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There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set. Now those 【61】 seem hopelessly old fashioned. This Christmas, there were a lot of 【62】 computers under the tree. 【63】 that computers are the key to success, parents insist that children 【64】 taught to use them in school as early as possible.
The problem for schools is that when it 【65】 computers, parents do not always know best and are eagerly urging the schools to offer computer courses as soon as possible. Many schools are 【66】 parental impatience and are purchasing hardware hastily 【67】 good educational planning, saying "OK, we've moved into the computer age. " Teachers 【68】 themselves caught in the middle of the problem between parental pressure and 【69】 educational decisions.
Educators do not even agree 【70】 how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computerized educational materials 【71】 can be taught 【72】 with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should 【73】 to computer warn that there are potential 【74】 to the very young. The temptation of the computer is so strong that young children who quickly 【75】 themselves to it are never aware how much time they have 【76】 on it.
These are some other problems. 【77】 every school can afford to go into computing, and there is a division 【78】 the haves and the have-nots. Very few parents ask 【79】 computer instruction in poor school districts, 【80】 there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.
(1)
A.items
B.toys
C.sets
D.series
(2)
A.private
B.children
C.school
D.personal
(3)
A.Giving
B.Providing
C.Convinced
D.Believed
(4)
(2分)
A.was
B.be
C.are being
D.were
(5)
(2分)
A.talks about
B.comes to
C.turns to
D.mentions to
(6)
(2分)
A.ignoring
B.blaming
C.yielding to
D.turning a deaf ear to
(7)
(2分)
A.without
B.with
C.through
D.for
(8)
(2分)
A.rely on
B.relax
C.free
D.find
(9)
(2分)
A.wise
B.clever
C.slow
D.enough
(10)
(2分)
A.on
B.with
C.to
D.about
(11)
(2分)
A.however
B.where
C.what
D.which
(12)
(2分)
A.equally
B.in the same way
C.just as well
D.not as well
(13)
(2分)
A.be open
B.have access
C.look
D.turn
(14)
(2分)
A.approaches
B.exposures
C.problems
D.means
(15)
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A.adopt
B.keep
C.adapt
D.devote
(16)
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A.cost
B.spent
C.taken
D.paid
(17)
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A.Nor
B.Not
C.No
D.Any
(18)
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A.among
B.amid
C.amidst
D.between
(19)
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A.for
B.against
C.to buy
D.to use
(20)
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A.due to that
B.in any case
C.although
D.where
Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music-cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain and America. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on musicians and, when it becomes widespread, on the music-culture as a whole.
Music is deep-rooted in the cultural background that fosters it. We now pay more and more attention to traditional or ethnic features in folk music and are willing to preserve the folk music as we do with many traditional cultural heritage. Musicians all over the world are busy with recording classic music in their country for the sake of their unique culture. As always, people’s aspiration will always focus on their individuality rather than universal features that are shared by all cultures alike.
One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out: the influence of the electronic media—radio, record player, tape recorder, and television, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the “information-revolution”, a twentieth century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modern nations; they have affected music-cultures all over the globe.
第36题:Which of the following does not belong to material culture?
[A] Instruments.
[B] Music.
[C] Paintings.
[D] Sheet music.
Don' t just look. You are expected to feel, to turn, to push. Build your own house and earn why t stands or falls. Use computers to work out plans just as famous scientists have done. There s always something new to learn at the Maryland Science Center.
Children and group visitors enjoy half price.
The excitement of the Maryland Science Center does not end when you leave. Visit the Science Store for a gift you' d like to keep. Electronic jewelry(电子珠宝), games, books, and more — take part of the Science Center home with you.
Information
Where to call:
24 hour general(常规的) information(410)685-5225
24 hour STARLINE night, sky information (410)S39-STAR
Group visitor information (410) 685-2370
Hours:
The Maryland Science Center is open 7 days a week(except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas
Day)
Monday-Friday 10 a. m.-p. m
Saturday and Sunday 10a.m.-p.m.
Whacan visitors do at the Maryland Science Center?
A.Learn science by trying it out.
B.Watch and take part in a play.
C.Make gifts for their friends.
We should always have been suspicious. After all, computers have spread quickly because they have become cheaper to buy and easier to use. Falling prices and skill requirements suggest that the digital divide would spontaneously shrink—and so it has.
Now, a new study further discredits the digital divide. The study, by economist David Card of the University of California, Berkeley, challenges the notion that computers have significantly worsened wage inequality. The logic of how this supposedly happens is straightforward: computers raise the demand for high-skilled workers, increasing their wages. Meanwhile, computerization—by automating many routine tasks—reduces the demand for low-skilled workers and, thereby, their wages. The gap between the two widens.
Superficially, wage statistics support the theory. Consider the ratio between workers near the top of the wage distribution and those near the bottom. Computerization increased; so did the wage gap.
But wait, point out Card and DiNardo. The trouble with blaming computers is that the worsening of inequality occurred primarily in the early 1980s. With computer use growing, the wage gap should have continued to expand, if it was being driven by a shifting demand for skills. Indeed, Card and DiNardo find much detailed evidence that contradicts the theory. They conclude that computerization does not explain "the rise in U.S. wage inequality in the last quarter of the 20th century".
The popular perception of computers' impact on wages is hugely overblown. Lots of other influences count for as much, or more. The worsening of wage inequality in the early 1980s, for example, almost certainly reflected the deep 1981—1982 recession and the fall of inflation. Companies found it harder to raise prices. To survive, they concluded that they had to hold down the wages of their least skilled, least mobile and youngest workers.
The "digital divide" suggested a simple solution (computers) for a complex problem (poverty). With more computer access, the poor could escape their lot. But computers never were the source of anyone's poverty and, as for escaping, what people do for themselves matters more than what technology can do for them.
It is generally believed that the digital divide is something ______.
A.that is responsible for economic inequalities.
B.deemed to be positive in poverty-relief.
C.that results from falling computer prices.
D.getting worse because of the Internet.
“Sir, we could have solved the problem in a much simpler and cheaper way, ” a worker sa id.
“Really? How?”
“We can put a huge fan near the packing machine. The wind coming from the fan will blow away the empty boxes, leaving the other boxes with soap. ”
See, this is smart work. In order to succeed, we should not only work hard like the engineer, but also think smart like this worker.
1. Some students spend less time on school work but do better in exams because they study longer.
A: F
B: T
2.The passage mainly tells us we should work hard like the engineer and think smart like theworker.
A: T
B: F
3.The soap factory could only put a huge fan near the packing machine to solve problem in amuch simpler and cheaper way.
A: F
B: T
4.The underlined phrase “blow away”means “停止” in Chinese.
A: T
B: F
5.Someone wrote to the soap factory and complained that the soapbox he bought was terrible.
A: F
B: T
As clerical loads increased, "something had to_____(4), and that was always face time with patients," says Dr.Bhakti Patel, a former chief resident in the University of Chicago&39;s internal-medicine program. In fall 2010, she helped_____(5)a pilot project in Chicago to see if the iPad could improve working conditions and patient care. The experiment was so_____(6)that all internal-medicine program adopted the same_____(7)in 2011. Medical schools at Yale and Stanford now have paperless, iPad-based curriculums. "You&39;ll want an iPad just so you can wear this" is the slogan for one of the new lab coats_____(8)with large pockets to accommodate tablet computers.
A study of the University of Chicago iPad project found that patients got tests and_____(9) faster if they were cared for by iPad-equipped residents.Many patients also_____(10) a better understanding of the illnesses that landed them in the hospital in the first place.
A.dependent
B.designed
C.fast
D.flying
E.gained
F.give
G.growing
H.launch
I.policy
J.prospect
K.rather
L.reliable
M.signal
N.successful
O.treatments
第1题答案是:
Where to call: 24 hour general information (410) 686-5225 24 hour
STARLINE night sky information (410) 539-STAR
Group visitor information (410) 68502370
Hours: The Maryland Science Center is open 7 days a week (except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day) Monday–Friday 10 am–6 pm Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 8 pm
1.What can visitors do at the Maryland Science Center?()
A、Learn science by trying it out.
B、Watch and take part in a play.
C、Make gifts for their friends.
2.The Maryland Science Center usually stays open on weekends()
A、from 10 am -- 6 pm
B、from 10 am -- 8 pm
C、24 hours
3.By calling (410) 685-2370 we can get information about()
A、the night sky show
B、books and games
C、group price tickets
4.“Take part of the Science Center home with you” means that()
A、visitors can buy something there and take them home
B、the Science Center may be sold to visitors.
C、the visitors can make the Science Center their home
5.Which is true about the MarylandScienceCenter?()
A、Visitors can play and learn at the same time.
B、It helps visitors travel to other countries.
C、It can be visited 24 hours a day
A.supercomputer
B.minicomputer
C.microcomputer
D.mainframe
Computers can be designed ______ many automation processes purposes.
A.to
B.in
C.on
D.for
Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?
A.Future computers can see things as human beings do
B.Future computers will be designed to have hearing ability
C.The life of the blind and deaf will be easier with the help of computers
D.A person who has lost feeling can still have a near-normal brain provided by scientists