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1、Inarecentannouncement　　Inarecentannouncement,HarvardandtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)saidthattheyhavejoinedforcestoofferfreeonlinecoursesinanefforttoattractmillionsofonlinelearnersworldwide.　　Beginningthisfall,anumberofcoursesdevelopedbyteachersatbothuniversitieswillbeoffere

2、donlinethroughanew$60millionprogram,knownasedX.“AnyonewithanInternetconnectionanywhereintheworldcanuseouronlinecourses.”HarvardPresidentDrewFaustsaidduringameetingtoannouncetheplan.　　MIThasofferedaprogramcalledOpenCourseWarefortenyearsthatmakesmaterialsfrommorethan2,000classesfreeonline

3、.Ithasbeenusedbymorethan100millionpeople.InDecember,theschoolannounceditalsowouldbeginofferingaspecialcertificate,knownasMITx,forpeoplewhocompletecertainonlinecourses.Harvardhaslongofferedcoursestoawiderpopulationthroughasimilarprogram.　　TheMITxwillserveasthefoundationforthenewlearningp

4、latform.　　MITPresidentSusanHockfieldsaidmorethan120,000peoplesignedupforthefirstMITxcourse.ShesaidHarvardandMIThopeotheruniversitieswilljointheminofferingcoursesontheopen-sourceedXplatform.　　”Fastenyourseatbelts,”Hockfieldsaid.　　Otheruniversities,includingStanford,YaleandCarnegie-Mellon

5、,havebeenexperimentingwithteachingtoaglobalpopulationonline.　　TheHarvard-MITprogramwillbemonitoredbyanot-for-profit(非盈利的)organizationbasedinCambridge,tobeownedequallybythetwouniversities.BothMITandHarvardhaveprovided$30milliontostarttheprogram.TheyalsoplantousetheedXplatformtoresearchho

6、wstudentslearnandwhichteachingmethodsandtoolsaremostsuccessful.　　53.Accordingtothistext,edXis________.　　A.apartofthefreeMITOpenCourseWare　　B.afreecomputerprogrambyMITandHarvard　　C.aHarvard-MITplatformoffreeonlinecourses　　D.afreeprogramonlineforuniversitiesworldwide　　54.Whatissaidabouton

7、lineeducationinthetext?　　A.Universitieshavebeentryingonlinecourses.　　B.About2,000onlinecourseshavebeenoffered.　　C.Over100millionpeoplehavefinishedcoursesonline.　　D.StanfordandYaletogetherhavecoursessimilartoedX.　　55.Theunderlinedpartinthetextprobablymeans“________”.　　A.Getready