Test 4

Passage 1

Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can be used only once.（将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）

Imagine a classroom missing the one thing that has long been considered a（n） 1 part to reading and writing? Paper. No notebooks, no textbooks, no test paper. Nor are there any pencils or pens which always seem to run out of ink when we really need it.

A “paperless classroom” is what more and more schools are trying to 2.

Students don't do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use specially-designed, or palm size computers.The teacher downloads（下载）texts from Internet 3 and sends them to every student's personal computer.

Having computers also means that students can use the Web. They can 4 information on any subject they're studying: from maths to social science.

Exams can go online too. At a high school in Tennessee, US, students take tests on their own computer. The teacher records the 5 on the network for everyone to see and then copies them to his own electronic notebook.

A paperless classroom is a big step 6 reducing the waste of paper. High school teacher Stephanie Sorrell in Kentucky, US, said she used to give about 900 pieces of paper each week to each student. “Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers.” she said.

But, with all this technology, there's always the 7 that the machines will break down.So,To avoid（避免）it,paper textbooks continue to be 8 available（可获得的） for these hi-tech（高科技）students.