and who (30)A only had a few months left to live.
It was (31)D a beautiful recipe (处方,食谱) for how to keep a marriage together.Janet's (32)B of her husband begins like this,"Loved me.Took care of me.Worried about me."
"Helped me when I was ill."The next (33)C reads.After that she turned (34)D the paper and added"Warmth.Humor.Kindness.Thoughtfulness."And then she writes about the husband she has (35)A with and loved most in her life."(36)B there when I needed you."The last words she wrote (37)D all the others.I can see her for me when she added thoughtfully"Good friend."
I stand beside John now,and cannot pretend to know how it feels to lose someone who is as close to (38)A as Janet was to him.I need to (39)D what he has to say much more than he needs to talk.
"John,"I ask."How do you stick together with someone through 38years-not to mention the sickness?How do I know (40)C I can bear to stand by my wife's side if she becomes sick one day?"
"You can."he says quietly,"If you love her enough,you can."
21.A.old | B.wise | C.young | D.foolish |
22.A.for instance | B.at no time | C.in that case | D.as a matter of fact |
23.A.in | B.to | C.at | D.for |
24.A.friend | B.colleague | C.wife | D.sister |
25.A.possibility | B.chance | C.hope | D.word |
26.A.handkerchief | B.cloth | C.leather | D.paper |
27.A.fixed | B.looked | C.tidied | D.put |
28.A.small | B.long | C.descriptive | D.talkative |
29.A.So | B.But | C.And | D.While |
30.A.probably | B.surely | C.certainly | D.definitely |
31.A.only | B.firstly | C.lastly | D.also |
32.A.imagination | B.description | C.dream | D.expectation |
33.A.letter | B.note | C.line | D.paragraph |
34.A.away | B.down | C.off | D.over |
35.A.lived | B.dealt | C.quarreled | D.argued |
36.A.Constantly | B.Always | C.Never | D.Seldom |
37.A.take the place of | B.get rid of | C.take away | D.sum up |
38.A.me | B.Janet | C.John | D.you |
39.A.speak up | B.repeat | C.discuss | D.hear |
40.A.why | B.where | C.if | D.when |
- I don't?( )
A. | How come | B. | So what | C. | How if | D. | What if |
-Well.I find the subject hard and I think I'll drop it for History next term.( )
A. | What if | B. | How come | C. | Why not | D. | So what |