单选题 Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
单选题
  • A. They were sent to a traditional hoarding school.
  • B. They were required to use phones in class.
  • C. They were sent abroad to experience different education.
  • D. They were sent to a summer camp for exercise.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 19-22 W:Welcome to our review of the week's TV. With me today is the television critic Michael Stein. Michael, what did you think was the best program of the week? M: Well, the last program in the Channel 4: series. (19) {{U}}What the program did was to take a group of 30 16-year-old children and send them--as an experiment--to a 1950s boarding school for one month.{{/U}} W: I bet it was a shock for today's schoolchildren. M: Of course. They had to wear the uniform from the 50s--they weren't allowed to leave the school once or watch TV, or use mobiles,and had to have cold showers. W: What was the worst thing for them? M: The food, definitely! They said it was cold and tasteless. W: What about the classes? M: (20) {{U}}Well, of course that's the biggest difference. Only the teacher spoke, but most of them found the lessons interesting.{{/U}} W: Did they pass the 1950s exam in the end? M: No. Most of them failed.' W: So, do you think that means exams really Used to be harder in the 1950s? M: (21) {{U}}No, I think the kids failed because exams in the 1950s were very different. 1950s children would probably find today's exams very difficult.{{/U}} W: How did the kids themselves feel about the experiment? M: (22) {{U}}They were really positive. In general they had a good time and they all felt they learned a lot. I very much enjoyed watching it.{{/U}} Q19：What did a group of children do in the program? [听前预测] 根据选项中的 a boarding school，teacher，Students，exams推断该对话与学生和学校生活有关。 [答案解析] 男士说第四频道播出了一档节目，节目中，一组学生被送往20世纪50年代的寄宿学校，故选A) 项。
单选题
  • A. The students were required to watch TV in class.
  • B. The teacher did the whole talking in class.
  • C. The teacher required the students to speak in class.
  • D. The students were asked to take no bath.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] Q：What is the 1950s boarding school’s greatest difference from modem education? [答案解析] 主持人问20世纪50年代的寄宿学校的课程怎样，男士回答说，这是(与当今学校) 最大的不同，课堂上只有老师在说话，故选B) 项。
单选题
  • A. The students didn't absorb enough nutrien'ts.
  • B. The students were asked to speak in the exam.
  • C. The teacher did teach the tested knowledge.
  • D. The exam was quite different from that of today.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] Q：Why did the children in the program fail in the exam? [答案解析] 男士认为孩子们不及格的原因是20世纪50年代的考试形式与今天的考试形式不同，故D) 项正确。
单选题
  • A. They were bored.
  • B. They thought it strange.
  • C. They were positive.
  • D. They found it tiresome.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] Q：What was the kids’attitude towards the experiment? [答案解析] 男士说孩子们对这个实验持积极态度，他们过得很开心，学到很多知识，故选C) 项。