Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
After a long journey from Quebec,Canada in l896,1 was finally in a small office in Kingston,Jamaica.Behind a long table piled with books and papers sat an old man,Mr.Campbell,my new employer and the owner of The Lantern. He stared at me so long,and with such an expression of amazemem,that I became uneasy and embarrassed.And then at last a single sentence came from his lips, “My God!” It seems that he had expected a woman of the then approved type of bluestocking(女知识分子),and now a baby had been dropped into his lap!
I sat alone with that old man who stared at me as if l were some person of a strange nature.After he had almost stared me down,he began to ask me questlons.
“How old are you?”
“Seventeen.I mean—I’m going on eighteen.”Eighteen was,in fact,eleven months off. ‘‘Have you ever worked before?’’
“I’ ve written things.’’ After a silent moment,during which he glared at me more angrily than ever, he demanded: “What have you written?”
“Potetry, ” I said, and stopped because he said again in that lost voice,
‘‘My God!” “What else?”
“I had a story published in The Star,” I said.
“I’ve got it here, if you’d like to see it.” He made a motion of definite disagreement.
“I taught myself shorthand,’’I said,‘‘and I can take dictation as fast as you can talk.”
“Not a bad idea.” And then he added,“What do you think you are going to do here?”
“Write for your paper,”I said.
“What?”he inquired curiously.
“Why-anything-poetry-” He waved his hand in such a dismissing manner that I got up, though it was my poetry, not I, he wished to be rid of just then. I went neaner to him and said, “I know you don’t want me an I don’t want to stay. I am dory I came.”
“What about the money I paid for you to came here?”he shouted.
“I’m going to lose that?”
21.Mr.Campbell had expected_____.
A.an experienced nurse
B.all experienced joumalist
C.a iournalist with a baby
D.a young female secretary
The girl tried to impress the owner of the paper with_____.A.her experience
B.her innocence
C.a younger age
D.an older age
Mr.Campbell showed some interest in the girl’s ability to_____.A.compose poems
B.write stories
C.take dictation
D.travel alone
On the whole,Mr.Campbell was_____.A.pleased with his new employee
B.amazed by the girl’S literary talent
C.dissatisfied with the girl’S experience
D.angry with the rude manner of the girl
Based on the information provided in the passage,Mr.Campbell would probably _____.A.give the girl the position
B.send the girl back to America
C.ask the girl to show him her poems
D.publish the girl’s poems and stones
Byalmost any measure, there is a boom in Intemet-based instruction. In just a fewyears,34 percent ofAmerican universities have begun offering some form. ofdistance learning (DL), and among the larger schools,it's closer to 90 percent.If you doubt the popularity of the trend, you probably haven't heard of theUniversity ofPhoenix. It grants degrees entirely on the basis of onlineinstruction. It enrolls 90,000 students, a statistic used tosupport its claimto be the largest private university in the country.
Whilethe kinds of instruction offered in these programs will differ, DL usuallysignifies a course in which theinstructors post syllabi(课程大纲), reading assignments, and schedules on Websites, and students sendin theirassignments by e-mail. Generally speaking, face-to-face communicationwith an instructor is minimized oreliminated altogether.
Theattraction for students might at first seem obvious. Primarily, there's theconvenience promised by courseson the Net: you can do the work, as they say, inyour pajamas (睡衣). But figures indicate that the reducedeffortresults in a reduced commitment to the course. While dropout rates for allfreshmen at American universitiesis around 20 percent, the rate for onlinestudents is 35 percent. Students themselves seem to understand theweaknessesinherent in the setup. In a survey conducted for eComell, the DL division ofComell University, lessthan a third of the respondents expected the quality ofthe online course to be as good as the classroom course.
Clearly,from the schools' perspective, there's a lot of money to be saved. Althoughsome of the moreambitious programs require new investments in servers andnetworks to support collaborative software, most DLcourses can run on existingor minimally upgraded(升级)systems. The more students who enroll in acourse butdon't come to campus, the more the school saves on keeping the lightson in the classrooms, paying doorkeepers,and maintaining parking lots. Andthere's evidence that instructors must work harder to run a DL course foravariety of reasons, they won't be paid any more, and might well be paid less.
56、What is the most striking feature of theUniversity of Phoenix?
A.Allits courses are offered online.
B.Itsonline courses are of the best quality.
C.It boasts the largest number of studentson campus.
D.Anyone taking its online courses is sure to get a degree.
57、According to the passage, distance learning isbasically characterized by____
A.aconsiderable flexibility in its academic requirements
B.the great diversity ofstudents' academic backgrounds
C.a minimum or total absence of face-to'faceinstruction
D.the casual relationship between students and professors
58、Manystudents take Internet-based courses mainly because they can ____
A.earntheir academic degrees With much less effort
B.savea great deal on traveling and boarding expenses
C.select courses from variouscolleges and universities
D.work on the required courses whenever andwherever
59、What accounts for the high dropout rates for online students?
A.Thereis no strict control over the academic standards of the courses.
B.Theevaluation system used by online universities is inherently weak.
C.There is nomechanism to ensure that they make the required effort.
D.Lack of classroominteraction reduces the effectiveness of instruction.
60、According to the passage, universities showgreat enthusiasm for DL programs for the purpose of____
A.building up their reputation
B.cutting down on their expenses
C.upgrading their teaching facilities
D.providing convenience for students
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade pupils just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and as-signments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do ad-vanced work: it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.
In the passage the author's attitude towards "mixed-ability teaching" is ______.
A.critical
B.questioning
C.approving
D.objective
A、morality play
B、mystery play
C、miracle play
D、interlude
A、or
B、nor
C、and
D、but
Internet-based Instruction
By almost any measure, there is a boom in Internet-based instruction. In just a few years, 34 percent of American universities have begun offering some form. of distance learning (DL ) , and among the larger schools, it&39;s closer to 90 percent. If you doubt the popularity of the trend, you probably haven&39;t heard of the University of Phoenix. It grants degrees entirely on the basis of online instruction. It enrolls 90 000 students, a statistic used to support its claim to be the largest private university in the country.
While the kinds of instruction offered in these programs will differ, DL usually signifies a course in which the instructors post syllabi (课程大纲) , reading assignments, and schedules on Websites, and students send in their assignments by e-mail. Generally speaking, face-to-face communication with an instructor is minimized or eliminated altogether.
The attraction for students might at first seem obvious. Primarily, there&39;s the convenience promised by courses on the Net : you can do the work, as they say, in your pajamas (睡衣 ) . But figures indicate that the reduced effort results in a reduced commitment to the course. While drop-out rates for all freshmen at American universities is around 20 percent, the rate for online students is 35 percent. Students themselves seem to understand the weaknesses inherent in the setup. In a survey conducted for eCornell, the DL division of Cornell University, less than a third of the respondents expected the quality of the online course to be as good
as the classroom course.
Clearly, from the schools&39; perspective, there&39;s a lot of money to be saved. Although some of the more ambitious programs require new investments in servers and networks to support collaborative software, most DL courses can run on existing or minimally upgraded (升级) systems. The more students who enroll in a course but don&39;t come to campus, the more the school saves on keeping the lights on in the classrooms, paying doorkeepers, and maintaining parking lots. And, while there&39;s evidence that instructors must work harder to run a DL course for a variety of reasons, they won&39;t be paid any more, and might well be paid less.
What is the most striking feature of the University of Phoenix?
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A.All its courses are offered online
B.Its online courses are of the best quality
C.It boasts the largest number of students on campus
D.Anyone taking its online courses is sure to get a degree
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