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I.ReadingComprehension(50points,2pointsforeach)
Directions:
Inthispartofthetest,therearefivepassages.Followingeachpassage,therearefivequestionswithfourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosethebestanswerandthenblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.
PassageOne
Computersshouldbeintheschools.Theyhavethepotentialtoaccomplishgreatthings.Withtherightsoftware,theycouldhelpmakesciencetangibleorteachneglectedtopicslikeartandmusic.Theycouldhelpstudentsformaconcreteideaofsocietybydisplayingonscreenaversionofthecityinwhichtheylive—apicturethattracksreallifemomentbymoment.
Inpractice,however,computersmakeourworsteducationalnightmarescometrue.Whilewebemoanthedeclineofliteracy,computersdiscountwordsinfavorofpicturesandpicturesinfavorofvideo.Whilewefretaboutthedecreasingcogencyofpublicdebate,computersdismisslinearargumentandpromotefast,shallowrompsacrosstheinformationlandscape.Whileweworryaboutbasicskills,weallowintotheclassroomsoftwarethatwilldoastudent’sarithmeticorcorrecthisspelling.
Takemultimedia.Theideaofmultimediaistocombinetext,soundandpicturesinasinglepackagethatyoubrowseonscreen.Youdon’tjustreadShakespeare;
youwatchactorsperforming,listentosongs,viewElizabethanbuildings.What’swrongwiththat?
Byofferingchildrencandy—coatedbooks,multimediaisguaranteedtosourthemonunsweetenedreading.Itmakestheprintedpagelookevenmoreboringthanitusedtolook.Sure,bookswillbeavailableintheclassroom,too—butthey’llhavealltheappealofadustypianotoateenwhohasaWalkmanhandy.
Sowhatifthelittlenippersdon’tread?
Ifthey’rewatchingOlivierinstead,whatdotheylose?
Thetext,thewrittenwordalongwithallofitsattendantpleasures.Besides,abookismoreportablethanacomputer,hasahigher—resolutiondisplay,canbewrittenonanddog—earedandiscomparativelydirtcheap.
Hypermedia,multimedia’scomradeinthestruggleforabravenewclassroom,isjustastroubling.It’sawayofpresentingdocumentsonscreenwithoutimposingalinearstart—to—finishorder.Disembodiedparagraphsarelinkedbytheme;
afterreadingoneabouttheFirstWorldWar,forexample,youmightbeabletochooseanotheraboutthetechnologyofbattleships,orthelifeofWoodrowWilson,orhemlinesonthe20s.Thisisanothercuteideathatisgoodinminorwaysandterribleinmajorones.Teachingchildrentounderstandtheorderlyunfoldingofaplotoralogicalargumentisacrucialpartofeducation.Authorsdon’tmerelyagglomerateparagraphs;
theyworkhardtomakethenarrativereadacertainway,proveaparticularpoint.Toturnabookoradocumentintohypertextistoinvitereaderstoignoreexactlywhatcounts—thestory.
Questions1—5arebasedonPassageOne.
1.Thefirstparagraphisprimarilyconcernedwith______.
A.picturinginwhatwayscomputerscanhelpinschools
B.describinghowcomputersmakeallsubjectseasierinschools
C.showingwhatcomputershaveaccomplishedinschools
D.examininghowcomputersarebeingusedinschools
2.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsthesoftwarethatwilldoastudent’sarithmeticorcorrecthisspelling?
A.Amazed.
B.Reserved.
C.Interested.
D.Disapproval.
3.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“unsweetenedreading”inParagraph3?
A.Onlinereading.
B.Difficultreadingmaterials.
C.Regularbooks.
D.Seriousandsadstories.
4.TheauthormentionsShakespeareinorderto______.
A.illustratehowmultimediapresentsinformationinclassroom
B.citeoneofthemostfrequentlyusedsourcesinschools
C.introducetheimportanceofreadingclassics
D.showhowmultimediaisintegratedintraditionalteaching
5.WhichofthefollowingstatementisTRUEaccordingtotheauthor?
A.Teachingstudentstounderstandlogicalargumentishighlyignored.
B.Theemploymentofhypermediamayhurtstudents’learningprocess.
C.Hypermediaexposesstudentstotoomuchinformation.
D.Students’readingskillshavedrasticallydropped.
PassageTwo
Onetheorythathasgainedinfluenceamongsociologistsisthatsomemembersofstigmatizedgroups,whenfacedwithstressfulsituations,expectthemselvestodoworse—aprophecythatfulfillsitself.Theseexpectations,whichcanoccureveninotherwisefairsituations—suchas,say,astandardizedtest—producestressandthreatencognitivefunction.Theeffectiscalled“stereotypethreat,”andAfrican—Americans,girls,evenjockshaveallbeenshownsusceptibletostereotypethreat.
Nowanewstudyshowsthatoldpeoplearealsovulnerabletothephenomenon.Resea