Traditional methods of teaching no longer suffice in this technological world. Currently there are more than 100,000 computers in schoolrooms in the United States. Students mediocre and bright alike, from the first stage through high school not only are not intimidated by my computers, but have become avid participants in the computer epoch. 

   Kids operating computer implement their curriculum with great versatility. A music student can program musical notes so that the computer will play Beethoven or the Beatles. For a biology class, the computer can produce a picture of the intricate envisage human biology in a profound way. A nuclear reactor is no longer an enigma to students who can see its workings in minute detail on a computer. In Wisconsi, the Chippewa Indians are studying their ancient and almost forgotten language with the aid of a computer. More commonly, the computer is used for drilling math and language concepts so that youngsters may learn at their own speed without trying the patience of their human teachers. The simplest computers aid the handicapped, who learn more rapidly from the computer than from humans. Once irksome, remedial drills and exercises now on computer are conducive to learning because the machine responds to correct answers with praise and to incorrect answers with frowns and even an occasional tear. 

   Adolescents have become so exhilarated by computers that they have developed their own jargon, easily understood by their peers but leaving their disconcerted parents in the dark. They have shown so much fervor for computer that they have formed computer clubs, beguile their leisure hours in computer stores, and even attend computer camps. A Boy Scout can get a computer merit badge. One ingenious young student devised a computer game for Atari will earn him 100,000inroyaltiesThisisdefinitelythecomputerage.Manufacturersofcomputersarepresentlygettingtaxwrite–offsfordonatingequipmenttocollegesanduniversitiesandarepushingforlegislationtoobtainfurtherdeductionsforcontributionstoelementaryandhighschool.Furthermore,thepriceofcomputerforhomeorofficeisbeingsoldforlessthan100. At that price every class in the country will soon have computer kids. 

Question 1: The expression “traditional methods of teaching” is the first sentence refers to ______ 

A. technological methods of teaching 

B. teachers who punish students for not learning 

C. teachers, textbooks and class drills 

D. teaching the three Rs i.e readung, wrting and arithmetic

Question 2: In order to operate a computer, a student does not have to be _______ 

A. in grade school    B. versatile     C. especially bright     D. musical

Question 3: Today’s students with the aid of computer__________ 

A. try to confuse their parents    B. have more trouble learning 

C. can understand more complex concepts     D. build nuclear reactors 

Question 4: When the author says parents are “left in the dark”, he means that they ____________ 

A. didn’t pay the electrical bill     B. don’t understand 

C. Have deficient eyesight     D. go out at night 

Question 5: Computers are used most for ______________ 

A. Boy Scout merit badges     B. scientific subjects 

C. language instruction     D. drills and exercises