There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for the ir children would buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set. Now those ___ 1___ seem hopelessly oldfashioned; this Christmas, there were a lo t of personal computers under the tree. ___ 2___ that computers are the key to success, parents are also frantically insisting that children ___ 3___ taught to use them in schoo l—as early as possible. The problem for schools is that when it ___ 4 ___ computers, parents don’t always know best. Many schools are yielding to parental impatience and are purchasing hardware ___ 5___ sound education al planning so they can say, “OK, we’ve moved into the computer age.” Teachers found themselves caught in the middle of the problem—between parent pressure a nd ___ 6___ educational decisions. Educators do not even agree ___ 7 ___ how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computerized e ducational materials ___ 8___ research has shown can be taught ___ 9 ___ with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should h ave access to computers, warn of potential ___ 10___ to the very young. The temptation remains strong largely because young children ___ 11___ s o well to computers. First graders have been seen willing to work for two hours on math skills. Some have an attention span of 20 minutes. ___ 12___ sch ool can afford to go into computing, and that creates ___ 13___ another problem: a division between the haves and havenots. Very few parents are agita ting ___ 14___ computer instruction in poor school districts, ___ 15 ___ there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.
1. A. items B. toys C. sets D. series
2. A. Given B. Provided C. Convinced D. Believed
3. A. are B. be C. are being D. were
4. A. talks about B. comes to C. turns to D. mentions
5. A. without B. with C. through D. for
6. A. wise B. clever C. slow D. enough
7. A. on B. with C. to D. about
8. A. however B. it C. what D. that
9. A. equally B. in the same way C. just as well D. not as well
10. A. approaches B. exposures C. dangers D. harmful
11. A. adopt B. keep C. adapt D. devote
12. A. High B. Not every C. No D. Any
13. A. already B. of course C. in addition D. yet
14. A. for B. against C. to buy D. use
15. A. for B. in any case C. although D. where
參考答案及詳解
1. A) 根據(jù)句義“現(xiàn)在那些東西(指以上提到的 打字機、地球儀、百科全書)顯得太落后了”可知，本空正確答案為A items
2. C) 通過分析本句結(jié)構(gòu)可知此空所在句是一個從句，作主句的原因狀語 ，結(jié)合選項可知 此空需要動詞的過去分詞表示“確信、相信”的意思，故選項C為正確答案，因為“be conv inced that”意為“確信、相信”。
3. B) 主句中動詞為insist時，一般賓語從句應(yīng)該使用虛擬語氣，并且一 般情況下省略should。
4. B) 此空前it的使用法在語法上叫“虛義”it，因此它無法和talk abo ut, mention搭 配使用。come to有幾種意義分別為“歸因是”，“結(jié)果是”;“談到”，“想到”;“總 共”，“共達”等。Turn to意為“轉(zhuǎn)向，指向”等。根據(jù)上下文可推斷句義為“當談到計 算機的問題時，…”，由此可見此空應(yīng)選B come to。
5. A) 根據(jù)句義“許多學校在沒有制定良好的教學計劃前，就屈從了家長 們的壓力購買了電腦。”可判斷此空應(yīng)使用介詞without。
6. A) 根據(jù)上下文可知學校迫于家長的壓力不得不購買了電腦，這使得老 師們處 于兩難境地，即家長的壓力和明智正確的教育方針，故此空選A。clever一般用來指人。
7. A) agree on意為“同意”某某觀點。Agree with后接人。
8. D) that用于此空引導定語從句。
9. C) 此句句義為“很多錢被用來購買電腦教學資料，但是研究表明用紙 和筆教學能達到 同樣的教學效果。”可知，此空詞應(yīng)使此句構(gòu)成比較結(jié)構(gòu)，而選項A和B都沒有此功能，選項 D意義不符，故選項C為正確答案，just as well原為固定搭配，意為“幸虧，幸而”，但在 此處是省略了第二個as的比較結(jié)構(gòu)。
10. C) 根據(jù)句意“潛在的危險”可知此空正確答案為選項C。
11. C) adapt to意為“適應(yīng)”。Devote …to意為“奉獻，獻身于”意義 不符。
12. B) 根據(jù)上下文可推斷句義為：不是每個學校都能買得起電腦。故此空 選B。
13. D) 此空涉及yet的用法。首先可用排除法排除already, of course, i n addition， 因為他們要么意義不符，要么用法不符。Yet既可作副詞也可作連詞。作副詞時意為“還、 仍然、尚”，常用于否定句中，如 Much remain yet to be done. / He has not yet hear d the good news.有時意為“已經(jīng)”，常用于疑問句中。作連詞時意為“而，然而，可是” 。此空yet符合第一種用法。
14. A) “agitate for”意為“鼓動，贊成”。
15. D) where用于此空引導非限定性的定語從句