填空题Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten
blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of
choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through
carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a
letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer
Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of
the words in the bank more than once. American
universities are rushing towards a wireless future. They are installing networks
that let students and teachers surf the Internet from laptop computers (笔记本电脑).
But professors say the technology poses a growing {{U}} {{U}} 1
{{/U}} {{/U}}: retaining their students' attention. In a
classroom at American University in Washington D.C., the benefits and {{U}}
{{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}of the new wireless work were on display. From
the back row of a lecture hall, more than a dozen laptop screens were {{U}}
{{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}. As Professor Jay Mallek lectured on the finer
points of an office budget, many students went online to surf the Internet.
Students write quick e-mails and send instant messages. A young man shows an
amusing e-mail to the women next to him, and then switches over to read the
online edition of The Wall Street Journal. Distraction is nothing {{U}}
{{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}. As long as there have been schools, students
have whispered, passed notes and even gazed out the window and daydreamed. But
the {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}of the laptop has introduced new
opportunities for distraction, and wireless introduces an even {{U}}
{{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}range of distraction. This is
{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}annoying for taw professors, many of
whom still live in the world of paper. "This is something that hurts the
students themselves," said Ian Ayres, professor at Yale Law School, who
{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}the Internet's entry into the
classroom. However, Professor Mallek sees it {{U}} {{U}} 9
{{/U}} {{/U}}. He said the benefits of the technology outweigh (胜过) the
problems. He suggested that it might even be making him a better teacher. He
takes the {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}of losing his students to
e-mails and online newspapers as a challenge to keep lectures lively and
interesting. A. advantages
I. larger B. arrival
J. new
C. broader K.
obstacle D. challenge
L. opposes E. demonstrates
M. possible F. differently
N. threat G.
drawbacks O.
visible H. especially