Question

The kids in this village wear dirty, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud. They have no school. Yet they all can chant the English alphabet, and some can make words.

The key to their success: 20 tablet computers(平板電腦) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S. group called One Laptop Per Child.

The goal is to find out whether kids using today’s new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers analyzing the project data say they’re already amazed. “What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,” said Matt Keller, who runs the Ethiopia program.

The fastest learner—and the first to turn on one of the tablets—is 8-year-old Kelbesa Negusse. The device’s camera was disabled to save memory, yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera work. He called himself a lion, a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia.

With his tablet, Kelbasa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knows. Then he spelled words on his own. “Seven months ago he didn’t know any English. That’s unbelievable,” said Keller.

The project aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading,” where they can read to learn. It won’t be in Amharic, Ethiopia’s first language, but in English, which is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs.

1.How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the village?

A. It trains teachers for them.

B. It contributes to their self-study.

C. It helps raise their living standards.

D. It provides funds for building schools.

2.It amazed Keller that with the tablet Kelbesa could _______.

A. write letters to researchers.

B. draw pictures of animals.

C. learn English words quickly.

D. make phone calls to his friends.

3. What is the aim of the project?

A. To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs.

B. To make Amharic widely used in the world.

C. To help Ethiopian kids read to learn in English.

D. To assist Ethiopians in learning their first language.

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.C

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是一篇調查研究。講述的是美國一個團體在俄塞俄比亞沒有學校和老師的地方，通過給孩子們20臺平板電腦的方式看使用新技術的孩子是否能夠教會自己閱讀。這個計劃的目的是讓孩子到達一個“深讀”的階段，他們能通過閱讀來學習。不是學習埃塞俄比亞的官方語言阿姆拉語，而是被廣泛認為是獲得高薪工作的“敲門磚”的英語。

1.B考查細節理解。通過對文章的閱讀可知，這個計劃的目的是看看孩子們能否再沒有學校和老師的情況下自學，通過這個計劃人們發現這些孩子會背英文字母表，有的甚至會拼單詞，這說明這個計劃對孩子們的自學是有益的。故選B

2.B考查細節理解。通過對文章倒數第二段的閱讀可知，Keller對Kelbesa在短短七個月里從不認識英語到會拼寫英語感到不可思議，故選B。

3.C考查細節理解。由文章最后一段“The program aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading”, where they can read to learn. It won’t be …but in English.”可知，這個計劃的目的是幫助埃塞俄比亞的孩子學會用英語閱讀。故選C。

考點：科普類閱讀。