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1 MOOC, an open online course, aims at providing interactive discussion and open access via the web. In additionto traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for the students, professors, and teaching assistants.2 MOOCs first made waves in the fall of 2011, when Professor Sebastian Thrun from Stanford University opened his graduate-level artificial intelligence course up to any student anywhere, and 160,000 students in more than 190 countries signed up. This new kind of online classes is shaking up the higher education world in many ways. Since the courses can be taken by hundreds of thousands of students at the same time, the number of universities might decrease greatly. Professor Thrun has even imagined a future in which there will only need to be 10 universities in the world. Perhaps the most impressive thing about MOOCs, many of which are being taught by professors at prestigious (声誉高的) universities, is that they're free. This is certainly good news for cash-strapped students.3 There is a lot of excitement and fear about MOOCs. While some say free online courses are a great way to increase the enrollment of minority students, others have said they will leave many students behind. Some critics have said that MOOCs encourage an unrealistic one-size-fits-all model of higher education and that there is no replacement for true dialogues between professors and their students. After all, a brain is not a computer. We are not blank hard drives waiting to be filled with data. People learn from people they love and remember the things that arouse emotion. Some critics worry that online students will miss out on the social aspects of college.(1)What can we learn about MOOCs? ( )A. It is cheap for students to take the courses.B. Most courses are about artificial intelligence.C. They have decreased the number of universities.D. Many courses are offered by professors from famous universities.(2)What does the underlined word "cash-strapped" in paragraph 2 mean? ( )A. Fond of money.B. Short of money.C. Careful with money.D. Be out of money.(3)What is the disadvantage of MOOCs? ( )A. They offer limited courses.B. They don't provide traditional course materials.C. They rely heavily on professors from good universities.D. They lack social interaction among students and professors.(4)What is the purpose of the text? ( )A. To give an introduction of MOOCs.B. To put an advertisement for MOOCs.C. To describe the influence of artificial intelligence.D. To express a critical attitude towards artificial intelligence.
1 MOOC, an open online course, aims at providing interactive discussion and open access via the web. In additionto traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for the students, professors, and teaching assistants.
2 MOOCs first made waves in the fall of 2011, when Professor Sebastian Thrun from Stanford University opened his graduate-level artificial intelligence course up to any student anywhere, and 160,000 students in more than 190 countries signed up. This new kind of online classes is shaking up the higher education world in many ways. Since the courses can be taken by hundreds of thousands of students at the same time, the number of universities might decrease greatly. Professor Thrun has even imagined a future in which there will only need to be 10 universities in the world. Perhaps the most impressive thing about MOOCs, many of which are being taught by professors at prestigious (声誉高的) universities, is that they're free. This is certainly good news forcash-strapped students.
3 There is a lot of excitement and fear about MOOCs. While some say free online courses are a great way to increase the enrollment of minority students, others have said they will leave many students behind. Some critics have said that MOOCs encourage an unrealistic one-size-fits-all model of higher education and that there is no replacement for true dialogues between professors and their students. After all, a brain is not a computer. We are not blank hard drives waiting to be filled with data. People learn from people they love and remember the things that arouse emotion. Some critics worry that online students will miss out on the social aspects of college.
2 MOOCs first made waves in the fall of 2011, when Professor Sebastian Thrun from Stanford University opened his graduate-level artificial intelligence course up to any student anywhere, and 160,000 students in more than 190 countries signed up. This new kind of online classes is shaking up the higher education world in many ways. Since the courses can be taken by hundreds of thousands of students at the same time, the number of universities might decrease greatly. Professor Thrun has even imagined a future in which there will only need to be 10 universities in the world. Perhaps the most impressive thing about MOOCs, many of which are being taught by professors at prestigious (声誉高的) universities, is that they're free. This is certainly good news for
3 There is a lot of excitement and fear about MOOCs. While some say free online courses are a great way to increase the enrollment of minority students, others have said they will leave many students behind. Some critics have said that MOOCs encourage an unrealistic one-size-fits-all model of higher education and that there is no replacement for true dialogues between professors and their students. After all, a brain is not a computer. We are not blank hard drives waiting to be filled with data. People learn from people they love and remember the things that arouse emotion. Some critics worry that online students will miss out on the social aspects of college.
(1)What can we learn about MOOCs? ( )
A. It is cheap for students to take the courses.
B. Most courses are about artificial intelligence.
C. They have decreased the number of universities.
D. Many courses are offered by professors from famous universities.
(2)What does the underlined word "cash-strapped" in paragraph 2 mean? ( )
A. Fond of money.
B. Short of money.
C. Careful with money.
D. Be out of money.
(3)What is the disadvantage of MOOCs? ( )
A. They offer limited courses.
B. They don't provide traditional course materials.
C. They rely heavily on professors from good universities.
D. They lack social interaction among students and professors.
(4)What is the purpose of the text? ( )
A. To give an introduction of MOOCs.
B. To put an advertisement for MOOCs.
C. To describe the influence of artificial intelligence.
D. To express a critical attitude towards artificial intelligence.
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(1)D 解析：事实细节题 根据第二段中的“Perhaps the most impressive thing about MOOCs, many of which are being taught by professors at prestigious universities…”可知选项D为正确答案。根据第二段中的“…they're free.”可知选项A错误。根据第二段首句中的“MOOCs first made waves in the fall of 2011, when Professor Sebastian Thrun from Stanford University opened his graduate-level artificial intelligence course up to any student anywhere…”可知并非大部分慕课是关于人工智能的，有关人工智能的慕课只是使慕课更受关注，所以选项B错误。根据“…the number of universities might decrease greatly.”可知，慕课的出现可能会使大学的数量减少，但不一定已经发生了，所以选项C错误。
(2)B 解析：词义猜测题 根据上文“…they're free.”和“This is certainly good news…”可知，慕课对于经济上有困难的学生来说是好消息，所以选项B为正确答案。
(3)D
解析：事实细节题 根据最后一段中的“People learn from people they love and remember the things that arouse emotion. Some critics worry that online students will miss out on the social aspects of college.”可知，一些批评者认为慕课使学生缺失了社交方面的内容。
(4)A
解析：写作目的题 文章开头介绍了开设慕课的目的，第二段介绍了慕课的开发情况，最后一段讨论了慕课的利弊，所以选项A是本文的写作目的。