Anyone who is interested in study will welcome the latest development in classroom technology. School pupils equipped with hand-held keypads（键盘）connected wirelessly to electronic whiteboards（白色书写板）can now answer teachers questions―without their classmates knowing. The electronic“student response system”is aimed at 4-to-11- year-olds

Stephen Jury, the company’s chief manager, says the system helps teachers with the continuous assessment of pupils, and encourages shy children to voice opinions and become more active in class.

According to the Department of Education and Skills, ICT（information and communications technology）spending for schools has more than doubled since 1998.

“If anything, it will probably increase,”says David Todman, Dell’s UK schools manager.“To achieve what the government wants in education, there is nothing it can do but increase expenditure on IT.”

The education white paper Higher Standards, Better Schools for All, looks to IT to help the government achieve two aims―lessons tailored to（适应）different pupils’ needs and connecting parents more closely with choosing and running schools. It notes that more than 80% of secondary schools now have websites.“Parents and pupils will be able to see exactly what’s on offer, how well the school is doing, and the future direction it plans to take.”Parents can log on（登录）to the school’s IT system to look at their child’s reports, attendance records and information about homework.

Nearly everyone agrees that more needs to be done to make sure that computers are used properly in schools. Stephen Jury says that Britain needs to follow the US in developing the rules of“educational technology”rather than leaving e-learning in the hands of IT departments.

63．What would be the best title for this passage?

　　A．The electronic “student response system”

　　B．The use of technology in teaching

　　C．Information and communication technology

　　D．Technology in the classrooms in the world

64．The electronic “student response system” can do the following EXCEPT      .

　　A．making students answer teachers’ questions without their classmates’ knowing

　　B．helping teachers with continuous assessment of students

　　C．encouraging shy students to be more active in the classroom activities

　　D．making the lessons meet the needs of every student at school

65．According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．The electronic“student response system”is intended to be use in high schools.

B．The amount of money the English government spent on IT is reducing every year.

C．Parents can learn more about their child’s performance at school through the IT system.

D．Now more than 80% of English schools have their own websites.

66．From the passage we can infer that     .

A．it is no longer easy for the students to lie, about their learning and homework

B．in America, it is the IT departments that make roles of“educational technology”

C．there is no need to make sure that computers are used properly at schools

D．parents can log on to the school’s website to learn as their children do

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION (24分)

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

       He was a real big spender. He stayed at the best hotel and ate in the most expensive restaurants.

   To the management of Disneyland Pairs, he was a very welcome guest, even though he was only 12 years old. In the end, the police discovered that the schoolboy was living the high life  on the ￡10,000 stolen from his father’s safe.

   The boy, named Lamine, had disappeared from the family hotel in Paris 10 days earlier. While police all over France searched for him, he was living it up at a 250-a-night Disneyland hotel. He went on all the rides and went on every other attraction in the place.

   And when he’d had enough of Disneyland for a while, he paid ￡650 to hire a large and very comfortable car which is usually used by very rich or important people to take him to a park for a day. Then he was driven back to Disneyland, where he treated new-found friends to expensive rides and dinner. By the time the truth about him was discovered, Lamine had spent ￡7,000 of his father’s money.

41. What does the underlined phrase “ high life”(paragraph 2) probably mean?

 A. A way of living that involves spending a lot of money.[来源:学|科|网]

 B. A way of living that is as good as that of other people.

 C. A way of living that draws attention from the police.

 D. A way of living that is envied by young and rich people.

42. What was the possible reason that the police all over France searched for Lamine?

A. The police found that Lamine stole his father’s money and ran away.

B. His family found that the boy was lost and called the police for help.

C. The police thought that it was dangerous to live an expensive life.

D. The family wanted Lamine to go back to school.

43. Why was Lamine a very welcome guest of Disneyland Paris?

A. Because he was only 12 years old.

B. Because he liked the riders in the Disneyland.

C. Because he made the Disneyland famous.

D. Because he spent a lot of money in Disneyland.

44. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Lamine moved from one expensive hotel to another with his father’s money.

B. The police began to search Lamine when they discovered that he stole his father’s money.

C. Lamine was found ten days after he left his parents.

D. Lamine had made some new friends and went to a park with them.

A new research shows that in Britain more and more people are returning to the old tradition that the whole family have a meal at table. Worrying about the obesity and breakdown of a family, people change their eating habits so greatly, according to analysis. They find the number of the family having a meal together increases by 5% from 2002 to 2004, and most people who have meals with their family come from the rich social class.

       The new discovery makes doctors and the people struggling against obesity extremely excited. Giving up the tradition that the whole family have a meal together is exactly one of the reasons for a series of problems including children’s overweight. If a child has a meal in front of the television or the computer alone, he will often eat some fast food.

       Jason Collins is one of the persons returning to the old tradition. Collins is a manager of a bake(烘面包) house. He finds after he gets used to having a meal at home with his child, the child becomes much more obedient(听话的). Dr. Jin is a child psychologist, and she expresses welcome to this result of the study.  She says it can make parents have a very good chance to chat with the child when the whole family have a meal together.

What makes people change their eating habit back to the old tradition in Britain?

A. Worrying about their children.        B. Worrying about some social problems.

C. Worrying about the living expense.  D. Worrying about health and family problems.

We can infer from the passage that _______.

A.people’s eating habit has much effect on their family

B. most rich people have meals with their family

C. most children have the problem of overweight

D. most children don’t like having dinner with the parents

How do the people who hope to lose weight feel about the new discovery?

A. They feel glad.                       B. They feel surprised.     

C. They feel sorry.                   D. They feel disappointed.

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The child having dinner with his parents doesn’t like watching TV.

B. Children become overweight all because of having dinner alone.

C. The family having dinner together is more united and friendly.

D. The reason a child has dinner alone is that he likes fast food.      

A new research shows that in Britain more and more people are returning to the old tradition that the whole family have a meal at table. Worrying about the obesity and breakdown of a family, people change their eating habits so greatly, according to analysis. They find the number of the family having a meal together increases by 5% from 2002 to 2004, and most people who have meals with their family come from the rich social class.
The new discovery makes doctors and the people struggling against obesity extremely excited. Giving up the tradition that the whole family have a meal together is exactly one of the reasons for a series of problems including children’s overweight. If a child has a meal in front of the television or the computer alone, he will often eat some fast food.
Jason Collins is one of the persons returning to the old tradition. Collins is a manager of a bake(烘面包) house. He finds after he gets used to having a meal at home with his child, the child becomes much more obedient(听话的). Dr. Jin is a child psychologist, and she expresses welcome to this result of the study.  She says it can make parents have a very good chance to chat with the child when the whole family have a meal together.
【小题1】 What makes people change their eating habit back to the old tradition in Britain?