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阅读理解 Dear ePals Community Member, 　　ePals will hold its first conference for tech directors and teachers on Tuesday, July 15, in Boston．Our one-day event is a pre-conference of Alan November's Building Learning Communities 2008 Conference． 　　Come see how ePals, the Internet's largest social learning network, can transform your classroom, school and district with our award-winning, safe and protected SchoolM@il? and SchoolBlog? offered at no cost． 　　ePals team members, expert teachers and instructional technology directors will share their experiences using the ePals Global Community to build 21st Century skills in the classroom． 　　Among the speakers are： 　　Tim DiScipio, co-founder of ePals, sharing the vision for global collaboration and corporate partnerships with National Geographic, the classmate PC powered by Intel, and the XO from One Laptop Per Child 　　Dr．Kari Stubbs on"ePals 101：Where and How to Start Using Global Collaborative Tools in Project-based Learning．"Dr．Stubbs led the Enhancing Education Through Technology(EETT)initiative in Kansas before joining ePals as director of professional development． 　　Dr．Rita Oates on"Accomplishing the New NETS Standards for Students with ePals Tools and Activities．"Dr．Oates formerly was in charge of ed tech in Miami-Dade County Public Schools． 　　Dr．Laurie Henry, University of Kentucky, talking about literacy(读写能力)issues in the online world 　　Dr．Shelia Gersh, City Colleges of New York, sharing her ePals project as an example of a successful 21st century online educational experience 　　Carol Bar, teacher at Blue Valley High School(KS),"Blogging for Language Acquisition" 　　Adina Popa, teacher at Potowmack Elementary(VA), will speak about schoolwide use of ePals and video conferencing to other classrooms 　　Several district tech directors talking about best practices in implementation(安装)and use in their districts for safe and protected student email and blogs 　　Other classroom teachers sharing their experiences for instructional success in the online community and using free, safe and protected online tools from ePals 　　Register and get more information at www．epals．com/conference (1) The letter is written to ________． [　　] A． attract more customers B． answer readers’ questions C． inform related people of a conference D． recommend some teachers (2) From the text we can learn that ________． [　　] A． the July 15 conference is just a pre-conference B． the July 15 conference will last till November C． BLC08 will be set up at the July 15 conference D． the BLC08 Conference will be held this summer (3) ________ will talk about his/her experiences in using the ePals and video conference in classrooms at school． [　　] A． Tim DiScipio B． Dr．Laurie Henry C． Adina Popa D． A tech director (4) It can be inferred from the text that ePals here ________． [　　] A． refer to those who keep in touch with each other through email B． is in fact a software for online language study C． is an expensive tool for language learners on the Internet D． refer to all the language teachers who globally communicate with each other

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答案：1．C;2．A;3．C;4．B;
解析：

(1)	考查本文写作目的。通读全文可知，这是一封会议邀请函。
(2)	事实细节题。从文章第一段可直接得出答案。
(3)	事实细节题。细读相关专家的讲座内容可知。
(4)	推理判断题。文章主要谈ePals在语言教学中的运用，由此可推断这是一种基于互联网的交互式语言学习软件。