单选题
There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set. Now those
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seem hopelessly old-fashioned. This Christmas, there were a lot of
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computers under the tree.
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that computers are the key to success, parents are also frantically insisting that children
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taught to use them in school — as early as possible.
The problem for schools is that when it
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computers, parents don"t always know best. Many schools are
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parental impatience and are purchasing hardware
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sound educational planning so they can say, "OK, we"ve moved into the computer age." Teachers
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themselves caught in the middle of the problem — between parental pressure and
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educational decisions.
Educators do not even agree
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how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computerized educational materials
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research has shown can be taught
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with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should
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to computers, warn of potential
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to the very young.
The temptation remains strong largely because young children
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so well to computers. First graders have been
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willing to work for two hours on maths skills. Some have an attention span of 20 minutes.
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school can afford to go into computing, and that creates
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another problem: a division between the haves and have-nots. Very few parents are agitating
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computer instruction in poor school districts,
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there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】typewriter(打字机)，globe(地球仪)，an encyclopedia set(一套百科全书)均属于items(物品，项目)。例如：Department stores have a wide choice of items for sale.(百货商店有许多商品可以选购。)set(套)和series(系列)与上下文不符。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】personal computers意为“个人/私人计算机”。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】convinced意为“被说服，使相信”，常用于被动语态，例如：I am convinced that he is guilty.(我确信他有罪。)believe意为“相信，认为”，例如：Experts believe that the coming flood will be extensive.(专家们认为即将来临的这场洪灾波及面会很广。)
【答案解析】when it comes to sth.意为“谈到，涉及”，例如：When it comes to tennis, you can"t beat her。(说到打网球，你是赢不了她的。)
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】yielding to意为“屈服，顺从于”，例如：We yielded to her request.(我们答应了她的要求。)
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本句的意思是“许多学校没有合理的教学计划就购买硬件”。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】find oneself+adj./P.P.意为“发现自己处于某种状态”。例如：They found themselves stranded at the airport.他们发现自己被困在机场。本句意思是“教师们发现他们自己处于是屈服于家长的压力还是做出有利于教学的明智举措之间的困境。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】参考上句译文。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】agree on意为“就……意见一致”，例如：We agreed on the price for the car.我们商定了汽车的价格。agree with sb.意为“同意某人意见”，例如：I agree with you about its being a mistake.(我和你一样也认为这是个错误。) agree to sth.意为“同意某件事”，例如：He agreed to our request.(他同意了我们的要求。)
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】that引导的定语从句在从句中做主语，修饰materials。research has shown可以看做插入语。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】just as well意为“同样好”。本句意思是：许多教育经费正投入到计算机软硬件上，而研究证明这些用纸笔同样可以教好。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】have access to意为“享有……的机会”，例如：Students should have access to a good library. (学生们应该享有使用好的图书馆的机会。)
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】potential dangers意为“潜在的危险”。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】adapt to意为“适应”，例如：The young man from the countryside adapted well to the life in the big city.(这个农村青年很能适应大城市的生活。)keep to(坚持)和devote to(把……专用于、将……奉献给)不合题意。adopt不与to搭配。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】see sb. doing sth.意为“看到某人正在做某事”。例如：I saw them arguing in the middle of the street.(我看到他们在马路中间争论不休。)make sb.后须接do sth.，tell sb.后须接to do sth.，teach sb.后一般接疑问词，再接to do sth.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】根据上下文，本句的意为：“不是所有的学校都能买得起计算机，上得起计算机课的。”
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】yet在这里的意思是“还、又”，例如：His latest novel, which has been translated into many languages, affords yet another proof that he is an author of great talent.(他最近的一部小说已经被译为多种语言，这再次证明了他是一个有才华的作家。)