8.In a class this past December,after I wrote some directions on the board for students about their final examination,one young woman quickly took a picture of the board using her smart phone.When I looked in her direction,she apologized,"Sorry.Was it wrong to take a picture?"
"I can't read my own handwriting,"the young woman explained."It's best if I take a picture of your writing so I can understand the notes."
That remark started a class-wide conversation about taking a picture instead of taking notes.For those in the photo-taking camp,motivations extended beyond their inability to comprehend their own handwriting.Some took pictures of notes because they knew their phone was a safe place to store material.They might lose paper,they reasoned,but they wouldn't lose their phones.Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had noted information on the board.Others told me that during class they liked to be able to listen to the discussion attentively.
Yet the use of cameras as note takers,though it may be convenient,does raise significant questions for the classroom.Is a picture an effective replacement for the process of note-taking?
Instructors encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than merely recording necessary information-it helps prepare the way for understanding.Encouraging students to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method,but just because a method has a long history doesn't mean it's out of date.Writing things down engages a student's brain in listening,visual,and kinesthetic(觸覺的) learning-a view supported by a longstanding research.The act of writing down information enables a person to begin committing it to memory,and to process and combine it,establishing the building blocks of learning new concepts.
Taking a picture does indeed record the information,but it deletes some of the necessary mental engagement that taking notes employs.So can the two be equally effective?
28.The woman apologized in the class because sheA.
A.took a picture of the board
B.missed the teachers'directions
C.had the bad handwriting
D.disturbed other students'learning
29.According to the passage,which of the following may NOT explain students'unwillingness to take notes?C
A.They believe smart phones are much safer for storing notes.
B.They want to listen more attentively in class.
C.They lack proper techniques for taking notes.
D.They want to have the exact version of the notes on the board.
30.According to the passage,taking notes by handD.
A.requires students to think independently
B.seems unsuitable for students to learn new ideas
C.proves to be an old and useless learning method
D.helps students actively participate in learning
31.What is the main idea of this passage?B
A.The traditional way of note-taking should be replaced.
B.Note-taking by hand is not out of date.
C.A modern way of note-taking is catching on.
D.A picture is worth a thousand words.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了關于手寫筆記和用手機拍照記筆記的利與弊.拍照筆記雖然快速方便卻并不有利于學生的記憶,而手寫筆記也不應該因為歷史悠久而過時,作者旨在鼓勵手寫筆記.
解答 28.A.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段中的one young woman quickly took a picture of the board using her smart phone.When I looked in her direction,she apologized:"Sorry.一個年輕女士用她的手機很快給木板上的內(nèi)容拍了一張照片.當我朝她的方向看時,她道歉.故選A.
29.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第三段"Some took pictures of notes because they knew their phone was a safe place to store material.Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had noted information on the board.Others told me that during class they liked to be able to listen to the discussion attentively"可知學生喜歡拍照筆記是因為智能手機是更安全的存儲筆記,他們想在課堂上更專心地聽和他們希望筆記有確切的版本;根據(jù)排除法;故選C.
30.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第五段中的Writing things down engages a student's brain in listening,visual,and kinesthetic(觸覺的)learning記下一些東西會使一個學生的大腦從事聽覺,視覺,和觸覺的學習.故選D.
31.B.主旨大意題.通讀全文,可知文章主要講了關于手寫筆記和用手機拍照記筆記的利與弊,根據(jù)文章第五段"Encouraging students to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method,but just because a method has a long history doesn't mean it's out of date"可知手寫筆記并不因為歷史悠久而過時;故選B.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,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)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.