14.In a recent announcement,Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide.
Beginning this fall,a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60million program,known as edX"Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses,"Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan.
MIT has offered a program called Open Course Ware for ten years that makes materials from more than 2,000classes free online.It has been used by more than 100million people.In December,the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate(證書),known as MITx,for people who compete certain online course.Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program.
The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform.
MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120,000people signed up for the first MITx course.She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform.
"Fasten your seatbelts,"Hockfield said
Other universities,including Standford,Yale and Canegie-Mellon,have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online.
The Hardvard-MIT program will be monitored by a not-for-profit (非盈利的) organization based in Cambridge,to be owned equally by the two countries.Both MIT and Harvard have provided 30million to start the program.They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful.
28.According to this text,edX isC.
A.a(chǎn) part of the free MIT Open Course Ware.
B.a(chǎn) free computer program by MIT and Harvard.
C.a(chǎn) Harvard-MIT platform of free online courses.
D.a(chǎn) free program online for universities world wide.
29.What is said about online education in the text?A
A.Universities have been trying online courses.
B.About 2,000online courses have been offered.
C.Over 100million people have finished courses online.
D.Standford and Yale together have similar to edX.
30.The underlined part in the text probably means"B".
A.Get ready for the difficulties.
B.Get ready for this education change.
C.Get prepared to complete the online courses.
D.Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses.
31.What can be said about MITx according to the text?C
A.It is first offered as part of the edX learning program.
B.It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning program.
C.It is a standard to recognize online learners'achievement.
D.It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT.
分析 本文為新聞報道類文體.文章報道了Harvard和MIT聯(lián)手向全球免費提供網(wǎng)上課程的事情.
解答 28.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段話說Harvard和MIT聯(lián)手向全球免費提供網(wǎng)上課程及第二段話"a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program,known as edX"可知edX是這兩所大學(xué)聯(lián)手打造的一個網(wǎng)上免費授課的平臺.故答案選C.
29.A 細(xì)節(jié)判斷題.B項應(yīng)是2,000 classes;C項,應(yīng)是100多萬人使用,而不是完成了課程;D項文中沒有談到它們的課程是否相似.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段話"Other universities,including Stanford,Yale and Carnegie-Mellon,have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online"可知答案選A.
30.B 詞義推斷題.此句的字面意思為"系好安全帶".結(jié)合文章的意思便是為這些大學(xué)在網(wǎng)上開設(shè)免費課程這一教育的變革做好準(zhǔn)備.故答案為B.
31.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段"In December,the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate,known as MITx,for people who complete certain online courses"可知MITx是承認(rèn)修完課程的證書.故答案選C.
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