Is this a d 90 ? No. This is beginning to happen in many cities. In those cities, learning can take place at home, at school and in the office. Businesses provide programs for schools and society. Schools provide computer labs for people with their own computers at home. Everyone can visit faraway libraries and museums as easily as n 91 ones and everyone can go on the Internet, and older people use it as much as younger ones. How will this new kind of school c92 the usual way of learning? It is too early to be sure, but it is very exciting to think about it.

D. Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)

When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter(炼铜厂), and the chemicals coming out of the smelter made a beautiful forest become a wasteland. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul got so angry when he heard these words. From then on, something happened inside him.

Years later Paul was back to the hometown and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer from that big industry was “No.”

Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren't any birds or squirrels(松鼠) to spread the seeds. It would be a waste of his life to try to do it. Everyone knew that, he was told. Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, nobody accepted his idea.

Paul later got married and had some kids. But he didn’t give up. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.

And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was pressure(压力) to clean up the environment, the company actually invited Paul to do what he was already doing. Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned grey, but he managed to keep that impossible promise he made to himself as a child.

93. What did the copper smelter do to Paul’s hometown?

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94. Did the copper smelter agree to let Paul bring trees back at first?

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95. Why did most people think it would be a waste of time to change that area?

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96. What did he decide to do one night?

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97. How long did it take Paul to realize his dream?

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98. What can we learn from Paul’s story?

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VII. Writing: (20分)

99. Eric Schmidt, Google chairman, made a speech at Boston University and gave some meaningful advice to the students, asking them to stay away from electronic devices and to have more time to talk face-to-face with their friends and parents.

Eric Schmidt谷歌公司主席在波士顿大学的演讲中建议学生不要沉迷于电子设备而要留出更多时间和朋友家长面对面交流。 请你就Eric Schmidt的建议结合你或者你身边同学朋友的实际情况谈谈你的看法。

Write at least 60 words to describe what you know and think about Eric Schmidt’s advice.

(注意：短文中不得出现任何人名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。)

Suggested questions:

1. Do you or your friends spend much time on electronic devices, such as …?

2. What do you think of his advice? Do you agree or disagree?