Question

The introduction of the iPad,with its touch screen technology,has allowed even very young children to take advantage of a computer.So what if all children in a school were given an iPad to use in class and take home with them?

Anne Laure Bazin works in a school where every child,teacher and teaching assistant is given a free iPad to use in and out of lessons.For her,the main advantage of everyone having an iPad had been the improvement in communication.Documents can be emailed straight over to workmates during a meeting.Children submit their homework by email,or through the school’s learning environment.Teachers now take the register（点名）using their iPad,which means that there is a record of which children are in school,and which classroom they are in.

The use of iPad has encouraged greater sharing of resources among teacher.All communication with parents is now done by email.Working as a group in class is much easier as children can share documents.The whole class can look at one child’s work by attaching（连接）the iPad to the whiteboard.If a child has forgotten the textbook,the teacher can take a photograph of the relevant（相关的）page and send it to the student in class.

While the use of the iPad in schools has revolutionized（变革）the way children are taught ,it hasn’t completely replaced more traditional methods of teaching .Worksheets are still used in class as some children prefer the contact with paper.The children all have a textbook and exercise books.In Anne Laure’s school,parents feared that the iPads would replace exercise books and children would lose handwriting skills.Anne Laure says,” The teacher are not ready to let go of the traditional style of teaching.We have welcomed the iPads in so much as they help communication and widen the resources available but we are not ready to let go of paper yet.The children themselves still value their exercise books and depend on them for review.”

1.The underlined word “submit” in the second paragraph means________.

A. discuss    B. share

C. hand in    D. send out

2.What is an advantage of using iPads in the classroom?

A. It saved students bringing the textbooks.

B. It reduces parents’ worry about teaching.

C. It improves the relationship between teachers.

D. It makes it convenient to share information.

3.What is parents’ attitude towards the use of iPads in the classroom?

A. Worried    B. Indifferent

C. Annoyed    D. Doubtful

4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Teachers prefer traditional methods of teaching.

B. The iPads won’t take the place of printed materials.

C. More and more schools are using iPads.

D. Exercise books are more valuable now.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】本文主要讲述了在Anne Laure Bazin 工作的学校，每个人都有一部iPad,可以用它来学习，资源共享等等内容，讲述了iPad带给学生的便捷，并表示这种举动并不是完全放弃纸质和书籍。

1.细节理解题。由原文第二段Children submit their homework by email,or through the school’s learning environment.可知孩子们通过电子邮件，或通过学校的学习环境上交他们的家庭作业。 A. discuss讨论 B. Share 分享 C. hand in 上交 D. send out结束了 故选C。

2.主旨大意题。由原文第三段The use of iPad has encouraged greater sharing of resources among teacher.All communication with parents is now done by email.Working as a group in class is much easier as children can share documents.可知ipad的使用促进了教师之间更大的资源共享，所有与父母的交流都是通过电子邮件来完成的，在孩子们可以共享文档的时候，课堂上的集体工作要容易得多。故选D。

3.细节理解题。由原文第四段,parents feared that the iPads would replace exercise books and children would lose handwriting skills.可知家长担心iPad取代了练习本，孩子们将失去书写技能。A. Worried 担心的 B. Indifferent 漠不关心的 C. Annoyed气恼的 D. Doubtful怀疑的 故选A。

4.主旨大意题。第四段主要是说iPad在学校中的使用变革了儿童的教育方式，它并没有完全取代更传统的教学方法。由此可知ipad并没有完全取代传统的纸质教材，故选B。