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阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Scottish pupils recently were part of a new scheme that allowed them to take their exams online. Those examinations provided a glimpse of the future in May when 120 candidates in 10 centers in Scotland sat in front of computers to take a multiple-choice online exam. Although candidates were using a computer mouse instead of a pen, in all other ways the exam was the same as normal.
Exam rooms were set out to ensure that only the candidates and the teachers were able to see the individual screens. The online answers were sent directly to a safe area. According to the students at St Ninian’s in East Renfrewshire who took an online French exam, it was definitely the most motivated they had ever felt when taking an exam.
“I could go as fast as I wanted to, rather than as slow as everyone else wanted to,” said one. “It was better than looking back and forth between the questions,” said another. One pupil even described it as fun.
Their head teacher, Dorothy Graham, was not so surprised, “They are so used to doing things on computers that it seems natural for them. The boys liked it because they didn’t have to worry about how neat their work was.” The only things that worried her were power cuts and systems’ crashing.
It’s thought that online exams could be the norm (常态) in about five years. However, last year there were warnings about computerizing exams in England and Wales. It’s thought that it could be unfair to some students if they come from homes without access to a computer.
1. In the first paragraph the underlined word “candidates” probably means _________.
A. teachers who are supposed to prepare the test
B. people who grade the students’ papers
C. teachers who oversee the students in the exam rooms
D. pupils who take the online exam
2.Pupils who take this kind of exam _________.
A. do not need to write the answers down
B. must write the answers clearly with a mouse
C. have to answer the questions very quickly
D. can answer the questions for as long as they like
3. Why do people think it is unfair to some students without computers at home?
A. Because they are not able to take the exam at home.
B. Because they can’t be allowed to take the exams if they don’t have computers at home.
C. Because they can’t operate computers as well as those who have computers at home.
D. Because they are worried about how neat their work is.
4.According to the head teacher, pupils won’t be able to take the exam if _________.
A. they don’t have a computer at home
B. the computer system breaks down
C. the teacher sees individual screen
D. they take pens into the exam rooms
5.We can learn from the passage that it is mainly about ________.
A. computers in modern schools
B. taking exams online
C. testing computers in classroom
D. taking a multiple-choice exam