[2013届高三自主招生英语讲义8.docVIP

乐成公立寄宿学校2012届高三自主招生英语讲义（8） 读写训练（二） 一．完型填空(2008复旦) Arguing that pop culture is not dumbing us down but making us more intelligent is guaranteed to generate media buzz. In the United States, Everything Bad is Good for You, the new book by the American pop science writer, Steven Johnson, has sparked a flurry of comment, much of it __1__ his claims about the beneficial effects of watching reality TV and The Sopranos. Much attention has focused more on Johnsons observations that computer games require __2__, forward planning, lateral thinking and sustained problem solving and, as such, offer a cognitive workout that can benefit __3__ mental development. In the past few years academics, teachers and software developers have experimented with different ways to harness the cognitive __4__ of games in more directed ways. Gee, author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy, argues that the best games offer a __5__.learning experience and suggests teachers can learn useful lessons by looking at how games draw players in and __6__ them to concentrate and tackle complex problems. “Academic areas, like biology or history, are themselves like games,” Gee says. “Scientists act and interact __7__ certain identities and values and use knowledge and information to accomplish certain sorts of goals. So learning science should be about 1earning how to ‘play the game of science.” Obviously he is critical __8__ “skill and drill” teaching, which focuses on lists of facts and repetitive testing. 1. A. depended on B. centered on C. circulated through D. clustered round 2. A. concentration B. determination C. perseverance D. tolerance 3. A. complete B. extraordinary C. thorough D. overall 4．A．reforms B. innovations C. reproductions D. revision 5. A. model B. moral C. morale D. mode 6. A．propel B．motivate C. provoke D. compel 7. A. on accou