Not everyone has the chance to be a detective (偵探)。 But I ever got one when I was thirteen years old. It happened in 1988.

     One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father's new car. I_1 to see my father, but to my surprise. I saw a young woman driving instead. "She stole (偷了) my father's car, " I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver. "Follow that new car 2." And I told him why.

     The taxi driver had a car phone. and I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the 3 of a police car and its loudspeaker. The police told the woman to stop her car.

Our car came to a stop, too. I 4 right now and said to woman. "It's not your car. it's my 5 "

    The woman smiled and said. "Oh. You're Mr. Johnson's younger son right? I've ever seen your photo at your father's office. "

    Before I could say 6 word. the woman explained(解釋) that she was my father's new assistant. My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it 7 He lent her his car. After hearing her words, we called my father, and he told us what she said was 8. The police and the taxi-driver laughed. I 9  very sorry. It was both the first time and the last time for to work as a 10. Don't you think my story funny?

1. A. expect       B. expected        C. think         D. thought

2. A. after       B. in front         C. at the back       D. at the back of

3. A. noise        B. voice           C. cry            D. sound

4. A. got in        B. got into          C. got out         D. got away

5. A. father      B. mother          C. mother's        D. father's

6. A. another       B. other           C. else            D. others

7. A. repair        B. repaired          C. repairs            D. repairing

8. A. wrong       B. really           C. true            D. truly

9. A. felt          B. feel             C. fell             D. fallen

10. A. student       B. policeman'       C. driver          D. detective

　　One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father's new car. I 1 to see my father, but to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead. “She stole my father's car.” I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, “Follow that new car 2 ” And I told him why.

　　The taxi driver had a car phone, and I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the 3 of a police car and its loudspeaker. The police told the woman to stop her car. Our car came to a stop, too. I 4 right now and said to the woman, “It's not your car. It's my 5 ”

　　The woman smiled and said, “Oh. You're Mr Johnson's younger son, right? I've ever seen your photo at your father's office.”

I love my Blackberry mobile phone – it’s my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my computer, as it holds all of my writing and thoughts. However, I know there are times when I need to move away from these things and truly communicate with others.

I teach a course called History Matters in college. My goals for the class include a deep discussion of historical subjects and ideas. Because I want students to fully study the material and discuss with each other in the classroom, I have a rule – no computers, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule, some of them were not happy.

Most students think my reasons for this rule include negative experiences in the past when students made wrong use of technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. I’ve seldom had students make wrong use of technology in my classes; however, I have been e-mailed by students while they were in other teachers’ classrooms.

Some students think that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. As I noted above, I love technology and try to keep up with it.

The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations. Interruptions (中斷) by technology often break students’ thoughts and make them depend too much on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep in 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 have been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations (評價) show student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize with deep conversation and difficult tasks, they learn at a deeper level – a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.

I am 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, I will continue my plan. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.

56.  The writer’s rule for his History Matters class is ____.

A. discussing historical ideas deeply                                   

B. studying and discussing the materials

C. leaving technology out of the classroom

D. making right use of technology in class

57.  The word “negative” in Paragraph 3 means ____.

A. similar         B. unforgettable    C. special     D. unpleasant

58.  What can we infer from the passage?

A. Students make right use of technology in other teachers’ classes.

B. The classroom is one of the good places to have deep conversations.

C. The writer encourages students to agree with others after discussion.

D. Students are unhappy with the writer’s way of teaching history.

59.  The writer wants to tell us that ____.

A. technology has different influences in different classes in college

B. technology makes it difficult to have true communication in class

C. history classes can help students to develop their deep thinking

D. it is time for him to give up his teaching method in history class