Question

I love my Blackberry mobile phone – it’s my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my computer, as it holds all of my writing and thoughts. However, I know there are times when I need to move away from these things and truly communicate with others.

I teach a course called History Matters in college. My goals for the class include a deep discussion of historical subjects and ideas. Because I want students to fully study the material and discuss with each other in the classroom, I have a rule – no computers, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule, some of them were not happy.

Most students think my reasons for this rule include negative experiences in the past when students made wrong use of technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. I’ve seldom had students make wrong use of technology in my classes; however, I have been e-mailed by students while they were in other teachers’ classrooms.

Some students think that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. As I noted above, I love technology and try to keep up with it.

The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations. Interruptions (中断) by technology often break students’ thoughts and make them depend too much on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep in themselves for ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and to make connections between the course material and the class discussion.

I have been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations (评价) show student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize with deep conversation and difficult tasks, they learn at a deeper level – a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.

I am 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 will continue my plan. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.

1.The writer’s rule for his History Matters class is ____.

A. discussing historical ideas deeply

B. studying and discussing the materials

C. leaving technology out of the classroom

D. making right use of technology in class

2.The word “negative” in Paragraph 3 means ____.

A. similar B. unforgettable C. special D. unpleasant

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Students make right use of technology in other teachers’ classes.

B. The classroom is one of the good places to have deep conversations.

C. The writer encourages students to agree with others after discussion.

D. Students are unhappy with the writer’s way of teaching history.

4.The writer wants to tell us that ____.

A. technology has different influences in different classes in college

B. technology makes it difficult to have true communication in class

C. history classes can help students to develop their deep thinking

D. it is time for him to give up his teaching method in history class

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文叙述了我爱我的黑莓手机。我也喜欢电脑,因为它可以记录我所有的写作和想法。但是,我知道有些时候我需要离开这些东西,真正与他人沟通。作者从教学的实际来讲述让学生们不用现代工具来进行课堂教学，但是在反对中还是坚持了，并且最终得到了认可。

1.是因为我想让学生充分研究材料和在教室里互相讨论,我有一个规则,没有电脑、平板电脑、手机、规则等等。从另一个角度讲就是将现代的工具放置在教室之外。故选C

2. 大多数学生认为我这个规则的原因包括不开心的经验在过去，当学生错误的使用技术。明确答案为第四项。故选 D

3.学生们意识到深度谈话和困难的任务,他们学到更深的层次上——一个水平,帮助他们保持课堂以外的课程材料。从中体现了课堂是学习交流的主陈地。故选B

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考点：教育类阅读。