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(píng)價(jià)) 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.
小題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
小題2:The word “negative” in Paragraph 3 means ____.
A．similarB．unforgettableC．specialD．unpleasant
小題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 conversations.
C．The writer encourages students to agree with others after discussion.
D．Students are unhappy with the writer’s way of teaching history.
小題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

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:B

試題分析：短文敘述了我愛(ài)我的黑莓手機(jī)。我也喜歡電腦,因?yàn)樗梢杂涗浳宜械膶?xiě)作和想法。但是,我知道有些時(shí)候我需要離開(kāi)這些東西,真正與他人溝通。作者從教學(xué)的實(shí)際來(lái)講述讓學(xué)生們不用現(xiàn)代工具來(lái)進(jìn)行課堂教學(xué)，但是在反對(duì)中還是堅(jiān)持了，并且最終得到了認(rèn)可。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問(wèn)題：作者在他的歷史課上的規(guī)則是什么？分析原文： 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. 句意：是因?yàn)槲蚁胱寣W(xué)生充分研究材料和在教室里互相討論,我有一個(gè)規(guī)則,沒(méi)有電腦、平板電腦、手機(jī)、規(guī)則等等。從另一個(gè)角度講就是將現(xiàn)代的工具放置在教室之外。故選C
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問(wèn)題：在第三段的劃線單詞是什么意思？分析原句： Most students think my reasons for this rule include negative experiences in the past when students made wrong use of technology. 句意： 大多數(shù)學(xué)生認(rèn)為我這個(gè)規(guī)則的原因包括不開(kāi)心的經(jīng)驗(yàn)在過(guò)去，當(dāng)學(xué)生錯(cuò)誤的使用技術(shù)。明確答案為第四項(xiàng)。故選 D
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問(wèn)題：通過(guò)短文，我們能從中推斷出什么？分析原文：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.句意：學(xué)生們意識(shí)到深度談話和困難的任務(wù),他們學(xué)到更深的層次上——一個(gè)水平,幫助他們保持課堂以外的課程材料。從中體現(xiàn)了課堂是學(xué)習(xí)交流的主陳地。故選B
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問(wèn)題：這名作者想要告訴我們什么？通過(guò)全文得知，現(xiàn)代技術(shù)使真正的交流有了很大的困難。因?yàn)榻處熢谝笕∠F(xiàn)代技術(shù)時(shí)，學(xué)生不同意，但是經(jīng)過(guò)實(shí)踐，學(xué)生還是認(rèn)可了。故選B
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