1 . While regular schools still exist, the virtual classroom plays an important role in today's learning community. Job opportunities for students are expanding rapidly and more people of all ages are becoming aware of online learning that allows them to study at home.
Be open-minded about sharing life, work, and learning experiences as part of online learning.
Many different people find that the online method requires them to use their experiences and that online learning offers them a place to communicate with each other. This forum for communication removes the visual barriers that stop some students from expressing themselves. In addition, students are given time to reflect on the information before replying.
Be willing to 'speak up' if problems arise.
Online learning is normally sequential（序列的） and requires commitment on the students' part. Keeping up with the face-to-face class and completing all work on time is vital. Once students get behind, it is almost impossible to catch up. Students need to want to be there and need to want the experience. The instructor may have to communicate with students personally to offer help and remind them of the need to keep up.
Just as many excellent instructors may not be effective online facilitators（诱导者）, not all students have the necessary qualities to perform well online.
| A．Keep up with the progress of the course. |
| B．Online students, however, require unique qualities to be successful. |
| C．Accept critical thinking and decision making as part of online learning. |
| D．Remember that instructors cannot see their students in an online course. |
| E．In this way, students can help to keep the online environment open and friendly. |
| F．Online courses require students to make decisions based on facts as well as experience. |
| G．But those who have the qualities discussed above usually make very successful online students. |
2 . About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildings. Instead, they receive their elementary and high school education by working at home on computers. The Center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools,” and that is twice as many as two years ago.
The money for students to attend cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they live. Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schools. They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well.
Other educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speed. These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools. They say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from school.
Whatever the judgment of cyberschools, they are getting more and more popular. For example, a new cyberschool called Commonwealth Connections Academy will take in students this fall. It will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen.
Children get free equipment for their online education. This includes a computer, a printer, books and technical services. Parents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computers when necessary.
Students at cyberschool usually do not know one another. But 56 such students who finished studies at Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School recently met for the first time. They were guests of honor at their graduation.
1. What do we know from the text about the students of a cyberschool?| A．They have to take a long bus ride to school. |
| B．They study at home instead of in classrooms. |
| C．They receive money from traditional public schools. |
| D．They are all failures in traditional school programs. |
| A．Their equipment costs a lot of money. |
| B．They get little support from the state government. |
| C．It is hard to know students’ progress in learning. |
| D．The students find it hard to get along with other students. |
| A．they are less expensive for students | B．their students can work at their own speed |
| C．their graduates are more successful in society | D．they serve students in a wider age range |
| A．positive | B．negative |
| C．doubtful | D．disappointed |
