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IV. Discourse : (每題1分，共5分)Murdoch has called education "a $500 billion market in the U.S. alone that is waiting desperately tobe transformed," and Bill Gates has predicted that public budgets for textbooks, workbooks, and testswill shift toward hardware and software, creating a $9 billion market for educational technology withinthe next decade.News Corp. isn't alone in this race. Apple, Amazon, Samsung, Dell, Microsoft, textbook giants suchas Pearson and McGraw Hill Education, and many new entrants are seeking a way in.(26) (27) Its operating system gives teachers and schools an unprecedented level of control overthe devices in students' hands. There is no home button, for example: Students can't just exit out of amath program the way they can close Angry Birds on an iPad.Klein is betting that by continuing to roll out customized features in close consultation with teachersand students, Amplify can beat out consumer devices.(28) (29) "We're competing with Call of Dutyand Temple Run," says Alan Dang, who produces the games. "If we can get these kids to spend 30minutes a week, that's 32 additional hours of instructional time a year." (30)
(A) In addition to its curriculum, it's also developing content for outside the classroom, beginning with 14 education-minded games from star indie designers. 

(B) Plus, 45 states have just adopted the same new curriculum standards—meaning they're shopping for new instructional materials. 

(C) Despite the sales push, many educators are still skeptical of tablets in the classroom—andAmplify seems designed to put them at ease. 
(D) Taken together, Amplify presents a vision of an integrated, 21st-century classroom—thoughit's also very much a corporate-minded dream, in which one company provides every need. (AB) Instead, if a teacher hits her "eyes on teacher" button, any or every student's tablet in herclassroom suspends; a message tells the student to look up.
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參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.529412
統計：A(5),B(27),C(11),D(7),E(0)

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