Imagineaclassroommissingtheonethingthat'slongbeenconsideredanecessarypartto

readingandwritingpaper.Nonotebooks，notextbooks，notestpaper.Norarethereanypencils

orpens，whichalwaysseemtorunoutofinkatthecriticalmoment.A"paperlessclassroom"is

whatmoreandmoreschoolsaretryingtoachieve.

Studentsdon'tdoanyhandwritinginthisclass.Instead，theyusepalmsize，or

specially-designedcomputers.TheteacherdownloadstextsfromInternetlibrariesandsends

themtoeverystudent'spersonalcomputer.

HavingcomputersalsomeansthatstudentscanusetheWeb.Theycanlookupinformation

onanysubjectthey'restudyingfrommathstosocialscience.

HighschoolteacherJudyHerrellinFlorida，US，describedhowherclassusedtheWebto

learnaboutthewarinAfganistan（阿富汗）overoneyearago.

"Wecouldtoucheverysideofthecountrythroughdifferentsitesfromtheforesttorefugee

camps（难民营），"shesaid."Usingabookthat'sthreeorfouryearsoldisimpossible."

Andexamscangoonlinetoo.AtahighschoolinTennessee，US，studentstaketestson

theirowncomputers.Theteacherrecordsthegradesonthenetworkforeveryonetoseeand

thencopiesthemtohisownelectronicgradebook.

Apaperlessclassroomisabigsteptowardsreducingthewasteofpaper.Highschool

teacherStephanieSorrellinKentuckyUSsaidsheusedtogiveabout900piecesofpaper

eachweektoeachstudent.

"Thinkaboutthemoneyandtreeswecouldsavewiththecomputers，"shesaid.But，with

allthistechnology，there'salwaystheriskthatthemachineswillbreak_down.So，incaseof

apowerfailureortechnicalproblems，papertextbooksarestillwidelyavailable（可用的）for

thesehitechstudents.

1.Whatdoesthepartofthelastbutonesentenceinthefirstparagraph，"runoutofinkat

thecriticalmoment"mean?

A.Pensmaynotwriteweltatthecriticalmoment.

B.Pensgetlosteasily，soyoumaynotfindthematthecriticalmoment.

C.Pensmayhavelittleornoinkatthecriticalmoment.

D.Pensuseink，whilepencilsdon't.

2.Inapaperlessclassroom，whatisamust?

A.Pens.

B.Computers.

C.Information.

D.Texts.

3.Thehighschoolteacher，JudyHerrell，usedtheexampleofherclasstoshowthat（）（）.

A.theWebcouldtakethemeverywhere

B.theWebtaughtthemalot

C.theWebisagoodtoolforinformation

D.theWeb，betterthanthetextbooks，cangivethelatestandcomprehensive（全面的）information

4.Thepaperlessclassroomswillbenefit（）（）themost.

A.students

B.teachers

C.trees

D.computers

5.Whatdoesthephraseinthelastparagraph，breakdown，mean?

A.Breakintopieces.

B.Stopworking.

C.Falldown.

D.Losecontrol.

正确答案：1-5CBDCB