阅读理解阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳答案。AHowwouldyouliketoteachyourself,ratherthanhaveteachers?AccordingtotheUK’sDepartmentofEducationandSkills,studentswillteachthemselvesintheschoolsofthefuture.Thismeansthattherewillbenomoreproblemssuchasfindingenoughteachers.EstelleMorris,theUKEducationSecretary,openedthe2022EducationTechnologyConferenceinLondonrecently.Tostarttheconference,shepresentedavideoshowingacomputer—generatedmodeloftheschooloftomorrow.Greateruseofcomputertechnologyandclassroomassistantswillhelpstudentsdeveloptheirownwayoflearning,Morrissaid.Sheaddedthatthisisamoreexcitingaswellasamoreinterestingwayoflearning.Atthesametime,teacherswillbe“freedfromtheirtraditionalroleasthesourceofallknowledge”.Childrenofallabilitieswill“formthecurriculum(课程)aroundtheirindividualneeds.”Theywill“learnintheirowntime,attheirownspeedandintheirownenvironment”.Athomeoratschool,theywillfollowtheirlearningprogrammesbylookingatonlinelibrariesandwatchinglessonsbyworld-classteachersandsubjectexperts.Insteadofgoingonfieldtrips,studentswillusevirtualreality.Iftheydon’tunderstandsomething,theycanaskotherstudents—“takepartinvirtualcommunitieswithlearnerswithsimilarneeds”—ore-mailtheirteachers.Theywillhandintheirworkelectronicallytobe“auto-marked”.Theclassroomofthefutureisfastbecomingareality.AndtheDepartmentofEducationwillsoonproduceaguidetohelpschoolsadaptbuildingsfornewtechnology,Morrissaid.TheseideasarebasedontheUKgovernment’splantocreateaneducationsystemthatprovidesstudentswithastronggroundingofknowledgeandskillsatprimaryschoollevel.Andprovidesthechance5\nforstudentstodeveloptheirindividualskillsatsecondaryschoollevel.36.AccordingtotheUK’sDepartmentofEducationandSkills,theschoolofthefuturewill______.A.causemoreproblemssuchasbeingabletofindenoughteachersB.setnohomeworkandnotestsforstudentsC.makegooduseofthecomputertechnologyandclassroomassistantsD.enablestudentstolearnbythemselveswithoutteachers提示:依据第一段最后一句排除A项;依据第七段最后一句排除B项;第七段说如果学生有问题,可向老师发e-mail,因而不可说withoutteachers,排除D项。C项与第三段内容一致,故为正确答案。答案:C37.EstelleMorristhinksthatcomputertechnologydoesgoodtoteachersin________.A.helpingstudentsdeveloptheirownwayoflearningB.enablingstudentstoexperienceinterestingandexcitingwaysoflearningC.providingstudentswithknowledgeofallsortsD.notbeingconsideredthesourceofvariousknowledge提示:依据第四段判断正确答案为D项。答案:D38.Ifthestudentsdonotunderstandsomething,theycan_______.A.goonafieldtripB.gotoasktheirteacherstohelpthemC.sende-mailtoaskforateacher’shelpD.havealookatotherlearners’homework答案:C依据第七段“…ore-mailtheirteachers”39.IfsastudentisundertheUK’snewly-developededucationsystem,hewillbe________.A.providedwithabasicknowledgefromthebeginningB.givenmoreknowledgeatprimaryschoollevelC.helpedtousecomputersbetterD.suppliedchancetodeveloptheirbasicskills5\n答案:A依据最后一段“thatprovidesstudentswithastronggroundingofknowledgeandskillsatprimaryschoollevel”B●●●USDefenseSecretaryDonaldRumsfeldislikelytovisitChinaatan“appropriate”timethisyear,aseniorChinesemilitaryofficialsaidonMonday.ColonelTuQiming,directoroftheAmericanandOceaniaAffairsBureauoftheForeignAffairsOfficeattheNationalDefenseMinistry,madetheremarkduringSino-USdefensetalksthisweek.Thisisthefirstever“specialdefensepolicydialogue”betweenthetwodefenseministries,accordingtotheChinesemilitary.●●●FRANCESAgricultureMinistryhasconfirmed(证实)thefirstcaseofmadcowdiseasedetectedinagoatlastFriday.Thegoatkilledin2022testedpositiveformadcowdisease.Itisthefirstcaseintheworldofthefataldiseasebeingfoundinananimalotherthanabovine.Thehumanformofmadcowdiseasecausesbrain-wasting,personalitychange,lossofbodyfunction,andendsindeath.TheEuropeanCommissionhasnotadvisedanychangeinfarmingandconsuminggoats,saidtheFrenchMinistryinastatementpublishedlastFriday.●●●MOBILEphonesaleshitanewrecordin2022,withsome684millionunitssoldaroundtheworld,theUSresearchinstituteStrategyAnalyticssaidonThursday.Thenumberrepresentsanincreaseof32percentover2022,when571millionunitsweresold.StrategyAnalyticspredictsamoremodestriseof8percentforthisyear,to735million.FinnishcellphoneproviderNokiastayedoutinfrontin2022,withsalesof207.6millionunits,givingitamarketshareof30.4percent.MotorolamovedtoNo2,justaheadoftheSouthKoreancompanySamsung.●●●SIXmalepenguins(雄企鹅)ataGermanzooareprovingstubbornlyresistanttofemalesbroughtinfromSwedentomakethemintobreeding(繁殖).Ofthetenmalepenguinsatthezoo,sixhaveformedinto“homosexual”couplesandhaveshownno5\ninterestinthefemales,makingbreedinganimpossibility.SothezooimportedthefourfemalepenguinsfromSwedenlastmonth,fullofhopethatthenewarrivalscould“turn”themales.Butsofar,theboysareremainingstrictlywiththeboys.1.Howmanycountriesarementionedinthepiecesofnews?A.Six.B.Five.C.Three.D.Seven.提示:文中提到美国、中国、法国、芬兰、韩国、德国、瑞典。答案:D37.Whichwillprobablyreachthesalesof735millionunitsin2022?A.Nokia.B.Motorola.C.Samsung.D.Cellphones.提示:571million,684million,735million均指手机销售总量。答案:D38.Fromthefourthpieceofnewsweknowthat_________.A.thescientistshaven’tsucceededindoingtheirexperimentB.thescientistshavesuccessfullygotsixfemalepenguinsintobreeding.C.theSwedengirlsmadetheboysshowinterestinthemD.Germanboysdon’tlikeSwedenboys提示:从shownointerest和boysstaywithboys可知试验没成功。答案:A39.Whichofthefollowingarethesuitableheadlinesforthepiecesofnews?A.a.USDefenseSecretaryVisitLikelyb.FranceConfirms“MadGoatCase”c.MobilePhoneSalesd.MalePenguinsandFemalePenguinsB.a.USDefenseSecretaryVisitLikelyb.FranceConfirms“MadGoatCase”c.NokiaStaysonTopd.BirdsofaFeatherC.a.DefensePolicyDialogueb.MadGoatDiseasec.MobilePhoneSalesd.ImportingFemalePenguinsD.a.Sino-USTalksb.MadGoatCasec.Motorola’sSalesReducedd.BoysandGirls提示:只有B能表达各则新闻的主旨,其中BirdsofaFeather意为“物以类聚,鸟以群分”。答案:B5\n5