Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a ＄10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access(入口) to the Internet. Besides, they will be able to use e-mail to "speak" with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees-anywhere at all!
Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable(可行的). As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. Besides, the portable(手提的) computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.
At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, "Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we're giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything."
1. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to _____.
| A．use for their schoolwork | B．access the Internet |
| C．work at home | D．connect them to libraries |
| A．They don't really talk. | B．They use the computer language. |
| C．Laptops have speakers. | D．None of the above reasons is correct. |
| A．All teachers use computers. | B．1500 students have laptops. |
| C．It is an old college in America. | D．Students there can do everything. |
| A．The program is successful | B．The program is not workable. |
| C．The program is too expensive. | D．We don't know the result yet. |
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1. Sally's hair is______．| A．red | B．black | C．straight | D．curly |
| A．Barry's uncle | B．Barry | C．Sally | D．Miss Yang |
| A．be late for school | B．wear a school uniform at school |
| C．eat or sing in the classroom | D．wear her own clothes at school |
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| B．He does not let Barry watch TV. |
| C．He thinks children should not watch TV too much. |
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【推荐2】Children across the world are taking pictures of their school meals. They are sending these pictures over the Internet to a young girl in Scotland. Then she shares the pictures and stories with people around the world.
The girl’s name is Martha. She likes to write. So Martha decided to start her own blog. Every day, Martha writes on the Internet about the meals she eats at school. She also takes pictures of the food.
Martha is very honest about the food. She does not just describe the food. She judges (评价) the taste of the food. She also judges how healthy the food is. Sometimes she likes the food, and sometimes she does not. Now, other people send pictures to Martha. Students around the world share their pictures of their school food!
Martha also started her blog for another important reason. She began to raise money for the organization (组织) Mary’s Meals. Mary’s Meals works in the East African country of Malawi. It provides food for children in schools. Martha encourages her readers to send money to Mary’s Meals to help build a kitchen.
Martha hoped to raise about 10,000 dollars. But the total reached 100,000 dollars and still keeps on growing!
Martha’s blog has also helped to improve meals at her school. Martha and her school friends found their meals improved since she started writing her blog.
No one knows what will happen to Martha’s blog in future. But already this girl has helped to change the eating experience of many children just by sharing pictures of her school meals.
1. Martha started her blog to ________.| A．ask her school to improve meals | B．invite readers to judge school meals |
| C．show school meals around the world | D．express her opinions about school meals |
| A．works in Scotland | B．provides food for school children in Malawi |
| C．was set up by Martha | D．builds kitchens for poor families in Malawi |
| A．changed her eating habits | B．helped poor children at her school |
| C．made meals at her school improve | D．raised money for many organizations |
| A．Martha shares her food | B．Cooking healthy school meals |
| C．Martha starts a blog | D．Having school meals together |
In the morning, they thought of a plan to get out of taking their test. They covered themselves with dirt and went to the teacher’s office. Once there, they said they had been to a wedding (婚礼) the previous night in another town. On the way back, their car got a flat tyre, so they had to push the car all the way back to school.
The teacher listened to their story. He told them that he would give them a chance to retest three days later. The four students thanked him and accepted his offer.
The test day arrived. The teacher put the students all in separate rooms for the test. They were fine with this because they had all studied hard. Then they saw the test. It had just two questions.
(1) Your name: ______ (1 point)
(2) Which tyre burst (爆裂)? ______ (99 points)
A. Front left.
B. Front right.
C. Back left.
D. Back right.
1. The four boys didn’t want to take the first test because ______.
| A．they played too hard | B．they had a flat tyre |
| C．they forgot about the date | D．they were too busy to take a test |
| A．最早的 | B．另一个的 | C．前一个的 | D．之后的 |
| A．immediately | B．the next day | C．the next week | D．on the weekend |
| A．Because he had a lot of rooms. |
| B．Because he knew the boys had lied(撒谎) to him. |
| C．Because the test was very difficult. |
| D．Because the boys were fine with that. |
| A．The four boys all passed the test. |
| B．The teacher went to look for the car. |
| C．The teacher gave another test to the boys. |
| D．The boys knew that they shouldn’t lie to the teacher and said sorry to him. |
