Tom gets up at half past seven in the morning. He has an egg and some milk for his breakfast. Then he begins to go to school slowly. When he is on his way to school, he thinks, “I tell my teacher my mother is ill on Monday morning. I tell him my bike is wrong on Tuesday. What do I tell my teacher today?”
Tom thinks over but he doesn’t find a good idea before he gets to school.“May I come in?” Tom shouts at the door of the classroom.
“ Oh, my boy,” says Mr Green. “ Please look at the clock on the wall. What time is it now?”
“ It’s ten past eight,” answers Tom.
Mr Green is not happy. “ You are late for class three times this week. If all the students are like you, the clock is no use, I think.”
“ You are right, Mr Green,” says Tom. “ If we don’t have the clock, how do you know I am late for class?”
【小题1】Tom has breakfast             .

It was the last day of final exams in a university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering students were discussing the exam. On their faces was confidence . This was their last exam and then they would graduate. With all these four years of college behind them, they felt ready to go into the world.

　　 The professor had said they could bring any book or note they wanted, but they could not talk to each other. They went into the classroom happily. The professor gave them the papers. They smiled when they found that there were only five questions.

　　 Three hours passed and the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked so confident . The professor faced the class. No one spoke. They just held papers in their hands.

　　 The professor then asked, "How many of you finished all five questions?"

　　 Not a hand was raised.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　 　 "How many answered four?"

　　 Still no hand.

"Three? Two?"　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 The students looked worried in their seats.

　　 "One, then?" Certainly somebody finished one.

　　 However, nobody replied. The professor put down the papers. "That is just what I thought," he said. "I just want to tell you that, even though you have finished four years of engineering, there are still many things about the subject you don't know. These questions you could not answer are quite common in everyday practice." Then he added with a smile, “You will all pass this course, but remember——even though you are now college graduates, your education has just begun."

42. When did the story happen?

　 A.At the beginning of a new term.

　 B. After graduating from the university.

　 C. On the first day of the final exams.

　 D. On the last day of the final exams.

43 Why were the student very confident at the beginning?

　 A. Because they knew the coming exam would be easy

　 B. Because they knew the coming exam would be difficult

　 C. Because they knew the coming exam would be strange

　 D. Because they knew the coming exam would be interesting

44. How did the students feel when the professor began to collect the papers?

　 A. Happy.　　　　 B. Confident.　 　　C. Worried 　　　　D.Proud

45. Which is the best title for the passage?

　 A. Confident Students B.A Common professor

　 C. An Easy Exam　　　　 　　　　　　 D. So Much to Learn

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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　How would you like to teach yourself, rather than have teachers? According to the UK's Department of Education and Skills, students will teach themselves in the schools of the future. This means that there will be no more problems such as finding enough teachers.

　　Estelle Morris, the UK Education Secretary opened the 2002 Educational Technology Conference in London recently. She presented a video showing a computer-generated model of the school of tomorrow. Greater use of computer technology and classroom assistants will help students develop their own way of learning, Morris said. She added that this is a more exciting, as well as more interesting way of learning. At the same time, teachers will be “freed from their traditional role as the source of all knowledge.” Children of all abilities will “form the curriculum around their individual needs.” They will “learn in their own time, at their own speed and in their own environment”.

　　At home or at school, they will follow their learning programmes by looking at online libraries and watching lessons by world-class teachers and subject experts. Instead of going on field trips, students will use virtual reality. If they don't understand something, they can ask other students “take part in virtual communities with learners with similar needs. They will hand in their work electronically to be auto-market”.

　　The classroom of the future is fast becoming a reality. And the Department of Education will soon produce a guide to help schools adapt buildings for new technology. These ideas are based on the UK government's plan to create an education system that provides students to develop their individual skills at secondary school level.

　　Morris said that enabling students to follow study programmes to their own needs means that, in a class of 15-year-olds, some could be starting university learning while others were still learning to read and write.

　　A spokesman for the UK's National Association of Head Teachers said, “Nothing can change the fact that today's students need to be taught by a qualified, skilled and enthusiastic teaching force, and they need that now.”

1．According to the UK's Department of Education and Skills, the school of the future will ________.

[　　]

A．cause more problems such as not being able to find enough teachers

B．set no homework and no tests for students

C．make good use of computer technology and classroom assistants

D．enable students to learn by themselves without teachers' help

2．If students do not understand something, they can ________.

[　　]

A．go on a field trip

B．go to ask their teachers to help them

C．send e-mails to ask for teachers' help

D．have a look at other learners' homework

3．Which of the following is not mentioned in the article?

[　　]

A．The classroom of the future will become a reality soon.

B．Students can get higher marks by using computer technology.

C．Students can learn in their own way by following study programmes.

D．Students need a skilled and motivated teaching force.

4．The UK government plans to set an education system that ________.

[　　]

A．provides students with a basic knowledge from the beginning

B．gives students more knowledge at primary school level

C．enables 15-year-old students to go to university

D．helps students to learn to read and write at secondary school level