Recently a group of second-graders visited our school library to work on a “holidays around the world” project. The children created pictures showing holiday customs and then created voice recordings explaining what they drew. 【小题1】 Now imagine taking things one step further and creating Podcasts in a classroom setting.
The term Podcast refers to an audio recording, linked to the Web, that can be downloaded to a personal MP3 player. The word is created from broadcast and from iPod—the wildly popular MP3 player from Apple.
Using audio with students isn’t new, of course. Teachers have used audiobooks at listening centers and recorded student voice on tape or CD for many years. 【小题2】 Podcasts, however, can reach a much wider audience in a time frame outside the school days. Booktalking, an old way of getting kids excited about books, gets a tech assistance with Podcasting. Students can do some booktalking themselves; book review Podcasts seem to be another natural way for students to share what they know, providing an alternative to the book report.
【小题3】 Teachers made audio Podcasts, including visuals or video clips for any content area instruction and review. Some teachers have begun to record themselves teaching important concepts; this creates an account of information online for kids to access when they’re stuck on a homework assignment. 【小题4】 Imagine being a classroom teacher in September who can actually hear how his or her students were reading in June the school year before.
You don’t need an iPod to make a Podcast. 【小题5】 While an MP3 player is a popular and useful gadget, your audience doesn’t need MP3 players to listen, either. Your students and their families can use the puter to play back what you’ve recorded.A．Audio and video files can also function as assessment tools.B．It is clearly showed in the incident that student-created voice recordings are effective.C．Podcasting is of vital importance to the classroom setting.D．Podcasting is used for various excellent reasons.E. You can make a Podcast if you have a puter, a microphone, and some free software.
F. Podcasting needs a variety of devices.
G. Voice and music have been seen as the original media for teaching.B
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(答案→)B
解析：本文介绍了播客在教学中的使用。从最初教师们使用音乐帮助教学到使用录音和CD等音频文件，然后到现在的播客，音频文件和视频文件作为一种教学手段起着非常重要的作用。作者同时指出对于播客的制作也非常简单，只要有电脑，有麦克风再使用某种软件即可。
【小题1】B考查上下文的推理判断能力。上文提到created voice recordings孩子们对图片配音，然后说要taking things one step further进一步在教学中使用播客，由此可知这是上件事带来的影响，而B选项内容讲述孩子们图片配音的良好效果，恰好起到承接上下文的作用，所以B选项正确。
【小题2】G考查上下文的推理判断能力。上句讲述教师们多年来都在教学中使用声音文件，而G选项内容也是有关语音和音乐在教学中的使用的，所以G符合语境。
【小题3】D考查上下文的推理判断能力。从for any content area instruction and review.和 teaching important concepts可知本段内容都是关于教师使用Podcasting的目的或者说使用原因，所以此空选D。
【小题4】A考查上下文的推理判断能力。根据上下文内容可知此处仍然介绍podcasting的使用情况，音频和视频文件，也可以作为评估工具，所以A选项正确。
【小题5】E考查上下文的推理判断能力。从上句You don’t need an iPod to make a Podcast.可知此处是讲述podcast的制作，而E选项内容恰好能承接上文，介绍可以使用电脑、麦克风和一些软件来制作Podcast，所以E选项正确。