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When Harrison School District 2 turned to elearning last spring, they made sure to provide each student with a laptop and the tools needed to succeed at home.But one remaining need in many families was Internet access.
Christine O'Brien, spokesperson for District 2 said, “When you had many people learning and working from home, sometimes there were Internet glitches.We wanted to avoid that and make sure students in our district could have equal chances to learn and that our families could learn from home as well.”
O'Brien said that this year they made sure to survey each of their students to see who exactly needed the Internet.
“This year we were really specific about asking whether families had Internet service at home without a phone，” she said.They discovered that about a thousand families needed some sort of Internet connection.
And that's where Altia came into play.A local software company heard there was an Internet shortage for students and it stepped in to see how they could help.Teaming up with local foundations, they were able to provide a monthly Internet service that allows many people to have Internet access at the same time.Mike Juran, CEO of Altia said, “At Altia we talked to Randy Rocha at District 2 and I just put out an email to friends and people that I knew and that made its way back to Pikes Peak Community Foundation and Norwood Foundation and people spread that around.Within weeks we were able to get something done.”
“The community came together and helped us piece this part.We worked so hard as a school district to get those devices into the hands of students but this was a piece that we weren't ready to do.We hadn't budgeted for it, so the community's coming together to help our families in this way was really truly amazing，” said O'Brien.
语篇解读：本文是说明文。社区齐心协力帮助学生解决在线学习时遇到的网络问题。
1．What does the underlined word “glitches” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Users. B．Services.
C．Problems. D．Repairmen.
解析：选C 词义猜测题。由第一段最后一句和第二段中的“We wanted to avoid that ...as well”可知，画线词所在部分应该是说网络有“问题”。
2．What did Harrison School District 2 do according to O'Brien?
A．They kept track of students' situations.
B．They sold laptops to students cheaply.
C．They kept holding new learning programs.
D．They encouraged students to treat each other equally.
解析：选A 细节理解题。由第三、四段的内容可知，哈里森第二校区调查了解了学生的具体情况。
3．How did Altia help to make elearning easier?
A．By visiting the families every month.
B．By sending emails to students every week.
C．By setting up a local foundation to raise money.
D．By offering Internet service to students in need.
解析：选D 推理判断题。由第五段中的“Teaming up with ...the same time”可知，Altia公司通过与当地的基金会合作，为有需求的学生提供必要的网络服务。
4．Why was O'Brien so thankful for the community?
A．It inspired students to be helpful and active.
B．It helped deliver devices to the hands of students.
C．It added a big part to the school's planned budget.
D．It solved things the school district was unprepared for.
解析：选D 推理判断题。由最后一段中的“this was a piece that we weren't ready to do”以及“We hadn't budgeted ...truly amazing”可知，社区帮助哈里森第二校区解决了他们未做准备的事情。
