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C.cleverest
D.the cleverest
I love my iPhone---it’s my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my computer, as it stores all of my writing and thoughts. Though I love these devices(装置) of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from them and truly communicate with others.
I teach history in a high school. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes(主题) and ideas. Because I want students to thoroughly study the material and share their ideas with each other in the classroom. I have a rule---no computers, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule before class, some of them were not happy at all.
Most students think that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. Some students believe that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I can relate to my students.
The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations. Interruptions(打断) by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep within themselves for ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and to make connections between the course material and the class discussion.
I’ve been teaching my history class in this way for many years and students realize that with deep conversation, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.
I’m not saying that I won’t ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.
【小题1】What’s the second paragraph mainly about?
| A.The reasons why students should use computers or iPads in class. |
| B.The advantages of using cell phones and computers in the classroom. |
| C.What the writer is trying to do and what rule has been made in class. |
| D.A new learning style that the teacher enjoys using in history class. |
| A.improve teaching and offer more help |
| B.allow students to get on well with each other |
| C.help students concentrate on what they learn |
| D.keep students from making deep conversations |
| A.The teacher will carry on the success in the future. |
| B.The teacher will have to cancel the rule in class. |
| C.Some students will be punished according to the rule. |
| D.More and more students will be absent in history class. |
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A. they think they should have done B. you have done nothing C. people try and tell you they are not so bad D. someone just said to me E. it’s a time to remember the things |
Birthdays are strange things. The more you have, the more you try and pretend they don’t matter, and the more 1. . I’m not really sure why they think so. It’s true that you are getting older, but as 2. , “Who isn’t getting older every day?” The problem may be that a birthday reminds people of all the things
3. , but have not. I certainly understand that feeling, though I think 4. that I most want to do — a kind of personal re-ordering (重新排序) of the to-do list. What makes you depressed(郁闷) on your birthday is that you realize your re-ordered to-do list is exactly the same as it was last year. That makes you feel 5. , and not been anywhere. I have not had that experience this year. I look back at where I was last year and find things have changed since then.