The first thing to notice is that the media we’re all familiar with—from books to television—are one-way propositions: they push their content at us. The Web is two-way, push and pull. In finer point, it combines the one-way reach of broadcast with the two-way reciprocity of a mid-cast. Indeed, its user can at once be a receiver and sender of broadcast—a confusing property, but mind-stretching!
A second aspect of the Web is that it is the first medium that honors the notion of multiple intelligences. This past century’s concept of literacy grew out of our intense belief in text, a focus enhanced by the power of one particular technology—the typewriter. It became a great tool for writers but a terrible one for other creative activities such as sketching, painting, notating music, or even mathematics. The typewriter prized one particular kind of intelligence, but with the Web, we suddenly have a medium that honors multiple forms of intelligence—abstract, textual, visual, musical, social, and kinesthetic. As educators, we now have a chance to construct a medium that enables all young people to become engaged in their ideal way of learning. The Web affords the match we need between a medium and how a particular person learns.
A third and unusual aspect of the Web is that it leverages the small efforts of the many with the large efforts of the few. For example, researchers in the Maricopa County Community College system in Phoenix have found a way to link a set of senior citizens with pupils in the Longview Elementary School, as helper-mentors. It’s wonderful to see kids listen to these grandparents better than they do to their own parents, the mentoring really helps their teachers, and the seniors create a sense of meaning for themselves. Thus, the small efforts of the man—the seniors—complement the large efforts of the few—the teachers. The same thing can be found in operation at Hewlett-Packard, where engineers use the Web to help kids with science or math problems. Both of these examples barely scratch the surface as we think about what’s possible when we start interlacing resources with needs across a whole region.
1. What does the word mind-stretching imply?
2. What is a terrible tool for activities such as sketching and painting?
3. Which group of people make some efforts to help pupils in elementary schools?
4. The sentence the seniors create a sense of meaning for themselves means the seniors（ ）.
5. The expression “scratch the surface” most probably means（ ）.
问题1选项
A.Obtaining one’s mental power.
B.Strengthening one’s power of thought.
C.Making great demands on one’s mental power.
D.Exerting one’s mental power as far as possible.
问题2选项
A.Technology.
B.Typewriter.
C.Text.
D.The web.
问题3选项
A.Teachers.
B.Researchers.
C.Grandparents.
D.Senior citizens.
问题4选项
A.acquire a new meaning of their lives
B.understand the meaning of the web
C.create a web site for themselves
D.add a new meaning to the web
问题5选项
A.think hard in a puzzled way
B.deal with a problem thoroughly
C.treat a subject without being thorough
D.work out a solution for a problem easily
第1题:C
第2题:B
第3题:D
第4题:A
第5题:C
第1题:
【选项释义】
What does the word mind-stretching imply? mind-stretching这个词意味着什么？
A. Obtaining one’s mental power. A. 获得一个人的精神力量。
B. Strengthening one’s power of thought. B. 加强一个人的思想能力。
C. Making great demands on one’s mental power. C. 对一个人的精神力量有很大的要求。
D. Exerting one’s mental power as far as possible. D. 尽可能地发挥一个人的精神力量。
【考查点】词汇推断题
【解题思路】由题干关键词“mind-stretching”可以定位到文章第一段最后一句：Indeed, its user can at once be a receiver and sender of broadcast—a confusing property, but mind-stretching!（事实上，它的使用者可以同时成为广播的接收者和发送者——这是一个令人困惑的特性，但也是……），可知成为接收者也成为发送者说明“mind-stretching”在文中是指“在使用网络时需要投入更多的精神力”的意思。因此C选项“对一个人的精神力量有很大的要求”正确。
【干扰项排除】A、B、D选项不能根据文中信息推理出来。
第2题:
【选项释义】
What is a terrible tool for activities such as sketching and painting? 对于写生和绘画等活动来说，什么是一个可怕的工具？
A. Technology A. 技术
B. Typewriter B. 打字机
C. Text C. 文本
D. The web D. 网络
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】由题干可以定位到文章第二段第二、三句：This past century’s concept of literacy grew out of our intense belief in text, a focus enhanced by the power of one particular technology—the typewriter. It became a great tool for writers but a terrible one for other creative activities such as sketching, painting, notating music, or even mathematics.（上个世纪读写的概念源于我们对文字的强烈信仰，这种信仰因一种特殊技术——打字机的力量而得到加强。打字机成为作家的伟大工具，但对于其他创造性活动，如素描、绘画、音乐记录，甚至数学，却是一个糟糕的工具。），说明对于素描和绘画等活动来说，打字机是一个糟糕的工具。因此B选项“打字机”正确。
【干扰项排除】A、C、D选项根据解析可知不符合原文信息，属于曲解原文。
第3题:
【选项释义】
Which group of people make some efforts to help pupils in elementary schools? 哪一群人为帮助小学生做出了一些努力？
A. Teachers A. 教师
B. Researchers B. 研究人员
C. Grandparents C. 祖父母
D. Senior citizens D. 老年人
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】由题干可以定位到文章第三段第二句：For example, researchers in the Maricopa County Community College system in Phoenix have found a way to link a set of senior citizens with pupils in the Longview Elementary School, as helper-mentors.（例如，凤凰城马里科帕县社区学院系统的研究人员找到了一种方法，将一组老年人与朗维尤小学的学生联系起来，作为帮助-指导者。），说明帮助小学生的是老年人群。因此D选项“老年人”正确。
【干扰项排除】A、B、C选项根据解析可知不符合原文信息，属于曲解原文。
第4题:
【选项释义】
The sentence the seniors create a sense of meaning for themselves means the seniors _____. 老年人为自己创造了一种意义感，这句话意味着老年人_____。
A. acquire a new meaning of their lives A. 获得他们生活的新意义
B. understand the meaning of the web B. 了解网络的意义
C. create a web site for themselves C. 为自己创造一个网站
D. add a new meaning to the web D. 为网络增加新的意义
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】由题干可以定位到文章第三段第三句：It’s wonderful to see kids listen to these grandparents better than they do to their own parents, the mentoring really helps their teachers, and the seniors create a sense of meaning for themselves.（看到孩子们听这些祖父母的话比听他们自己父母的话更好，这很好，这种指导真的帮助了他们的老师，老年人为自己创造了一种意义感。），说明老年人为自己的生活创造了新的意义。因此A选项“获得他们生活的新意义”正确。
【干扰项排除】B、C、D选项在文中没有提及，属于无中生有。
第5题:
【选项释义】
The expression “scratch the surface” most probably means _____. scratch the surface 这个说法最可能的意思是_____。
A. think hard in a puzzled way A. 以一种困惑的方式努力思考
B. deal with a problem thoroughly B. 彻底处理一个问题
C. treat a subject without being thorough C. 对待一个问题不彻底
D. work out a solution for a problem easily D. 容易找到解决问题的办法
【考查点】词汇推断题
【解题思路】由题干关键词“scratch the surface”可以定位到文章最后一段最后一句：Both of these examples barely scratch the surface as we think about what’s possible when we start interlacing resources with needs across a whole region.（当我们开始考虑将资源与整个地区的需求相结合时，这两个例子都只是……），说明“scratch the surface”在文中是指“只触及到问题的表面，没有深入”的意思。因此C选项“对待一个问题不彻底”正确。
【干扰项排除】A、B、D选项不能根据文章内容推理出来。
