Question

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(設(shè)備) 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.

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

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

A．explore           B．a(chǎn)ccept            C．change           D．reject

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．a(chǎn)ffect students’ concentration on course evaluation

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了現(xiàn)代社會(huì)中人們過于普遍使用電子設(shè)備，而讓自己?jiǎn)适Я霜?dú)立思考的能力。所以作者在自己的課堂上久禁止使用電子設(shè)備。

1.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段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.說明我宣布在本節(jié)課里不準(zhǔn)使用電子設(shè)備，這個(gè)課堂的規(guī)則讓他們很不開心，故B正確。

2.A 推理題。根據(jù)本句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.說明我想讓他們不借助電子設(shè)備而深入地進(jìn)行探討，去探索一些更為復(fù)雜的思想。故A正確。

3.A 推理題。根據(jù)第五段2,3行Interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas.說明很多現(xiàn)代的電子設(shè)備讓人們不能獨(dú)立思考，而要借助于這些設(shè)備展開。故A正確。

4.C 推斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段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.可知作者很重視不使用現(xiàn)代技術(shù)的深層次的對(duì)話。故C正確。

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