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Passage 8(2014江苏盐城亭湖区，C)

    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 comput?er's it holds all of my writing and thoughts.However I know there are times when I need to move away from these things and tmly com?municate 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 materials 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 ex?periences 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 that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations. Interruptions (中断) by technology often break students thoughts and make them depend too much on outside infor?mation 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 con?nections between the course material and the class discussion.

    I have been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations (评价） show student satisfaction with the envi?ronment that I create.Students realize deep conversation and difficult tasks and 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^ ever change my mind about technol?ogy 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.

1. 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 

2. The word “negative” in Paragraph 3 means    .

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

3. 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 conversa?tions.

  C. The writer encourages students to agree with others after discus?sion.

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

4. 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

Answer 1

1. C 2. D 3. B 4. B

Passage 8

[语篇解读]作为一名历史老师，作者虽然经常使用手机或电脑，但是他禁止学生在课堂上使用电子产品，而应专注于和老师和同学的沟通。从学生的评价结果看，这个举措取得了不错的效果——学生可以更深人地进行课堂讨论并提高了处理困难任务的能力。

1. C细节理解题。根据第二段第三句I have a rule—no computers iPadS Phones etc. 可知，作者不许学生把科技产品带进教室。故选 C项。

2. D词义猜测题。根据上下文可推测negative意为:消极的，否定的， 负面的，意思与unpleasant最接近。.故选D项。

3. B推理判断题。根据第五段内容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 可知，在作者看来课堂应该是进行深层次交流的好地方。故选B项。

4. B推理判断题。根据第五段第一句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.和下文的事例可知：电 子产品阻碍学生在课堂上进行真正的沟通。故选B项。