Imagine a classroom missing the one thing that’s long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing?Paper,No notebooks,no test paper.Nor are there any pencils or pens,which always seem to run out of ink at the critical moment.
A“paperless classroom”is what more and more schools are trying to achieve.Students don't do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use palm (手掌) size, or specially-designed computers. The teacher downloads texts from Internet libraries and sends them to every student's personal computer.
Having computers also means that students can use the Web. They can look up information on any subject they're studying from math to social science.
High school teacher Judy Herrell in Florida, US, described how her class used the Web to learn about the war in Afghanistan (阿富汗) over one year ago.
"We could touch every side of the country through different sites? from the forest to refugee camps (难民营)," she said. "Using a book that's three or four years old is impossible."
And exams can go online too. At a high school in Tennessee, US, students take tests on their own computers. The teacher records the grades on the network for everyone to see and then copies them to his own electronic grade book.
A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper. High school teacher Stephanie Sorrell in Kentucky, US, said she used to give about 900 pieces of paper each week to each student.
"Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers," she said.
But, with all this technology, there's always the risk that the machines will break down. So, in case of a power failure or technical problems, paper textbooks are still widely available for these hi-tech students.
小题1:What does the part of the last sentence in the first paragraph, “run out of ink at the critical moment”, mean?
A．Pens may not write well at the critical moment.
B．Pens get lost easily, so you may not find them at the critical moment.
C．Pens may have little or no ink at the critical moment.
D．Pens use ink, while pencils don't.小题2:In a paperless classroom, what is a must?
A．Pens.
B．Computers.
C．Information.
D．Texts.小题3:The high school teacher, Judy Herrell, used the example of her class to show that _______.
A．the Web could take them everywhere
B．the Web taught them a lot
C．the Web is a good tool for information
D．the Web better than the textbooks, can give the latest and comprehensive (全面的) information小题4:The paperless classrooms will benefit _____ the most.
A．students
B．teachers
C．trees
D．computers小题5:What does the phrase in the last paragraph, “break down”, mean?
A．Break into pieces.
B．Stop working
C．Fall down.
D．Lose control.
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
题目分析：本文主要描述了未来没有纸的教室。没有笔记本、课本、测试卷。这是一个只用电脑的教室，但电脑死机该怎么办？这也是令人头痛的问题。
小题1:句意理解题。根据其所在的句子可猜出critical在此表示“关键的，重要的”。critical还有“批评的”之意。critical所在的句子的句意是：也没有铅笔或钢笔，它们好像总是在关键的时候用完墨水。选C
小题2:细节理解题。根据第二段的“Students don’t do any handwriting in this class.Instead，they use hand-sized，or specially-designed computers.”可知在没有纸的教室，电脑是必须的，选B。
小题3:推理判断题。根据她说的话“Using a book that’s three or four years old is impossible，”“Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers，”可推断出她认为网络资源是很全面的，而课本上的内容通常是陈旧的。选D
小题4:猜词题：从倒数第二段的句子："Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers," she said.可知没有纸的课堂受益最多的是树，选 C
小题5:猜词题：从后面的句子：So, in case of a power failure or technical problems,可知以防停电或技术故障，可知是break down是机器坏了，不运作了，选B