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Technology can help solve the problem of bad, absent teachers in poor－country schools
The UN's Millennium Development Goals included the ambition that by 2015 all the world's children would complete primary school. This has largely been achieved: nine out of ten children are now enrolled.36.__D__. Even though most of the world's children go to school, an awful lot of them learn pretty much nothing there. According to a recent World Bank study of seven sub－Saharan African countries, half of nine－year－olds cannot read a simple word and three－quarters cannot read a simple sentence.37.__A__. The same study found that only 7% of teachers had the minimum knowledge needed to teach reading and writing effectively. When classrooms were 
inspected to see whether a teacher was present, half the time the answer was no.
38．__B__. It seems to bring about bigger improvements in poor countries than in rich ones. Some of the scarce resources being spent on teachers could therefore be better spent on ed－tech. That does not mean dumping computers on schools in the hope that children will understand how to use them, a folly on which plenty of money has been wasted.39.__E__， that gets things right more often than the teachers do, that adjusts itself to the child's ability, that sends teachers clues about what they are supposed to be teaching and that allows the authorities to check on whether the teacher is in the classroom.
Technology is no panacea(灵丹妙药). Good traditional teachers are not outdated, and are never likely to be.40.__G__. But ed－tech can help greatly—by monitoring 
pupils and teachers alike, assisting the best teachers and, most importantly, making up for the failings of the worst.
A. The reason is terrible teaching
B. Several recent studies suggest ed－tech can help
C. Paying teachers more in the hope of employing better ones is not the answer
D. Regrettably, the figure is not as impressive as it sounds
E. Instead, it means providing schools with software that children can use without any help from an adult
F. Devices can be taken to where there is a connection to upload or download the necessary information
G. And authorities need to hold teachers to account
参考答案：D；A；B；E；G；
刘凯老师解析
36. 上文说“这个目标大部分已经实现了……”，下文指出“尽管世界上大多数适龄儿童都去了学校，他们之中有很多人在那里几乎什么都没学到。”36空表示：令人遗憾的是，这个数字并不像听上去那样令人印象深刻。
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7. 根据世界银行最近针对撒哈拉沙漠以南地区七个国家的一份研究，有一半的九岁孩子连一个简单的单词都不会念，四分之三的孩子读不懂简单的句子。造成这个现象的原因在于糟糕的教学质量。所以A是正确答案。
38. 第一段讲述了目前的现状，接下来的一段主要讲述解决问题的方法。38空位于段首，是本段的主题句：“最近的几项研究表明教育科技可以为改善这种情况提供帮助。”后文都是围绕教育科技展开说明的。所以B是正确答案。
39. 39空位于段落的中间，为支撑句。上文提到“用在教师身上的稀缺资源可以被更好地用在教育科技上， 这并不意味着将计算机堆放在学校里……”“相反，这意味着为学校提供软件……”所以E是正确答案。
40. 上文“传统的优秀教师并不会过时，也不可能过时。” 后文“然而，教育科技可以帮大忙……”有一个转折关系。40空与“传统的优秀教师并不会过时，也不可能过时。”是一个并列关系，所以G是正确答案。hold sb. to account 意为“让某人承担责任”。
原文解析：
技术可以帮助解决不好的问题,没有在穷国学校教师
联合国的千年发展目标包括到2015年让全世界的儿童完成小学学业。这在很大程度上已经实现了:十分之九的儿童已经注册。尽管世界上大多数的孩子都上学，但有很多孩子在那里几乎什么也没学到。据世界银行(World Bank)最近的一项研究的七个撒哈拉以南非洲国家,一半的9岁不能阅读简单的单词和读不懂一个简单的sentence.37.__A__四分之三。同一项研究发现，只有7%的教师拥有有效教授读写所需的最低知识。当对教室进行检查看是否有老师在场时，有一半的答案是没有。
38. __b__。它似乎给穷国带来了比富国更大的改善。一些稀缺资源花在教师因此可以更好的用于ed-tech。这并不意味着把电脑扔到学校里，指望孩子们能学会如何使用它们，这是一种浪费了大量金钱的愚蠢行为。__E__,事情比老师更频繁地,调整自己孩子的能力,给教师线索他们应该是教学和
允许当局检查是否老师在教室里。
技术不是万能的(灵丹妙药)。优秀的传统教师并不过时，而且永远不会过时。但ed-tech可以帮助受监控的学生和教师,协助最好的老师,也是最好的,最重要的是,弥补最严重的失败。
