There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children wou

ld buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set.Now those ____1____ seem hopelessly old-fashioned: this Christmas, there were a lot of ____2____ computers under the tree.____3____ that computers are the key to success, parents insist that children ____4____ taught to use them in school as early as possible.

The problem for schools is that when it ____5____ computers, parents do not always know best and are eagerly urging the schools to offer computer courses as soon as possible.Many schools are ____6 ____ parental impatience and are purchasing hardware hastily ____7____ good educational planning, saying “Ok, we’ve moved into the computer age.” Teachers ____8____ themselves caught in the middle of the problem between parental pressure and ____9____ educational decisions.

Educators do not even agree ____10____ how computers should be used.A lot of money is going for computerized educational materials ____11____ can be taught ____12____ with pencil and paper.Even those who believe that all children should ____13____ to computer warn that there are potential ____14____ to the very young.The temptation of the computer is so strong that young children who quickly ____15____ themselves to it are never aware how much time they have ____16____ on it.

There are some other problems.____17____ every school can afford to go into computing, and there is a division ____18____ the haves and have-nots.Very few parents ask ____19____ computer instruction in poor school districts, ____20____ there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.

(1).A.items B.toys C.sets D.series

(2).A.private B.children C.school D.personal

(3).A.Giving B.Providing C.Convinced D.Believed

(4).A.was B.be C.are being D.were

(5).A.talks about B.comes to C.turns to D.mentions to

(6).A.ignoring B.blaming

C.yielding to D.turning a deaf ear to

(7).A.without B.with C.through D.for

(8).A.rely on B.relax C.free D.find

(9).A.wise B.clever C.slow D.enough

(10).A.on B.with C.to D.about

(11).A.however B.where C.what D.which

(12).A.equally B.in the same way C.just as well D.not as well

(13).A.be open B.have access C.look D.turn

(14).A.approaches B.exposures C.problems D.means

(15).A.adopt B.keep C.adapt D.devote

(16).A.cost B.spent C.taken D.paid

(17).A.Nor B.Not C.No D.Any

(18).A.among B.amid C.amidst D.between

(19).A.for B.against C.to buy D.to use

(20).A.due to that B.in any case C.although D.where