题目内容
【题目】With online courses, anyone can gain knowledge in any field of interest for free. You can educate yourself and get a certificate after finishing the course.
Coursera
It offers high-quality courses from top universities for free to everyone to improve your resume, advance your career, expand your knowledge, and gain your confidence. This online learning website provides courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, and University of Pennsylvania. Learn more at https://coursera.com
Udemy
Its goal is to promote education by enabling anyone to learn online. It seeks to hugely change education by inviting millions of experts worldwide to teach and share what they know. Whether you want to learn business, arts, health, music or technology, there is a course for you. Learn more at https://udemy.com
iTunes U
If you are a student who uses Apple devices, you will be happy to know that you have access to iTunes U, which gives you access to different educational courses from all leading universities for free! Learn more at https://iTunesU.com
Skillfeed
If you hope to learn a new skill, or improve your Photoshop skills, it offers unlimited access to high-quality video courses from a worldwide community of instructors. You have a month’s free trial, after which you will pay a monthly fee to gain unlimited access to all courses. Learn more at https://skillfeed.com
UC Berkeley
It offers courses in Japanese, legal studies and public health. Since they are recordings of actual lectures, they are short of lecture notes and extra materials. However, each course has audio recordings of lectures through iTunes U or video recordings of lectures through YouTube. Learn more at https://ucberkeley.com
【1】What do Coursera and iTunes U have in common?
A. They’re aimed at providing career guidance.
B. Experts worldwide will give lectures on them.
C. Learners take their courses only by using apple devices.
D. They provide free courses from top universities.
【2】Which of the following asks for money for offering courses all the time?
A. Coursera B. Udemy
C. Skillfeed D. UC Berkeley
【3】The main purpose of this text is to ________ .
A. to show how to get a certificate online
B. to advertise some courses from top universities
C. to introduce some websites to people to study online
D. to develop education by asking people to learn online
【答案】
【1】D
【2】C
【3】C
【解析】本文是一则广告,介绍了几种网上学习的内容和网址。
【1】D
细节理解题。根据Coursera中It offers high-quality courses from top universities for free to everyone to improve your resume, advance your career, expand your knowledge, and gain your confidence.和iTunes U中which gives you access to different educational courses from all leading universities for free!可知这两者都能提供顶尖大学免费的课程,故选D.
【2】C
细节理解题。根据Skillfeed中You have a month’s free trial, after which you will pay a monthly fee to gain unlimited access to all courses.可知Skillfeed有一个月的免费试用期,之后将支付月费以获得对所有课程的无限制访问,故选C.
【3】C
推理判断题。文章每部分是对各种形式授课内容和方式的介绍,最后是进一步了解的网址。由此可见本文是给读者提供一些网上学习的网址,故选C.
做细节理解题具体方法:
1.略读材料,大概了解原文,掌握中心或主旨。本文是一则广告,介绍了几种网上学习的内容和网址。
2.按文章的体裁,作者写作的组织模式及有关的信息词。如for example, first, second…等预测应该到何处寻找自己所需要的事实。
3.将精力放在寻找你所需要的细节上。快速通篇跳读,全文扫视,找到细节出处,待找到含细节句子时,放慢速度,仔细核对比较内容,直至找到答案。如小题1考查两者的共同点,根据Coursera中It offers high-quality courses from top universities for free to everyone to improve your resume, advance your career, expand your knowledge, and gain your confidence.和iTunes U中which gives you access to different educational courses from all leading universities for free!可知这两者都能提供顶尖大学免费的课程。小题2考查哪一个课程是付费的,根据Skillfeed中You have a month’s free trial, after which you will pay a monthly fee to gain unlimited access to all courses.可知Skillfeed有一个月的免费试用期,之后将支付月费以获得对所有课程的无限制访问。