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Test 21
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Test 21
阅读理解第 部分一
第一节 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出最佳选项。
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Explore the possibility of using the iPad App Store in the classroom.
App Name: Bridge Constructor/Cost: $1. 99
Bridge Constructor lets players build increasingly challenging bridges over deep valleys, canals
and rivers. Stress tests reveal whether the bridge kids build can withstand continual use from cars,
trucks, and more recently, super-heavy tank trucks. Players can choose from among a range of bridge-
building materials such as wood, steel, cables or concrete pillars ( 混凝土柱 ). Each bridge also has
a budget, and there are numerous ways to successfully complete each challenge.
App Name: Tap the Cat/Cost: $2. 99
While playing fun games, children will expand their reading knowledge. Tap the Cat appeals
to younger students’ natural sense of playing with a wide variety of activities. Students can match
spaceship letters, drag letters to make words, match words to pictures and build their vocabulary. Each
activity will keep them motivated and engaged with colourful animations, catchy music and reward
screens.
App Name: Pyramids 3D/Cost: $13. 99
The interface allows users to fly around the plateau where the pyramids and the Sphinx are
located at Giza near Cairo. Interactive, three-dimensional maps let students wander around the
labyrinthine tombs and passageways. Users can examine wall paintings in detail, or view royal statues
and objects with a 360-degree feature. To help explain the world of the ancient Egyptians, the app
offers an accompanying interactive book, specially written by world-renowned Egyptologist Zahi
Hawass.
App Name: Grammar Up/Cost: $4. 99
Grammar Up is a multiple-choice quiz system for English grammar. Kids and adults can learn
most quickly when playing learning games with real-time error feedback, which Grammar Up
provides. The app also offers students practice tests so they can see how much they’ve learned. A
summary is presented at the end of each te