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【题目】Last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan declared a war on paper textbooks. “Over the next few years,” he said in a speech at the National Press Club, “textbooks should be abandoned.” In their place would come a variety of digital-learning technologies, like e-readers and multi-media websites.

Such technologies certainly have their place. But Secretary Duncan is threatening to light a fire to a tried-and-true technology—good old paper—that has been the foundation for one of the great educational systems on the planet. And while e-readers and multi-media may seem appealing, the idea of replacing an effective learning platform with a widely hyped (炒作) but still unproven one is extremely dangerous.

An expert on reading, Maryanne Wolf, has recently begun studying the effects of digital reading on learning, and so far the results are mixed. She worries that Internet reading, in particular, could be such a source of distractions(分散注意力) for the student that they may cancel out most other potential benefits of a web-linked, e-learning environment, and while it’s true that the high-tech industry has sponsored substantial amounts of research on the potential benefits of Web-based learning, not enough time has passed for longitudinal（纵向的） studies to demonstrate the full effects.

In addition, digital-reading advocates claim that lightweight e-books benefit students’ backs and save schools money. But the rolling backpack seems to have solved the weight problem, and the astounding costs to outfit every student with an e-reader, provide technical support and pay for regular software updates promise to make the e-textbook a very pricey choice.

As both a teacher who uses paper textbooks and a student of urban history, I can’t help but wonder what parallels exist between my own field and this sudden, wholesale abandonment of the technology of paper.

【1】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. A tried and true technology is paper, long used in educational system.

B. Digital learning technologies will replace the paper textbooks sooner or later.

C. E-readers and multimedia websites are learning methods that are proved effective.

D. Multi-media websites and a good old paper are kinds of digital-learning technologies.

【2】What are drawbacks of textbooks according to the passage?

A. Its price. B. Its weight. C. Its content. D. Its appearance.

【3】What worries Maryanne Wolf is that ________.

A. paper learning can provide more potential benefits

B. the results of digital reading effects are understandable

C. students may not focus on learning by digital reading

D. digital reading can’t provide potential benefits for users

【4】What is the author’s attitude towards digital-learning?

A. disapproving. B. supportive. C. positive. D. objective.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】本文对用纸质课本还是用电子课本学习进行了讨论，作者表明自己对电子书学习持反对态度。

【1】A推理判断题。根据文章第二段But Secretary Duncan is threatening to light a fire to a tried-and-true technology—good old paper—that has been the foundation for one of the great educational systems on the planet.可知，靠得住的技术，即这个星球上伟大教育体系之一的基础，也就是纸张。故答案为A。

【2】B推理判断题。根据倒数第二段lightweight e-books benefit students’ backs and save schools money. But the rolling backpack seems to have solved the weight problem可知，教科书的缺点就是重量问题，故选B。

【3】C细节理解题。根据第三段She worries that Internet reading, in particular, could be such a source of distractions(分散注意力) for the student that they may cancel out most other potential benefits of a web-linked, e-learning environment.可知，她比较担忧的是网上有太多分散注意力的东西，学生往往不会集中精力去学习，故选C。

【4】D态度意图题。根据最后一段作者的描述可知，作者对于电子阅读学习是持反对态度的，故选D。

【名师点拨】

作者态度及写作意图推断

每一篇文章都会包含作者的某种观点和态度，只不过有的直截了当，有的含而不露，有的通过所用词语的褒贬来体现。此类题可细分为作者态度题(表明作者的好恶)和作者观点题(表明作者对某事物的看法)。准确把握作者的情感和态度，需要注意以下几点：

1.作者对某一事物的看法，要么支持，要么反对，带中立色彩的词最不可能是正确答案。

2.漠不关心类词语往往不对，既然写文章就不会不关心。

3.不要把自己的态度揉入其中，也要区分作者的态度和作者引用的别人的态度。

4.当作者的态度没有明确提出时，要学会根据作者使用词语的褒贬性来判断。

5.作者的观点一般与文章的主旨相关联。

6.绝对化或语气过于强烈的选项常常是错误的，如：strong, complete, entire等。