strongly influenced by African American culture-in order to relate effectively to today's students.Teachers should use African American and youth culture as sources for today's curriculum.They must make a huge effort to connect the classroom to the students'unique backgrounds,experiences and interests. 8 Interviewer:You mean by including literature written by Afro-American authors? 9 Dr.Mahiri:That's just the tip of the iceberg.Of course,a more diverse curriculum is necessary.But not throwing out Shakespeare,as Mr.Jones has said.Keep Shakespeare,add new authors,include newspaper,music,comic books-and give up their traditional power and control over the classroom so that students are teaching each other and themselves-so that students are empowered and creative thinkers. 10 Interviewer:Do you have anything to add to this discussion,Mr.Hunt? 11 Mr.Hunt:Well,I think that from primary school to university level,the biggest challenge will be introducing technology in language arts instruction.Computers and the Internet are revolutionizing how students learn and how teachers teach.We must have educators who are computer literate if we are to exploit the amazing power of technology in the Information Age.” Questions 1-10 are based on Passage 1. 1.literacy (paragraph 3) A.the ability to read and write B.mathematics C.sports 2.diverse (paragraph 3) A.clever B.hard-working C.different 3.proficiencies (paragraph 3) A.minimum standards B.skills C.professionals 946strongly influenced by African American culture • in order to relate effectively to today' s students. Teachers should use African American and youth culture as sources for today' s curriculum. They must make a huge effort to connect the classroom to the students' unique backgrounds, experiences and interests. 8 Interviewer: You mean by including literature written by Afro-American authors? 9 Dr. Mahiri: That' s just the tip of the iceberg. Of course , a more diverse curriculum is necessary. But not throwing out Shakespeare , as Mr. Jones has said. Keep Shakespeare , add new authors, include newspaper, music , comic books - and give up their traditional power and control over the classroom so that students are teaching each other and themselves 一so that students are empowered and creative thinkers. 10 Interviewer: Do you have anything to add to this discussion, Mr. Hunt? 11 Mr. Hunt: Well , I think that from primary school to university level , the biggest challenge will be introducing technology in language arts instruction. Computers and the Internet are revolutionizing how students learn and how teachers teach. We must have educators who are computer literate if we are to exploit the amazing power of technology in the Information Age. " Questions 1-10 are based on Passage 1. 1. literacy (paragraph 3) A. the ability to read and write B. mathematics C. sports 2. diverse (paragraph 3) A. clever B. hard-working C. different 3. pro£iciencies (paragraph 3) A. minimum standards B. skills C. professionals 946