The kids in this village wear dirty, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud. They have no school. Yet they all can chant the English alphabet, and some can make words.

The key to their success: 20 tablet computers(平板電腦) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a US group called One Laptop Per Child.

The goal is to find out whether kids using today's new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers analysing the project data say they're already amazed. “What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten，” said Matt Keller, who runs the Ethiopia programme.

The fastest learner—and the first to turn on one of the tablets—is 8­year­old Kelbesa Negusse. The device's camera was disabled to save memory, yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera work. He called himself a lion, a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia.

With his tablet, Kelbesa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knows. Then he spelled words on his own. “Seven months ago he didn't know any English. That's unbelievable，” said Keller.

The project aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading”， where they can read to learn. It won't be in Amharic, Ethiopia's first language, but in English, which is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs.

62.How does the Ethiopia programme benefit the kids in the village?

A.It trains teachers for them.

B.It contributes to their self­st

udy.

C.It helps raise their living standards.

D.It provides funds for building schools.

63.What can we infer from Keller's words in Paragraph 3?

A.They need more time to analyse data.

B.More children are needed for the research.

C.He is confident about the future of the project.

D.The research should be carried out in kindergartens.

64.It amazed Keller that with the tablet Kelbesa could ________.

A.learn English words quickly

B.draw pictures of animals

C.write letters to researchers

D.make phone calls to his friends

65.What is the aim of the project?

A.To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs.

B.To make Amharic widely used in the world.

C.To help Ethiopian kids read to learn in English.

D.To assist Ethiopians in learning their first language.

【要點(diǎn)綜述】 這是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹在埃塞俄比亞啟動了一項(xiàng)工程，讓孩子們通過平板電腦自學(xué)英語。這項(xiàng)工程的目的是幫助埃塞俄比亞的孩子們通過現(xiàn)代技術(shù)學(xué)習(xí)英語。

62.B　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段首句可知這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃的目的是想看看他們的自學(xué)能力。故選B。

63.C　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段Matt Keller說的“我認(rèn)為已經(jīng)發(fā)生的是孩子們學(xué)習(xí)到的要比在幼兒園一年中學(xué)習(xí)到的多”可知他對這個計(jì)劃很有信心。故選C。

64.A　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句可知Keller對Kelbesa學(xué)習(xí)英語單詞這么快感到很吃驚。故選A。

65.C　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段可知這項(xiàng)工程的目的是幫助埃塞俄比亞的孩子們通過現(xiàn)代技術(shù)學(xué)習(xí)英語。