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 Education Technology Conference in London recently. To start the conference, 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 a 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(課程)around their individual needs.” They will “l(fā)earn 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”—or e-mail their teachers. They will hand in their work electronically to be “auto-marked”.
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, Morris said. These ideas are based on the UK government’s plan to create an education system that provides students with a strong grounding of knowledge and skills at primary school level. And provides the chance for students to develop their individual skills at secondary school level.
小題1:According to the UK’s Department of Education and Skills, the school of the future will ______.
A．cause more problems such as being able to find enough teachers
B．set no homework and no tests for students
C．make good use of the computer technology and classroom assistants
D．enable students to learn by themselves without teachers
小題2:Estelle Morris thinks that computer technology does good to teachers in ________.
A．helping students develop their own way of learning
B．enabling students to experience interesting and exciting ways of learning
C．providing students with knowledge of all sorts
D．not being considered the source of various knowledge
小題3: If the 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-mail to ask for a teacher’s help
D．have a look at other learners’ homework
小題4: If s a student is under the UK’s newly-developed education system,he will be ________.
A．provided with a basic knowledge from the beginning
B．given more knowledge at primary school level
C．helped to use computers better
D．supplied chance to develop their basic skills

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A

小題1:提示:依據(jù)第一段最后一句排除A項(xiàng)；依據(jù)第七段最后一句排除B項(xiàng)；第七段說如果學(xué)生有問題，可向老師發(fā)e-mail，因而不可說without teachers，排除D項(xiàng)。C項(xiàng)與第三段內(nèi)容一致，故為正確答案。答案:C
小題2:提示:依據(jù)第四段判斷正確答案為D項(xiàng)。
答案:D
小題3:答案:C 依據(jù)第七段“…or e-mail their teachers”
小題4:答案: A 依據(jù)最后一段“that provides students with a strong grounding of knowledge and skills at primary school level”
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B．introduce the topic
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B．impossible to hide his disease
C．better to inform him immediately
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A．a(chǎn)s good as wool
B．a(chǎn)s good as an insect's body
C．better than natural materials
D．not as good as natural materials
小題3:According to the passage, it may soon be possible ________.
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B．to make artificial hearts and eyes
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D．to make something as good as human skin
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B．the second sentence of the paragraph
C．the third sentence of the paragraph
D．the last sentence of the paragraph
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A．Because magic was an inseparable part of their life.
B．Because they had little knowledge about the functioning of the body.
C．Because the diseases were caused by the evil spirits.
D．Because magic must be used in going through the rituals to drive out the evil spirits.
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A．he was the forefather of modern medicine
B．experts are sure that the books bearing his name were not written by him
C．he had a rational mind aided by supernatural instincts
D．experts do not know much about him except when and where he lived
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A．helping patients
B．keeping oneself from harming patients
C．keeping secret all matters to maintain a good relationship with the patients
D．obeying rules for modern medicine practice
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