ILAnswerthefollowingquestions.

1.Whatcontrastsmostbetweenthesituationinciassroomsoverthelastcentury

andtheexperienceoftoday'sstudentsoutsidetheschoolwalls?

Relativelyunchangingteachingstylesversuschildren'saccesstoarangeof

media.

2.Howwillthecomputerreshapeeducationinthefuture?

Educationwillbeorganizedlargelyaroundthecomputer.Computerswill

permitadegreeofindividualinstruction.Allstudentsmayreceiveacurriculum

tailoredtotheirneeds,learningstyle,paceandrecordofsuccesswithearlier

materialsandlessons.

3.Accordingtothetext,whyiscomputertechnologybothablessinganda

curse?

Itisablessingbecauseitmakesdeliveryofinformationinstantaneous;itisa

curseontheotherhand,becausetherearenoreliablewaystodistinguishsense

fromthedistortedfactsanddownrightnonsensecommonontheNet.

4.Howistechnologychangingthenatureofeducation?

Newtechnologyenableseducationtobemoreindividualized.Also,thepaceof

technologicalchangemeansthattheoldvocationaleducationmodelofpreparing

peopleforasinglelifetimejobisnolongeradequate.

5.Whymaytheacquisitionofadiplomafromacertifiedinstitutionbecomeless

important?

Becauseindividualswillbeabletoeducatethemselvesandexhibittheir

competenceinasimulatedsetting.

6?Inadditiontocomputertechnology,whatotherinnovationswillhaveimpacts

oneducation?

Medicaltechnologies,biologicaltechnologiesamongothers.

7.Howwillmedicaltechnologiesinfluenceeducation?

Theywillpermitstudyofstudents9brainactivityandbloodflowasthey

engageinvariouskindsofproblem-solvingorcreativeactivities.

8.Whydoestheauthorsaythatrecentbreakthroughsinbiologyandmedicine

maychangeeducationinthemostradicalways?

Becausetheymaychangeourdefinitionsofwhatitmeanstobeahumanbeing,

andtobeapartofhumansociety.

9.Whataretheauthorities9attitudestowardstheapplicationofgeneticfindings

toeducation?

Theiropinionsvary.Someauthoritieswillinsistthatthesefindingsbeapplied

inspecificcases,whileotherswillvigorouslyobjecttoanydecisionsmadeonthe

basisofgeneticinformation.

10.Whatistheauthor'sattitudetowardsconservatismineducation?

Hebelievesthattheexplosionofknowledgecallsforarevolutionineducation,

butconservatismisnotnecessarilyevil.Withrespecttothetransmissionof

valuesandtheteachingofcertainsubjects,aconservativeapproachmaywellbe

calledfor.

III.Completetheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow.Changetheformwhere

necessary.

1.Theyfeltthattheaggressivebehaviorandattention-seekingwhichare

moreprevalent

amongmalesshouldnotbereinforcedbyteacherresponses.

2.Theideologyofenterpriseculturehasfinallypermeatedtheremaining

institutionsof

Britishculturallife.

3.Hewarnedthatauthoritieswouldnothesitatetotakedecisiveaction

againstanygroupsorindividualsthatcontemplatedadisturbanceofthe

peace.

4.Truly,thereisnosuchthingasa“freelunch"；everydecisionhasitsown

inherent

problems.

5.ItwasinthemiddleofthebusiestcityinEurope,withnoise,exhaustfumes

andliterallythousandsofbodiesallwithinyards.

6.Havingchildrensoearlyintheirmarriagewasamixedblessing.

7.Politicallytheytendtobeunstable,withveryhighbirthratesbutpoor

educationandverylowlevelsofliteracy.

8.Twocontrastingcolorssuchasblueandyellowcanlookeffectivewhen

freelymingled,eachintensifyingtheimpactoftheother.

9.Theperiodofthefloodanddirectlyafterwardshadbecomecompletely

distortedinhermind.

10.Colleaguesandpupilsthoughtofhimasformidable;afewfoundhim

frightening;afewfoundhimaffable.

11.Theschemeisbeingwidelydebatedontelevisionbecauseitsetsa

precedentforothercompanies.

12.FromJuly,allorganicallyproducedfoodmustbecertifiedunderEC

regulations.

IV.Replacetheunderlinedwordsorexpressionsinthefollowingsentenceswith

wordsorexpressionsfromthetextthatbestkeeptheoriginalmeaning.

1.Thepolicearetryingtheirverybesttosearchfortheescapedconvict.

huntdown

2.Theseimmigrantshavealreadybeenassimilatedintothesocialmainstream,

absorbedinto

3.Onlyalimitednumberofpeoplehavetherighttoentertherestrictedarea.

haveaccessto

4.Almostallthebuildingsweredamagedintheseverestorm,excludingafew

stonecastles.

withthe

exceptionof

5.Sofarasthatisconcerned,yourargumentdoesn'tholdwater.

Forthat

matter

6.Lackinginagoodteamleader,theteamworksinefficientlyandtheproject

progressesveryslowly.

Intheabsenceof

7.Thecompanymakesthebestpossibleuseofitsstaff,anditisverystrictin

termsofworkethics.

withrespectto

8.Thecarisalteredforthespecialneedsofthehandicapped.

istailoredto

9.Thechairmanhasmadeitclearatthebeginningthatthediscussioninthe

meetingshouldbeconfinedtotheagenda.

berestrictedto

10.Itrequiresbothintelligenceandpatiencetodoscientificwork.

callsfor

11.ThegrowthoftownswastoaIneqedecreetheresultofalargenumberof

migrantscomingfromthevillages.

Inlargemeasure

12.Thelistofcompaniesvariedfromlocalstorestomultinationalgiants.

rangedfrom

V.Lookatthefollowingsentencetakenfromyourreadingpassage.Justthink

aboutwhatelseyoucan“develop”andfillinthesentenceswiththerightwords,

e.g.Newandimaginativeapproacheswillhavetobedevelopedifyoungpeople

aretobepreparedfortherapidlychangingrolestheycanexpecttoassume.

l.Experimentshavebeencarriedouttotestanddevelopunderstandingofthe

significanceofeyecontactandbodylanguage.

2.Thenewstategovernmentaimstodevelopasystemofpubliclawwhich

willbetterservetheinterestsofthestateaswellasthecitizen.

3.Swimmingisoneofthebestexercisestohelpdevelopyourmuscles.

4.Hetookanextrayearofstudyintheartschooltodevelophisartistic

technique.

5.Oneofthewaysinwhichchildrenattheschooldeveloptheircomputer

skillsisbykeepingweatherandfarmrecords.

6.Allchildrenhavetodevelopaconceptofsafetyandanabilitytocopewith

thehazardswhichexistinthatenvironment.

7.Thephotographeraskedthephoto-shoptodeveloptheexposedfilm.

8.TheaimsoftheShortCoursesaretoencouragepupilstoreflectontheirown

experienceoflife,todevelopinsightsintosituationswhichposemoralandsocial

questions,andtorespondtothesesituationsinabalancedandunderstanding

way.

VI.TranslatethefollowingintoEnglish.

1.在一個(gè)充斥著錯(cuò)誤信息的世界,讓學(xué)生學(xué)會(huì)識(shí)別真的、美的、好的信息是一個(gè)

巨大的挑戰(zhàn)。

Inaworldfullofmisinformationitisaformidablechallengeforthestudentsto

learntoidentifythetrue,thebeautiful,andthegood.

2.任何形式的登山運(yùn)動(dòng)都有其內(nèi)在的危險(xiǎn)性,畢竟它是一項(xiàng)冒險(xiǎn)運(yùn)動(dòng)。

Anyformofmountaineeringhasitsinherentdanger.Afterall,itisanadventure

sport.

3.那所大學(xué)將在一定程度上允許針對(duì)個(gè)人的授課,學(xué)生會(huì)得到符合自身需要的、

適合自己學(xué)習(xí)方法和進(jìn)度的課程設(shè)置。

Theuniversitywillpermitadegreeofindividualinstructionandthestudents

mayreceiveacurriculumtailoredtotheirneeds,learningstyleandpace.

4.據(jù)說(shuō)對(duì)學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)程的基因基礎(chǔ)的理解能告訴我們哪些青年學(xué)子可能更快取得進(jìn)

步，哪些注定要有“艱難的”求學(xué)歷程。

Itissaidthattheunderstandingofthegeneticbasisoflearningwillteachus

whichyoungstersarelikelyt