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1、Inarecentannouncement,HarvardandtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology高考閱讀答案 Inarecentannouncement,HarvardandtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)saidthattheyhavejoinedforcestoofferfreeonlinecoursesinanefforttoattractmillionsofonlinelearnersworldwide. Beginningthisfall,
2、anumberofcoursesdevelopedbyteachersatbothuniversitieswillbeofferedonlinethroughanew$60millionprogram,knownasedX.“AnyonewithanInternetconnectionanywhereintheworldcanuseouronlinecourses,”HarvardPresidentDrewFaustsaidduringameetingtoannouncetheplan. MIThasofferedaprogramcalledO
3、penCourseWarefortenyearsthatmakesmaterialsfrommorethan2,000classesfreeonline.Ithasbeenusedbymorethan100millionpeople.InDecember,theschoolannounceditalsowouldbeginofferingaspecialcertificate,knownasMITx,forpeoplewhocompletecertainonlinecourses.Harvardhaslongofferedcoursestoawi
4、derpopulationthroughasimilarprogram. TheMITxwillserveasthefoundationforthenewlearningplatform. MITPresidentSusanHockfieldsaidmorethan120,000peoplesignedupforthefirstMITxcourse.ShesaidHarvardandMIThopeotheruniversitieswilljointheminofferingcoursesontheopen-sourceedXplatform.
5、 “Fastenyourseatbelts,”Hockfieldsaid. Otheruniversities,includingStanford,YaleandCarnegie-Mellon,havebeenexperimentingwithteachingtoaglobalpopulationonline. TheHarvard-MITprogramwillbemonitoredbyanot-for-profit(非盈利的)organizationbasedinCambridge,tobeownedequallybythetwouniv
6、ersities.BothMITandHarvardhaveprovided$30milliontostarttheprogram.TheyalsoplantousetheedXplatformtoresearchhowstudentslearnandwhichteachingmethodsandtoolsaremostsuccessful. 53.Accordingtothistext,edXis_______. A.apartofthefreeMITOpenCourseWare B.afreecomputerprogrambyMITan
7、dHarvard C.aHarvard-MITplatformoffreeonlinecourses D.afreeprogramonlineforuniversitiesworldwide 54.Whatissaidaboutonlineeducationinthetext? A.Universitieshavebeentryingonlinecourses. B.About2,000onlinecourseshavebeenoffered. C.Over100millionpeoplehavefinishedcoursesonli
8、ne. D.StanfordandYaletogetherhavecoursessimilartoedX. 55.Theunderl