Question

【題目】 The UN’s Millennium Development Goals included the ambition that by 2015 all the world’s children would complete primary school. This has largely been achieved: nine out of ten children are now enrolled. 【1】 Even though most of the world’s children go to school, an awful lot of them learn pretty much nothing there. According to a recent World Bank study of seven sub-Saharan African countries, half of nine-year-olds cannot read a simple word and three-quarters cannot read a simple sentence. 【2】

Several recent studies suggest education technology can help. It seems to bring about bigger improvements in poor countries than in rich ones.

【3】 That doesn’t mean buying computers for schools in the hope that children will understand how to use them, a stupidity on which plenty of money has been wasted. Instead, it means providing schools with software that children can use with minimal help from an adult. The software gets things right more often than the teachers do, adjusts itself to the child’s ability, and sends teachers instructions about what they are supposed to be teaching. 【4】

Technology is no panacea(萬靈藥) . 【5】 And authorities need to take teachers into account. But education technology can help greatly — by monitoring pupils and teachers alike, assisting the best teachers and, most important, making up for the failings of the worst.

A. The reason is terrible teaching.

B. The achievements are really great.

C. However, the figure is not as impressive as it sounds.

D. Technology plays more and more important role in teaching.

E. Good traditional teachers are not outdated, and are never likely to be.

F. Meanwhile it allows the authorities to check on whether the teacher is in the classroom.

G. Some of the scarce resources being spent on teachers could therefore be better spent on education technology.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】G

【4】F

【5】E

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。盡管大部分適齡兒童都有學可上，但很多孩子幾乎什么也沒學到，造成這個現(xiàn)象的原因在于糟糕的教學質(zhì)量。而科技可以幫助解決貧窮國家學校師資力量薄弱和教師匱乏的問題。

【1】根據(jù)前文The UN’s Millennium Development Goals included the ambition that by 2015 all the world’s children would complete primary school. This has largely been achieved: nine out of ten children are now enrolled.可知聯(lián)合國千年發(fā)展目標中有一項雄心勃勃的計劃：到 2015 年，世界上所有適齡兒童都能夠完成小學階段的學習。這個目標大部分已經(jīng)實現(xiàn)了：九成適齡兒童如今已經(jīng)入學。根據(jù)后文Even though most of the world’s children go to school, an awful lot of them learn pretty much nothing there.可知盡管世界上大多數(shù)適齡兒童都去了學校，他們之中有很多人在那里幾乎什么都沒學到。連接上下文，C項（然而，這個數(shù)字并不像聽上去那樣令人印象深刻。）切題，C項中的this figure指的是前文中的nine out of ten children，故選C項。

【2】根據(jù)上文According to a recent World Bank study of seven sub-Saharan African countries, half of nine-year-olds cannot read a simple word and three-quarters cannot read a simple sentence. 可知根據(jù)世界銀行最近針對亞撒哈拉地區(qū)七個國家的一份研究，有一半的九歲孩子連一個簡單的單詞都不會念，四分之三的孩子讀不懂簡單的句子。A項（原因在于糟糕的教學質(zhì)量。）解釋了為什么會出現(xiàn)這個現(xiàn)象，故選A項。

【3】根據(jù)上文It seems to bring about bigger improvements in poor countries than in rich ones.可知相比于富有的國家來講，教育科技似乎能為貧窮的國家?guī)�來更大的進步。根據(jù)后文That doesn’t mean buying computers for schools in the hope that children will understand how to use them, a stupidity on which plenty of money has been wasted.可知這并不意味著將計算機堆放在學校里，并希望孩子們能夠明白如何使用它們。連接上下文，G項（因此，一些原本被用在教師身上的稀缺資源可以被更好地用在教育科技上。）切題，故選G項。

【4】根據(jù)上文可知The software gets things right more often than the teachers do, adjusts itself to the child’s ability, and sends teachers instructions about what they are supposed to be teaching.這個軟件比教師的準確率還高，能夠根據(jù)孩子的能力自行調(diào)整，能夠給教師發(fā)送提示信息，告訴教師應該教些什么。也就是這一部分是關(guān)于軟件的好處，連接上文，F項（同時它使得有關(guān)部門能夠監(jiān)控教師是否在教室里。）切題。F項中的it指代前文的the software。故選F項。

【5】根據(jù)上文Technology is no panacea可知技術(shù)并非萬靈藥。根據(jù)后文And authorities need to take teachers into account.可知有關(guān)部門需要讓教師肩負起責任。連接上下文，E項（傳統(tǒng)的優(yōu)秀教師并不會過時，也不可能過時。）切題。故選E項。