【正文】 s advice for parents? A） A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue. B） Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience. C） Parents should keep an eye on the activities their opinions. 66. According to the passage, universities show great enthusiasm for DL programs for the purpose of ________. A） building up their reputation B） upgrading their teaching facilities C） providing convenience for students D） cutting down on their expenses Part V Cloze （ 15 minutes） Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A） , B） , C） and D） on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. One factor that can influence consumers is their。s help. C） She wanted to share her stories with readers. D） She had won a prize in the previous contest. 65. What39。s time nowadays. 63. What did the author say about her own writing experience? A） She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer. B） Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations. C） She was constantly under pressure of writing more. D） Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers. 64. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year39。s evidence that instructors must work harder to run a DL course for a variety of reasons, they won39。s a lot of money to be saved. Although some of the more ambitious programs require new investments in servers and works to support collaborative software, most DL courses can run on existing or minimally upgraded （升級(jí)） systems. The more students who enroll in a course but don39。s the convenience promised by courses on the Net: you can do the work, as they say, in your pajamas （睡衣） . But figures indicate that the reduced effort results in a reduced mitment to the course. While dropout rate for all freshmen at American universities is around 20 percent, the rate for online students is 35 percent. Students themselves seem to understand the weaknesses inherent in the setup. In a survey conducted for eCornell, the DL division of Cornell University, less than a third of the respondents expected the quality of the online course to be as good as the classroom course. Clearly, from the schools39。s close to 90 percent. If you doubt the popularity of the trend, you probably haven39。s experience. While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough a way to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices. 57. What is the most striking feature of the University of Phoenix? A） All its courses are offered online. B） Its online courses are of the best quality. C） It boasts the largest number of students on campus D） Anyone taking its online courses is sure to get a degree. 58． According to the passage , distance learning is basically characterized by_____ A） A considerable flexibility in its academic requirements B） The great diversity of students39。s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface. A revelation （啟示） came last week when I asked her, ―Don39。 Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to other classrooms and ideally affect the culture of the __56__ school. A） acting I） information B） assuming J） offers C） prehensive K） projects D） cooperative L） respectively E） entire M） role F） especially M N） technology G） forward O） victims H） images Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A） , B） , C） and D） . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. In this age of Inter chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the petition, my 8yearold daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a petition she won last year. As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn39。s Movement for Peace in Colombia was even nominated （提名） for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. groups of children __49__ as peacemakers studied human rights and poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known as The Schools of Peace. The classroom __50__ opportunities for children to replace angry, violent behaviors with __51__, peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step __52__toward being peacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are __53__