Students and Technology in the Classroom
　　I love my blackberry—it’s my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my laptop computer，as it holds all of my writing and thoughts. Despite this love of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from these devices(设备) and truly communicate with others.
　　On occasion, I teach a course called History Matters for a group of higher education managers. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas. Because I want students to thoroughly study the material and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule —no laptop, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy.
　　Most students assume that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. Some students assume that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I can relate to my students.
　　The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversions and truly engage complex ideas. Interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep within themselves for inspiration and ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and make connections between the course material and the class discussion.
　　I’ve been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.
　　I’m not saying that I won’t ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, I’m sticking to my plan. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.
【小题1】Some of the students in the history class were unhappy with____

A．the course material	B．the author’s class regulations
C．discussion topics	D．others’ misuse of technology

【小题2】The underlined word “engage ”in para.4 probably means ____

A．explore

B．accept

C．change

D．reject

【小题3】According to the author, the use of technology in the classroom may ____

A．keep students from doing independent thinking

B．encourage students to have in-depth conversations

C．help students to better understand complex themes

D．affect students’ concentration on course evaluation

【小题4】It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author ____

A．is quite stubborn

B．will give up teaching history

C．values technology-free dialogues in his class

D．will change his teaching plan soon

Only when I left my parents for Italy____ how much I loved them.

   A. I realized  B. I had realized  C. had I realized  D. did I realize

In this voyage I visited my new colony on the island, saw the Spaniards(西班牙人), had the whole story of their lives and of the villains(罪犯) I left there; how at first they treated the poor Spaniards badly,·how they afterwards agreed, disagreed, unired, separated, and how at last the Spaniards were forced to use violence with them; how they gave in to the spaniards, how honestly the Spaniards used them ---- a history, if it were entered into, as full of variety and wonderful accidents as my own part ---- particularly, also, as to their battles with the Caribbeans, who landed several times upon the Island, and as to the improvement they made upon the Island itself, and how five of them made an attempt upon the main land, and brought away eleven men and five women prisoners, by which, at my coming, I found about twenty young children on the Island.

Here I stayed bout 20 days, left them supplies of all necessary things, and particularly of arms, powder, shot, cloths, tools, and two workmen, which I brought from England with me, namely a carpenter and a smith.

Besides this, I shared the Island into parts with them, reserved to myself the property of whole  but gave them such parts resoeetively as they agreed on; and having settled all things with them and encouraged them not to leave the place, I left them there.

From then on I landed the Brazils, from where I sent a bark, which I bought there, with more people to the island; and in it, besides other supplies, I sent seven women, being such persons as I found proper for service, or for wives to such as would take them. As to the Englishmen, I promised them to send them some women from England, with a good cargo(船货) of necessaries, if they would apply themselves to planting ---- which I afterwards could not perform. And the fellows proved very honest and diligent after they were mastered and had their properties set apart for them. I sent them also from the Brazils five cows, three of them being big with calf, some sheep, and some pigs, which when I came again were considerably increased.

But all these things, with an account how 300 Caribbeans came and invaded(入侵) them, and ruined their plantations, and how they fought with that whole number twice, and were at first defeated, and one of them killed; but at last a storm destroying most of their enemies’ boats, they destroyed almost all the rest, and renewed and recovered the possession of their plantation, and still lived upon the Island.

All these things, with some very surprising incidents in some new adventures of my own,  for ten years more, I may perhaps give a further account of the story.

 

1.From Paragraph l, we know _______ .

A. the Spaniards were always getting along well with the villains

B. the Spaniards were always the rulers of the island

C. the Spaniards and the villains both ruled the island peacefully

D. the Spaniards and the villains once had battles witll each other

2.In Paragraph 2, the place where I stayed was probably ________.

A. a wild island                     B. a deserted downtown

C. a primitive supermarket           D. a new city

3.The underlined word “respectively” in the third paragraph probably means ______ .

A. separately      B. particularly    C. specially         D. surprisingly

4.The writer of the story once went to _______.

A. Japan and Brazil                  B. England and Brazil

C. France and Spain                  D. Korea and Caribbean

5.From the story, we can judge the Writer might be _______ .

A. an invader      B. a carpenter     C. an adventurer       D. a prisoner

 

 —How about seeing the new movie at the theatre tonight?

—______ , but I’ve got to go over my notes for tomorrow's exam.

　　A. All right        B. Sounds great     C.I can’t          D. No, I am terribly sorry

 

When I was six years old, my mom told me that I could find anyone's number in the phone book. I used to look through the phone book for hours trying to find Michael Jordan's phone number. When I couldn't find it, I just dialed seven numbers. When someone answered, I'd ask, "Is that Michael Jordan?" Obviously, I always had the wrong number.
A year later I started playing basketball at my local recreation center. It was very big. I never thought in my wildest dreams that a basketball court could be inside a building. The recreation center had a special smell in it, sort of like hot rubber. I guessed it was from the shoes hitting the floor so fast and hard. The atmosphere on the court was carefree. Our biggest excitement of the day was when we actually made a shot. We celebrated wins over ice cream at a fast food restaurant.
I got good at it, and my confidence grew. I played it all the time until the sixth grade. As soon as junior high school came, I stopped playing basketball and focused on school. When senior high school started, I tried out for the school team and made it. We worked hard. Every week we did 300 push-ups and 300 sit-ups on our own. Our coach encouraged the sit-ups to keep stomach power, because it gave us so much control when we were playing basketball. If we didn't want to do the sit-ups and push-ups, we could practice dribbling (运球) and shooting more. It's just us, the ball, the court and the net. But don't take my word for it. See for yourself. After all, I'm just one kid playing the game.
【小题1】From Paragraph 1 we know that ____.

A．the author's mother gave him some wrong phone numbers

B．the phone book contained everyone's phone number except Michael Jordan's

C．the author wanted to contact Michael Jordan very much

D．the author didn't know how to use a phone at that time

【小题2】What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．The days of the author playing basketball at a recreation center.

B．The author's excitement of making shots when playing basketball.

C．The days before the author went to senior high school.

D．The author's happy childhood with his teammates.

【小题3】What surprised the author most at the recreation center?

A．That it was very near to his home.

B．That there was a basketball court inside the building.

C．That there was a special smell in it.

D．That there was a fast food restaurant in it.

【小题4】The author's coach encouraged them to do sit-ups because ____.

A．it is the basic preparation to play basketball

B．it is more useful than dribbling and shooting

C．it is the only way to make people stronger

D．it helps keep stomach power

【小题5】What's the author's purpose in writing this passage?

A．To introduce some skills in playing basketball.

B．To tell us about his dream of becoming a basketball star.

C．To introduce his own experience of playing basketball.

D．To tell us how to balance playing basketball and studying.