73.Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?

A.Give children correct answers.

B.Allow children to make mistakes.

C.Point out children’s mistakes to them.

D.Let children mark their own work.

72.According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by ________.

A.listening to skilled people’s advice

B.asking older people many questions

C.making mistakes and having them corrected

D.doing what other people do

71.What can we infer from the passage?

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.

E

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things: they learn to do without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle, compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine(常规) work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, and how to know what they know or do not know.

70.?A window on the world? in the last paragraph means that students can ________.

A.attend lectures on information technology

B.travel around the world

C.get information from around the world

D.have free laptops

69.Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A. All teachers use computers.

B.1500 students have laptops.

C.It is an old college in America.

D.Students there can do everything.

68.Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks(引号)?

A.They don’t really talk.

B.They use the computer language.

C.Laptops have speakers.

D.None of the above reasons is correct.

67.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　　　　　　　　　ect them to libraries

66.Which title best fits the passage?

A.Trees and Man 　　　　　　　　　B.The Function of Tree Wood

C.How do People do with Trees?　　　 D.The Usage of Tree Roots

D

Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.

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 to the Internet. In addition, 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. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable 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.”

65.Land becomes desert after all trees are cut down because ________ .

A. roots of trees break up the soil

B. there are too many rainfalls

C. strong winds bring a lot of sand

D. there are no longer trees to keep the rain and protect the top-soil.

64.In many places forests slowly disappear because ________ .

A.many trees have been cut down by man

rees are not well looked after

C.man has not paid enough attention to planting trees

D.all the above