学年人教版高一英语暑假作业9Word格式文档下载.docx
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Inarecentannouncement,HarvardandtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)saidthattheyhavejoinedforcestoofferfreeonlinecoursesinanefforttoattractmillionsofonlinelearnersworldwide.
Beginningthisfall,anumberofcoursesdevelopedbyteachersatbothuniversitieswillbeofferedonlinethroughanew$60millionprogram,knownasedX.“AnyonewithanInternetconnectionanywhereintheworldcanuseouronlinecourses,”HarvardPresidentDrewFaustsaidduringameetingtoannouncetheplan.
MIThasofferedaprogramcalledOpenCourseWarefortenyearsthatmakesmaterialsfrommorethan2,000classesfreeonline.Ithasbeenusedbymorethan100millionpeople.InDecember,theschoolannounceditalsowouldbeginofferingaspecialcertificate,knownasMITx,forpeoplewhocompletecertainonlinecourses.Harvardhaslongofferedcoursestoawiderpopulationthroughasimilarprogram.
TheMITxwillserveasthefoundationforthenewlearningplatform.
MITPresidentSusanHockfieldsaidmorethan120,000peoplesignedupforthefirstMITxcourse.ShesaidHarvardandMIThopeotheruniversitieswilljointheminofferingcoursesontheopen-sourceedXplatform.
“Fastenyourseatbelts,”Hockfieldsaid.
Otheruniversities,includingStanford,YaleandCarnegie-Mellon,havebeenexperimentingwithteachingtoaglobalpopulationonline.
TheHarvard-MITprogramwillbemonitoredbyanot-for-profit(非盈利的)organizationbasedinCambridge,tobeownedequallybythetwouniversities.BothMITandHarvardhaveprovided$30milliontostarttheprogram.TheyalsoplantousetheedXplatformtoresearchhowstudentslearnandwhichteachingmethodsandtoolsaremostsuccessful.
1.Accordingtothistext,edXis_______.
A.apartofthefreeMITOpenCourseWare
B.afreecomputerprogrambyMITandHarvard
C.aHarvard-MITplatformoffreeonlinecourses
D.afreeprogramonlineforuniversitiesworldwide
2.Whatissaidaboutonlineeducationinthetext?
A.Universitieshavebeentryingonlinecourses.
B.About2,000onlinecourseshavebeenoffered.
C.Over100millionpeoplehavefinishedcoursesonline.
D.StanfordandYaletogetherhavecoursessimilartoedX.
3.Theunderlinedpartinthetextprobablymeans_____.
A.Getreadyforthedifficulties
B.Getreadyforthiseducationalchange
C.Getpreparedtocompletetheonlinecourses
D.GetpreparedtomakematerialsfortheedXcourses
4.WhatcanbesaidaboutMITxaccordingtothetext?
A.ItisfirstofferedaspartoftheedXlearningprogram.
B.ItisanotherfreeMIT-Harvardonlinelearningprogram.
C.Itisastandardtorecognizeonlinelearners’achievement.
D.ItisanewkindoffreeonlinecourseofHarvardandMIT.
2.
TheMaldivesfacesthethreatofextinctionfromrisingsealevels,butthegovernmentsaidonThursdayitwaslookingtothefuturewithplanstobuildhomesandagolfcoursethatcanfloat.
Anincreaseinsealevelsofjust18to59centimeterswouldmaketheMaldives---anationofanumberoftinycoralislandsintheIndianOcean---notsuitableforhumanstoliveinby2100,theUN’sclimatechangeexpertshavewarned.
PresidentMohamedNasheedhasdeclaredafightforsurvival,andlastmonthhesignedadealwithaDutchcompanytostudysuggestionsforafloatingstructurethatcouldsupportaconferencecentre,homesandan18-holegolfcourse.
Thecompany,DutchDocklands,iscurrentlybuildingfloatingdevelopmentsintheNetherlandsandDubai.Itswebsitesaiditundertookprojectsthatmake“landfromwaterbyprovidinglarge-scalefloatingconstructionstocreatesimilarconditionsasonland”.
TheMaldivesbegantoworkonanartificialislandknownastheHulhumalenearthecrowdedcapitalislandofMalein1997andmorethan30,000peoplehavebeensettledthereinordertoeasecrowdedness.Thecity,whichhasapopulationof100,000,isalreadyprotectedfromrisingsealevelsbya30-million-dollarseawall,andthegovernmentisconsideringincreasinglyimaginativewaystofightclimatechange.
Nasheed,whoheldtheworld’sfirstunderwatercabinet(内阁)meetinginOctobertohighlighthispeople’sseriousanddifficultsituation,hasevenspokenofbuyinglandelsewhereintheworldtoenableMaldivianstorelocateiftheirhomesarecompletelycovered.
Hehasalsopromisedtoturnhisnationintoamodelfortherestoftheworldbybecoming“carbonneutral(碳中和)”by2020.Hisplaninvolvesendingfossilfueluseandpoweringallvehiclesandbuildingsfrom“green”sourcessuchasburningcoconuthusks.
1.Accordingtothepassage,theMaldivesisacountry________.
A.thatismadeupofmanysmallislands
B.whichhasbeencoveredbywaternow
C.wherepeopleliveinunderwaterhouses
D.whosepeopleliveintheirfloatinghomes
2.MohamedNasheedchoseDut
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