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　　How would you like to teach yourself, rather than have teachers? According to the UK's Department of Education and Skills, students will teach themselves in the schools of the future. This means that there will be no more problems such as finding enough teachers.

　　Estelle Morris, the UK Education Secretary, opened the 2002 Educational Technology Conference in London recently. To start the conference, she presented a video showing a computer--generated model of the school of tomorrow. Greater use of computer technology and classroom assistants will help students develop their own way of learning, Morris said. She added that this is a more exciting, as well as more interesting, way of learning. At the same time, teachers will be“freed from their traditional role as the source(来源) of all knowledge”.

　　Children of all abilities will“form the course around their own needs”. They will“learn in their own time, at their own speed and in their own environment(环境)”. At home or at school, they will follow their learning programs by looking at online libraries and watching lessons by world-class teachers and subject experts. Instead of going on field trips, students will use virtual(虚拟的) reality. If they do not understand something，they can ask other students--“take part in virtual communities with learners with similar needs”--or e-mail their teachers. They will hand in their work electronically to be“auto-marked”.

　　The classroom of the future is fast becoming a reality.

1．According to the UK's Department of Education and Skills, the schools of the future will _____.

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A．cause more problems such as not being able to find enough teachers

B．set no homework and no tests for students

C．make good use of computer technology and classroom assistants

D．enable students to teach themselves in their own ways

2．Estelle Morris thinks that computer technology will _____.

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A．help students develop their own way of learning

B．enable students to experience interesting and exciting ways of learning

C．provide students with knowledge from other sources as well as teachers

D．A, B and C

3．If students do not understand something，they can _____.

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A．go on a field trip

B．go to ask their teachers to help them

C．send e-mail to ask for a teacher's help

D．have a look at other learners' homework

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

1．It’s no use        （遗憾）what you have done．

2．It         （有希望）to be fine tomorrow.

3．He said he wasn’t prepared to        （讨价还价）.

4．Is it       （方便）for you to pick her up at ten o’clock?

5．I think       （地理）is one of the subjects that I love.

6．        （自然）, as a beginner I’m not a very good driver.

7．On hearing the good news, they shouted       （兴奋）.

8．There used to be         （长凳）in these schools.

9．He looked as if he needed a        （刮脸）.

10．I didn’t really want to go to see the film but he      （坚持）

we should go.

Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it, do you know? The Internet is a network. It uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world.

Maybe that doesn’t sound very interesting. But when you’re joined to the Internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. You can send E-mails to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (WWW).

There are many different kinds of computers now. They all can be joined to the Internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on people’s desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the Internet itself.

There are lots of places for you to go into the Internet. For example, your school may have the Internet. You can use it during lessons or free time. Libraries often have computers joined to the Internet. You are welcome to use it at any time.

Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell whatever you want by the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the Internet is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?

What is the passage mainly about?

A. Computers.     B. Information.      C. Internet.           D. E-mails.

Who’s the owner of the Internet?

    A. No one.        B. The officer.       C. The headmaster.     D. The user.

What does the writer try to tell us with the last two sentences?

   A. Most of the information is in English.

   B. The Internet is more and more popular.

   C. English is important in using the Internet.

   D. Every computer must have the Internet