14.The kids in a village in Ethiopia wear dirty,ragged clothes.They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud.They have no school.Yet they all can chant the English alphabet,and some can make words.
The key to their success:20 tablet computers(平板電腦) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S.group called One Laptop Per Child.
The goal is to find out whether kids using today's new technology can teach themselves to read in places where there are no schools or teachers.The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers analyzing the project data say they're already amazed."What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,"said Matt Keller,who runs the Ethiopia program.
The fastest learner-and the first to turn on one of the tablets-is 8-year-old Kelbesa Negusse.The device's camera was disabled to save memory,yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera work.He called himself a lion,a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia.
With his tablet,Kelbasa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knows.Then he spelled words on his own."Seven months ago he didn't know any English.That's unbelievable,"said Keller.
The project aims to get kids to a stage called"deep reading,"where they can read to learn.It won't be in Amharic,Ethiopia's first language,but in English,which is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs.
19.How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the village?B
A.It trains teachers for them.
B.It helps their self-study.
C.It raises their living standards.
D.It provides funds for building schools.
20.What can we infer from Keller's words in Paragraph 3?C
A.They need more time to analyze data.
B.More children are needed for the research.
C.He is confident about the future of the project.
D.The research should be carried out in kindergartens.
21.What is the aim of the project?D
A.To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs.
B.To make Amharic widely used in the world.
C.To assist Ethiopians in learning their first language.
D.To help Ethiopian kids read to learn in English.
分析 本文是一篇調(diào)查研究.講述的是美國一個團(tuán)體在俄塞俄比亞沒有學(xué)校和老師的地方,通過給孩子們20臺平板電腦的方式看使用新技術(shù)的孩子是否能夠教會自己閱讀.這個計劃的目的是讓孩子到達(dá)一個"深讀"的階段,他們能通過閱讀來學(xué)習(xí).不是學(xué)習(xí)埃塞俄比亞的官方語言阿姆哈拉語,而是被廣泛認(rèn)為是獲得高薪工作的"敲門磚"的英語.
解答 BCD
62.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.通過對文章的閱讀可知,這個計劃的目的是看看孩子們能否再沒有學(xué)校和老師的情況下自學(xué),通過這個計劃人們發(fā)現(xiàn)這些孩子會背英文字母表,有的甚至?xí)磫卧~,這說明這個計劃對孩子們的自學(xué)是有益的.故選B.
63.C 推理判斷題.Keller認(rèn)為孩子們自學(xué)學(xué)到的知識比他們在幼兒園一年學(xué)的還多,這說明他對這個計劃的前景是滿懷信心的.故選C.
65.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.由文章最后一段"The program aims to get kids to a stage called"deep reading",where they can read to learn.It won't be …but in English."可知,這個計劃的目的是幫助埃塞俄比亞的孩子學(xué)會用英語閱讀.故選D.
點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.