高中英语阅读理解专项训练.doc

高中英语阅读理解专项训练

阅读理解训练题〔一〕

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Imagineaclassroommissingtheonethingthatslongbeenconsideredanecessaryparttoreadingandwriting?Paper.Nonotebooks,notextbooks,notestpaper.Norarethereanypencilsorpens,whichalwaysseemtorunoutofinkatthecriticalmoment.

Apaperlessclassroomiswhatmoreandmoreschoolsaretryingtoachieve.

Studentsdontdoanyhandwritinginthisclass.Instead,theyusepalm(手掌)size,orspecially-designedcomputers.TheteacherdownloadstextsfromInternetlibrariesandsendsthemtoeverystudentspersonalcomputer.

HavingcomputersalsomeansthatstudentscanusetheWeb.Theycanlookupinformationonanysubjecttheyrestudying?frommathstosocialscience.

HighschoolteacherJudyHerrellinFlorida,US,describedhowherclassusedtheWebtolearnaboutthewarinAfganistan(阿富汗)overoneyearago.

Wecouldtoucheverysideofthecountrythroughdifferentsites?fromtheforesttorefugeecamps(难民营),shesaid.Usingabookthatsthreeorfouryearsoldisimpossible.

Andexamscangoonlinetoo.AtahighschoolinTennessee,US,studentstaketestsontheirowncomputers.Theteacherrecordsthegradesonthenetworkforeveryonetoseeandthencopiesthemtohisownelectronicgradebook.

Apaperlessclassroomisabigsteptowardsreducingthewasteofpaper.HighschoolteacherStephanieSorrellinKentucky,US,saidsheusedtogiveabout900piecesofpapereachweektoeachstudent.

Thinkaboutthemoneyandtreeswecouldsavewiththecomputers,shesaid.

But,withallthistechnology,theresalwaystheriskthatthemachineswillbreakdown.So,incaseofapowerfailureortechnicalproblems,papertextbooksarestillwidelyavailableforthesehi-techstudents.

56.Whatdoesthepartofthelastsentenceinthefirstparagraph,“runoutofinkatthecriticalmoment”,mean?

A.Pensmaynotwritewellatthecriticalmoment.

B.Pensgetlosteasily,soyoumaynotfindthematthecr