"WOW! YOU LOOK TERRIFIC IN THAT NEW DRESS!" - TINA

24. Roger: "Wow! You look terrific in that new dress!" - Tina: “________”

A. Oh, what a pity! B. I'm afraid so!

C. Thank you. I'm glad you think so. D. Why dare you say so?

Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to answer the following questions.

A (25) ______ teacher can reach thousands of students in an online course, opening up a world

of knowledge to anyone with an internet connection. This limitless reach also offers substantial

benefits for school districts that need to save money, by reducing the number of teachers. (26) ______,

in high schools and colleges, there is mounting evidence that the growth of online education is hurting

a critical group: the less proficient students (27) ______ are precisely those most in need of skilled

classroom teachers. Online courses can be broken down into several categories, and some are more

effective than others.

In "blended” courses, for example, students don’t do their work only online: They also spend

time in a classroom with a flesh-and-blood teacher. Research suggests that students - at nearly all

levels of achievement - do just as well in these blended classes as they do in traditional classrooms. In

this model, online resources supplement traditional instruction but don’t replace it. In the fully online

model, on the other hand, a student may never be in the same room with an instructor. This category is

the main problem. It is where less proficient students tend to (28) ______ trouble. After all, taking a

class without a teacher requires high levels of self-motivation, self-regulation and organization. Yet, in

high schools across the country, students who are struggling in (29) ______ classrooms are

increasingly steered into online courses.