Part IV Reading Comprehension Reading in Depth (35 minutes)
12、Directions : In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each .choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item\on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions12-22are based on the following passage.
　　Distance learning has moved far away from the traditional correspondence course, aimed at the individual student working　1　. The global reach of the. Internet makes it possible to　2　geographically-scattered students in a　3　classroom. Methods such as multimedia, video-conferencing and the Internet will　4　allow students both to proceed at their own pace, and to interact with one another and their teachers.
　　Even without taking the technology to its limits, the idea of education as a lifelong process is catching on throughout the　5　world. Already, working adults who pursue their studies part-time make up roughly half of students taking college courses in the United States.
　　However, there is　6　in scholarly circles about how far the new technology should be used for teaching academic subjects in which personal contacts between teacher and students are still vital. Britain's Open University, for example, a world leader in distance education, has embraced ".information technology　7　, believing it to be no　8　for books and the exchange of ideas at live tutorials and summer schools.
　　But the Open University is also moving with the tide. It has set up a "knowledge media institute" to explore ways of adopting information technology. Some teachers are concerned about this trend, arguing that the heavy investment that students are　9　to make in computer and communications equipment　10　the concept of "open". Cost,of course, is an important factor in many developing countries, where few people have computers or even phones. Rather than uniting the world, the new technologies could lead to societies of information haves and have-nots.
A． lonely        F．contradicts      K．concerned
B．debate         G．global 　　      L．industrialized
C．substantial 　 H．increasingly 　  M．virtual
D．substitute 　　I．unite 　 　 　   Y．expected
E． cautiously 　 J．conflicts 　　   0 ．alone

aimed at the individual student working　1　.
13、The global reach of the. Internet makes it possible to　2　geographically
14、scattered students in a　3　classroom.
15、video-conferencing and the Internet will　4　allow students both to proceed at their own pace,
16、the idea of education as a lifelong process is catching on throughout the　5　world. Already,
17、there is　6　in scholarly circles about how far the new technology should be used for teaching academic subjects in which personal contacts between teacher and students are still vital.
18、information technology　7　,
19、believing it to be no　8　for books and the exchange of ideas at live tutorials and summer schools.
20、Some teachers are concerned about this trend, arguing that the heavy investment that students are　9　to make in computer
21、make in computer and communications equipment　10　the concept