题目内容
Students at Northwest Missouri State University have started spring term classes，but many aren’t carrying thick textbooks．Instead，most students are carrying a lightweight electronic tool that can fit into a coat pocket which holds the textbook material for all their classes．Some students will also download their text information onto their laptops．（笔记本电脑）．
At the university，textbooks are fast becoming a thing of the past．Besides taking a load off students’ backs，going textbook-free can save them a lot of money．The pilot electronic textbook program began in autumn with four classes and about 200 students．This spring about 4，000 of the school’s 6500 students will use electronic textbooks．
Textbooks publishers say many colleges are moving toward using some electronic textbooks，but Northwest's plan to eventually eliminate all printed textbooks makes it a leader in the movement．
“Right now，digital products account for（占）a small percent of our higher education business, but it is growing at a rate that is breathtaking（激动人心的），”said Jeffrey He，a product manager for McGraw—Hill Education
“But Northwest can only move toward a bookless campus as fast as the availability of e-books allows，”said Dean L．Hubbard, Northwest’s president．“Publishers don’t have all textbooks online yet．But I would think as a realistic guess we could be totally out of the printed textbooks business in three years”
The idea pleases Mike Jenkins，who is in the second year at the university．“ I think the whole idea is pretty cool，”said Jenkins．He used e-books in his history class during the autumn term“I would like it if we didn’t have textbooks at all anymore，”he said“You wouldn’t have the trouble of messing with hooks．The e-book is so convenient，and you don't have to carry all those books around．”
Also，unlike printed textbooks，e-books have interactive（交互式的）quizzes and the ability to search the full text within seconds for key words．
1．What is this passage mainly about?
A．Future laptops designed especially for students
B．Electronic textbooks that may replace printed ones
C．A comparison between printed textbooks and electronic ones
D．The advantages of electronic textbooks
2．According to the passage，compared with printed textbooks，electronic ones______．
A．require less money
B．are free for most students
C．don't need to be explained by teachers
D．will be used more widely in the world
3．The underlined word“eliminate”in paragraph 3 probably means______．
A．increase B．offer C．destroy D．remove
4．What is Mike Jenkins’ attitude towards the idea of replacing textbooks with e-books?
A．Critical B．Supportive C．Negative D．Uninterested
BADB
High school graduation is worth celebrating. It marks a big change in the lives of young adults. However, it ought to mean even more. It ought to mean that the graduate is ready for college or career.
In a report issued last year, we found that almost half of recent Illinois high school graduates required remedial courses(补习课) upon enrolling(注册) a community college. These courses require time and money to complete, yet offer no credits toward a degree. Too often, students never get through those remedial courses and end up dropping out of college.
Why is the remediation rate so high? A large part of the reason is that we have not set high enough standards for what our students need to learn from kindergarten to high school. They simply aren’t equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed.
The same is true for careers. In Illinois, good jobs continue to go vacant(空缺) even while we are trying hard to go through tough economic times. This is due largely to the mismatch between the skills and knowledge we provide our students with and what employers in a modern economy need workers to know.
The good news is that in Illinois we have a plan to help get our students ready for life in the real world. We have already taken an important first step by becoming one of the 45 states to adopt the Common Core State Standards and have begun introducing them to classrooms this year. The new standards provide fewer, clearer and higher benchmarks(标准) for academic progress. They focus on deeper knowledge required at each grade level, give teachers the opportunity to explore topics fully and ensure students can apply what they’ve learned.
Research shows that when expectations are raised, students rise to meet them. Adapting to higher standards and raising expectations may prove challenging, but they are the steps we must take so that our students are successful in high school and prepared for college and careers. Readiness is worth a celebration.
【小题1】According to the passage, in most cases, students taking part in remedial courses ___.
| A．come from wealthy families |
| B．leave college before finishing their courses |
| C．are offered credits toward a degree |
| D．are likely to develop their academic interest |
| A．provide solutions to the rising remediation rate |
| B．show the present situation of unemployment in Illinois |
| C．suggest knowledge learned in school be put into practice |
| D．explain why students aren’t prepared for college and a career |
| A．They were first adopted in Illinois. |
| B．More benchmarks are required. |
| C．They benefit teachers as well as students. |
| D．They ensure students’ success in college. |
| A．Supportive | B．Critical |
| C．Doubtful | D．Worried |
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