Recently, a student used his Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) to film a female teacher scolding and tearing the work of a classmate. The public discussion that the incident caused started on the Internet. However, when it came to the media’s attention, it quickly became a major topic in the education circles. The reactions so far suggest that the focus of the debate has been on one question: whom to blame?
Teachers who are anxious to defend their professional dignity have tried to put the blame on the students. They mentioned their right to privacy 隱私)and for this reason they requested the Ministry of Education (MOE) to prohibit PDAs in schools. On the other hand, some parents and students have taken a different position. They feel that the teacher is also at fault. Caught up in the war of words between both sides, people are no longer interested in the “truth” of the matter which seems now unimportant. It was left to newspapers to discover the central point of the controversial issue, by stressing the problems that are not always easily noticed in our educational system.
For those responsible for educating the young, this PDA incident conveys the message that “Times have changed”,a reality that must have been felt even more strongly by the female teacher when reflecting on this unpleasant experience. Different times call for different professional approaches in education. The ability to understand the students they are teaching has always been the quality of successful teachers. Despite some factors, the incident shows that the teacher lacks good qualities on her part. Besides, the rules under current system to deal with recalcitrant students need to be improved. Also, it is an example which shows the issue we are familiar with: what to do with new technology? With PDA, the new technology, the interaction (交流)between the teacher and students in classroom has been changed.
小題1:The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to______.
A.improve the teachers’ way of teaching
B.stress the using of PDA in the classroom
C.change the students’ behavior in the classroom
D.discuss the potential problems of educational system
小題2:The underlined word “recalcitrant” in paragraph 3 probably means______?
A.difficult to controlB.interested in nothing
C.unwilling to learnD.ready to obey rules
小題3:The writer’s attitude toward the PDA incident is______.
A.optimisticB.critical
C.uncertainD.a(chǎn)pproval
小題4:What might be the best title for the passage?
A.Whom to blame?
B.The PDA incident
C.Times have changed
D.What to do with new technology?

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:A 

試題分析:本文是科技教育類議論文。本文就一段由學(xué)生用PDA錄制的視頻展開討論,在科技迅速發(fā)展的今天,應(yīng)該責(zé)備學(xué)生侵犯了老師的個(gè)人隱私,還是整個(gè)教育系統(tǒng)的教育模式應(yīng)該做出適應(yīng)科技發(fā)展的改革。
小題1:考查考生簡單推斷的能力。該題需要考生判斷作者的寫作意圖。根據(jù)第二段中by stressing the problems that are not always easily noticed in our educational system. 可知作者意在討論教育體系的潛在問題。故選D。
小題2:考查考生根據(jù)上下文情境推測具體詞義的能力。由第三段Besides, the rules under current system to deal with recalcitrant students need to be improved. 的關(guān)鍵詞rules 和to deal with 可知,規(guī)則要對付的必然是難管理的學(xué)生。故選A。
小題3:考查考生簡單推斷的能力。根據(jù)最后一段中Despite some factors, the incident shows that the teacher lacks good qualities on her part. Besides, the rules under current system to deal with recalcitrant students need to be improved.可以判斷出,作者對整個(gè)事件持批評態(tài)度。故選B。 
小題4:考查考生對文章主旨的概括理解能力。文章以PDA事件為引子,探討現(xiàn)行教育存在的問題,及誰該對此問題負(fù)責(zé)。故選A。
點(diǎn)評:文章對是否該錄制老師上課的視頻展開討論。以主旨題推理題的考查為主,解此類題需要結(jié)合上下文提供的語境和信息進(jìn)行簡單的概括和判斷。猜詞題其實(shí)并不難,只要考生抓住前后的句子,就可以找到答案。
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