必修④ Unit 3

　　单元检测B--完形填空精准练＋失分题型强化练

　　[完形填空精准练]

　　Do you get to play with any neat toys at school? As more and more schools take advantage of new __1__to make learning easier, you may get the chance to __2__ personal computers, laptops or maybe even smartphones in the classroom.

　　__3__ were not always as well­equipped as they can be today, though. Before students had pencils and paper, they often used slates (石板), which were__4__， handheld blackboards that they could write on with chalk. In fact, the classroom chalkboard didn't__5__ until the late 1800s. It must have been __6__ for teachers to be able to write on a large surface that the entire class could see at the same time. While chalkboards __7__ seem like a thing of the past today, they were cutting­edge (最尖端的) technology at one time!

　　Over the years as new technologies__8__， new items were slowly added to classrooms as __9__figured out how they could be used to __10__ the learning experience.

　　Copying machines revolutionized classrooms__11__ they came along in the mid­1900s. Being able to __12__students copies of lessons for homework and studying expanded the classroom__13__ its walls and the usual school day.

　　The use of audio tapes and headphones in the classroom made learning foreign languages__14__. They also helped students with vision or reading __15__， since they could now listen to lessons rather than __16__them.

　　There are hundreds of other __17__ of educational technology over the years. In the past couple of decades, though, schools have __18__ a great increase in the use of cutting­edge, modern technology in the classroom.

　　With the invention of the personal computer, education got a great __19__. When you factor in (把......考虑在内) the Internet, modern education looks__20__ than it did when your parents were in school.

　　语篇解读：从黑板、复印机到录音磁带和耳机，教学设备越来越现代化，计算机的发明使教育的发展往前迈进了一大步。

　　1．A.technology　　　　　　　　 B．discovery

　　C．thought D．design

　　解析：选A　下文提到计算机、笔记本以及智能手机等，这些东西表明了新科学技术(technology)的发展。

2．A.buy B．borrow