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 $100,000 in royalties This is definitely the computer age. Manufacturers of computers are presently getting tax write – offs for donating equipment to colleges and universities and are pushing for legislation to obtain further deductions for contributions to elementary and high school. Furthermore, the price of computer for home or office is being sold for less than $100. At that price every class in the country will soon have computer kids.

According to the passage, one exceedingly clever student has ___________

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• Which of the following would NOT be a problem for the construction plan?

• Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as the most polite action in Mario’s case?

• The phrase “of no consequence” means ________.

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• According to the passage, what do people use a diagnostic machine for?

• The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to_______.

• The word "dampened" in the passage is closest in meaning to _____.

• A “calamitous” tsunami, in line 17, is one that is _________

• Which of the following is right according to the passage?

• It can be inferred from the passage that limestone deposits serve as the basis of ...........

• The word “this” as used in paragraph 2 refers to ___________.

• All of the following are true about robots EXCEPT that ............

• The word "symptoms" is closest in meaning to ___________.

• In the Middle East, people do not use their left hands for eating because they use their left hands ................

• Who called the apelike creatures 'Sasquatch'?

• In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth- century "great women" EXCEPT .......

• According to the passage, Pilgrims are ______.

• What is not true about the Beatles?

• According to the passage the first fire used by people was probably obtained ..........

• Brown algae would most likely be found ...........

• What does the passage mainly discuss?