Can you imagine a classroom without one thing that has long been considered a necessary part? No notebooks, no textbooks, no test papers. 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 realize. Students don’t do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use hand-sized 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 maths to social science.
A high school teacher, Judy Herrel in Florida, US, described how her class used the Web. “Using a book that’s three or four years old is impossible,” she said.
A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper.
“Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers,” she said.
But, with all this technology, there’s always a risk that the machines will break down. So, in case of a power failure or a technical problem, paper textbooks should still be widely available (可得到的) for these students.
【小题1】The underlined word “critical” in the first paragraph probably has the same meaning as _______.

It was May 5. It was Mary’s birthday. She came home, and saw a card on the table. It said, “There’s a present for you, Mary. Go and look for it in your room.” Mary ran to her room. Her parents were watching her. They were smiling. On her bed she saw a new red box. She thought, “What’s in the box?” She opened it. There was nothing but a card in it. Mary took it out and read.

“Dear Mary, I’m your present. My first letter is in the word ‘book’, but not in ‘look’. My second letter is in ‘ink’, but not in ‘thank’. You can find my third letter in both ‘ink’ and ‘book’. And my last letter is in ‘she’, but not in ‘ship’. What am I?”

Mary thought hard. B-I-K-E! She smiled and said, “Aha, I know, Mom. But where is it?” Her mother said, “Look at the back of the card.” Mary turned it over and read, “Come and look for me in the garden.”

Mary hurried to the garden. There under a big tree she found her present—a nice new bike!

“Happy birthday, Mary!” her parents said.

“Thank you, Mom and Dad.”

1.Mary’s birthday was on .

A. March the fifteenth

B. May the fifth

C. March the fifth

D. May the fifteenth

2.Mary’s birthday present was .

A. a beautiful card

B. a beautiful box

C. a beautiful bike

D. a comfortable bed

3. The first card was on the table. The second card was .

A. on the bed B. on the desk

C. in the box D. in a book

4. Mary’s present was .

A. on the back of the card B. on her bed

C. in her room D. in the garden

5. Mary’s parents were .

A. very kind and funny

B. very poor

C. very rich

D. very young

Can you imagine a classroom without one thing that has long been considered a necessary part? No notebooks, no textbooks, no test papers. 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 realize. Students don’t do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use hand-sized 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 maths to social science.

A high school teacher, Judy Herrel in Florida, US, described how her class used the Web. “Using a book that’s three or four years old is impossible,” she said.

A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper.

“Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers,” she said.

But, with all this technology, there’s always a risk that the machines will break down. So, in case of a power failure or a technical problem, paper textbooks should still be widely available (可得到的) for these students.

1.The underlined word “critical” in the first paragraph probably has the same meaning as _______.

A. worrying            B. dangerous        C. happy          D. important

2.You are sure to find __________ in a paperless classroom.

A. pens                B. computers        C. test papers    D. notebooks

3.According to Judy Herrel, __________.

A. the Web can talk the students everywhere

B. the Web can take the place of teachers

C. the Web is a better tool for information

D. the Web is for downloading information

4.The paper textbooks should still be widely available because __________.

A. students won’t have trouble with their pens

B. computers may break down sometimes

C. students may not get all information from the Internet

D. paper textbooks may give students more information