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Carmen Arace Middle School is situated in the pastoral town of Bloomfield, Conn., but four years ago it faced many of the same problems as inner-city schools in nearby Hartford: low scores on standardized tests and dropping enrollment(入学注册). Then the school’s hard-driving headmaster, Delores Bolton, persuaded her board to shake up the place by buying a laptop computer for each student and teacher to use, in school and at home. What’s more, the board provided wireless Internet access at school. Total cost: $2.5 million.
Now, an hour before classes start, every seat in the library is taken by students who cannot wait for getting online. Fifth-grade teacher Jen Friday talks about different kinds of birds as students view them at a colorful website. After school, students on buses pull laptops from backpacks to get started on homework. Since the computer arrived, enrollment is up 20%. Scores on state tests are up 35%.
Indeed, school systems in rural Maine and New York City also hope to follow Arace Middle School’s example. Governor Angus King had planned using $50 million to buy a laptop for all of Maine’s 17,000 seventh-graders – and for new seventh-graders each fall.
In the same spirit, the New York City board of education voted on April 12 to create a school Internet portal(入口), which would make money by selling ads and licensing public school students. Profits(盈利)will also provide e-mail service for the city’s 1.1 million public school students. Profits will be used to buy laptops for each of the school system’s 87,000 fourth-graders. Within nine years, all students in grades 4 and higher will have their own computers.
Back in Bloomfield, in the meantime, most of the kinks have been worked out. Some students were using their computers to visit unauthorized(非法的)websites. But teachers have the ability to keep an eye on where students have been on the Web and to stop them. “That is the worst when they disable you,” says eighth-grade honors student Jamie Bassell. The habit is rubbing off on parents. “I taught my mom to use e-mail,” says another eighth-grader, Katherine Hypolite. “And now she’s taking computer classes. I’m so proud of her!”
【小题1】The example of Carmen Arace Middle School in the passage is used to ______.
A.show the problems schools are faced with today |
B.prove that a school without high enrollment can do well |
C.express the importance of computers in modern education |
D.tell that laptops can help improve students’ school performance |
A.enjoy e-mail service in the near future |
B.make money by selling ads on websites |
C.all have their own laptops within nine years |
D.become more interested in their studies with laptops |
A.plans | B.projects | C.problems | D.products |
A.a school Internet portal is the key to a laptop program |
B.the laptop program also has a good influence on parents |
C.students slowly accept the fact their online activities controlled |
D.the laptop program in public school is mainly for the eighth-graders |
听力
第一节:听句子:根据你所听到的句子,选择恰当的答语。(句子读两遍)(5分)
1.A.They're playing games.
B.I'm reading English.
C.He's in my room.
2.A.In 1999.
B.Ten years ago.
C.Since I came here.
3.A.It's behind the chair.
B.It might be Tom's.
C.It is in my desk.
4.A.She is a nice girl.
B.She is a student.
C.She's a nurse in a hospital.
5.A.At about seven.
B.They'll be back at seven.
C.They'll start at seven.
第二节:(25分)
(A)听对话:从A、B、C三幅图画中选出符合对话内容的图画。(对话读两遍)(6分)
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7.
8.
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11.
(B)根据你所听到的对话,选择正确的答案。(对话读两遍)(14分)
听第一段对话,回答第12、13小题:
12.What's the weather like tomorrow?
A.Fine and hot.
B.Windy and cold.
C.Rainy and cold.
13.What will the children do tomorrow?
A.Go fishing.
B.Go swimming
C.Go shopping.
听第二段对话,回答第14、15小题:
14.Where are they talking?
A.At the school gate.
B.In the office.
C.At the library gate.
15.What time is it now?
A.8∶00.
B.8∶45.
C.9∶00.
听第三段对话,回答第16、17小题:
16.What will they do after supper?
A.Take a walk.
B.Have some tea.
C.Stay at home.
17.What will Mike do in the evening?
A.See a movie.
B.Watch TV.
C.Do his homework.
听第四段对话,回答第18、19小题:
18.What did Bruce have as his birthday gift?
A.A bike.
B.A coat.
C.A car.
19.Who gave the present to Bruce?
A.His uncle.
B.His aunt.
C.His parents.
听第五段对话,回答第20、21小题:
20.Why was the girl late for class?
A.She got up late.
B.She missed the bus.
C.She forgot the time.
21.What was stolen by a thief?
A.A bag.
B.A bike.
C.Some money.
听第六段对话,回答第22、23小题:
22.What is Jack doing?
A.He's making a kite.
B.He's reading a book.
C.He's taking a rest.
23.What is the kite made of?
A.Some paper.
B.Some bamboo sticks.
C.Both A and B.
听第七段对话,回答第24、25小题:
24.Who made the telephone call to Tom?
A.His mother.
B.His father.
C.His uncle.
25.When did it happen?
A.An hour ago.
B.Half an hour ago.
C.Two hours ago.
(三)听对话,根据你所听到的对话,选择正确的答案。对话读两遍(5分)
26.Jane is a ________.
A.worker
B.student
C.football fan
27.Jane wanted to borrow ________ from Tom.
A.a VCD
B.a book
C.a magazine
28.Mr.Smith is ________.
A.a math teacher
B.a science teacher
C.Jane's friend
29.Jane thinks the life in space is ________.
A.very interesting
B.very dangerous
C.very boring
30.Jane can keep it for ________.
A.one day
B.two days
C.two weeks