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Section

C

Directions:

There

are

2

passages

in

this

section.

Each

passage

is

followed

by

some

q

uestions

or

unfinished

statements.

For

each

of

them

there

are

four

choices

marked

A

),

B

．

,

C

．

andD

．

.

You

should

decide

on

the

best

choice

and

mark

the

corresponding

let

ter

on

Answer

Sheet

2

with

a

single

line

through

the

centre.

Passage

One

Questions

56

to

60

are

based

on

the

following

passage.

Educators

today

are

more

and

more

often

heard

to

say

that

computer

literacy

is

absol

utely

necessary

for

college

students.

Many

even

argue

that

each

incoming

freshman

should

have

permanent

access

to

his

or

hcr

own

microcomputer.

What

advantages

do

computers

offer

the

college

students?

Any

student

who

has

used

a

word

processor

will

know

one

compelling

reason

to

use

a

computer:

to

write

papers.

Although

not

all

students

feel

comfortable

composing

on

a

w

ord

processor,

most

find

revising

and

editing

much

easier

on

it.

One

can

alter,

insert,

or

delete

just

by

pressing

a

few

keys,

thus

eliminating

the

need

to

rewrite

or

re- type.

Further

more,

since

the

revision

process

is

less

burdensome,

students

are

more

likely

to

revise

as

often

as

is

necessary

to

end

up

with

the

best

paper

possible.

For

these

reasons,

many

fres

hman

English

courses

require

the

use

of

a

word

processor.

Computers

are

also

useful

in

the

context

of

language

courses,

where

they

are

used

to

drill

students

in

basic

skills.

Software

programs

reinforce

ESL(English

as

a

Second

Langua

ge

)

instruction,

as

well

as

instruction

in

French,

German,

Spanish,

and

other

languages.

By

using

these

programs

on

a

regular

basis,

students

can

improve

their

proficiency

in

a

la

nguage

while

proceeding

at

their

own

pace.

Science

students

take

advantage

of

computers

in

many

ways.

Using

computer

graphic

capabilities,

for

example,

botany

students

can

represent

and

analyze

different

plant

growth

patterns.

Medical

students

can

learn

to

interpret

computerized

images

of

internal

body

stru

ctures.

Physics

students

can

complete

complex

calculations

far

more

quickly

than

they

could

without

the

use

of

computer.

Similarly,

business

and

accounting

students

find

that

computer

spreadsheet

programs

a

re

all

but

indispensable

to

many

aspects

of

their

work,

while

students

pursuing

careers

in

graphic

arts.

marketing,

and

public

relations

find

that

knowledge

of

computer

graphic

is

i

mportant.

Education

majors

learn

to

develop

grading

systems

using

computers,

while

social

science

students

use

computers

for

analyzing

and

graphically

displacing

their

research

res

ults.

It

is

no

wonder,

then,

that

educators

support

the

purchase

and

use

of

microcomputers

by

students.

A

versatile

tool,

the

computer

can

help

students

learn.

And

that

is,

after

all,

the

reason

for

going

to

college.

56.

The

word

(Line

1,

Paragraph

1)

means__________.

A

．

the

ability

to

read

and

write

B

．

the

ability

to

use

C

．

literature

D

．

the

knowledge

of

language

57.

The

main

purpose

of

this

passage

is

to

__________.

A

．

persuade

the

educators

to

increase

computer

use

in

their

own

classroom

B

．

analyze

advantages

and

disadvantages

of

computer

use

among

college

students

C

．

identify

some

of

the

ways

that

computers

benefit

college

students

D

．

describe

how

computers

can

be

used

to

teach

foreign

languages

58.

According

to

the

author,

a

word

processor

can

be

used

to

__________.

A

．

revise

papers

B

．

retype

papers

C

．

reduce

the

psychological

burden

of

writing

papers

D

．

improve

the

writing

skills

of

a

student

59.

In

this

passage,

the

writer's

argument

is

developed

primarily

through

the

use

of

_____

_____.

A

．

cause-effect

analysis

B

．

comparison

and

contrast

C

．

induction

D

．

examples

60.

According

to

the

author,

the

reason

for

students

to

go

to

college

is__________.

A

．

to

learn

something

B

．

to

perfect

themselves

C

．

to

improve

computer

skills

D

．

to

make

the

best

use

of

computers

【参考译文】

[56]

现在，越来越多的教育专家 认为大学生一定要懂电脑。甚至还有许多人认为每个

大学新生都应该随时能使用自己的电 脑。那么，电脑能够给大学生带来什么好处呢

?

任何一个使用 过

word

程序的人都知道使用电脑的一个必要原因：写论文。

[58]

虽然并非所

有学生都喜欢在< /p>

word

文档里写东西，但是大部分学生都发现在电脑上进行修改 和编辑更

加容易。只需按下几个键，你就可以修改、插入或者删除，无需重写或重新输入 。此外，

由于这种修改并不怎么烦累，学生更有可能经常修改，从而完成一篇质量最高的 论文。因

此，很多为大一新生开设的英文课程都要求学生使用

w ord

程序。

电脑对于语言课程也是非常有用的，它们能帮助学生训练基本 的语言能力。软件程序

为非母语英语课程，同时还有法语、德语、西班牙语以及其他语种 的课程的教育带来了方

便。通过定期使用这些程序，学生可以根据自己的进度提高语言水 平。

理科类学生可以用电脑做很多事情。比如，利用电脑的绘 图功能，生物专业的学生可以描

述和分析不同植物的生长模式。医学专业的学生可以学会 利用电脑合成的图片来了解人体

的内部构造。运用电脑，物理专业的学生进行复杂的计算 可以比在没有电脑时快得多。

< /p>

同样，商务和会计专业的学生会发现，他们作业的很多方面都离不开电脑上的电子制

表软件；而想从事平面造型艺术、市场营销和公关工作的学生会发现懂电脑绘图很重要。

教育学专业的学生学习用电脑开发评分系统，而社会科学专业的学生使用电脑对研究结果

进行分析，并将研究结果以图表的形式呈现。

综上所述，难怪教育专家会赞成学生购买和使用个人电脑。

[60]

< br>作为一种多功能工具，电

脑能堡帮助学生堂习。毕竟，这也就是读大学的原因。< /p>

【答案解析】

56

．

B

定位：根据题干信息可将答案直接定位到第一段第一句。

解析：

literacy

最基本的意思是< /p>

tlle

ability

to

read

and

write

，但在本文中的

literacy

出现于

第一段：

Educators

today

are

more

and

more

often

heard

to

say

that

computer

literacy

is

absolutely

necessary

for

college

students

． 因此，此处

literacy

引申为

“

使用的能力

”

。故选

< br>B

。

57

．

C

定位：根据题干信息

main

purpose

of

this < /p>

passage

可知解答本题需要通观全文。

解析：在文章开头处作者提到：

“

现在，越来越多的教育专家认为大学生一定要懂电脑。甚

至还有许多人认为每个大学新 生都应该随时能使用电脑。那么，电脑能够给大学生带来什

么好处呢

?”

显然，作者下面要讲的就是拥有电脑对大学生的多种好处。故

< br>C

为正确选项。

B

项也比较有迷 惑性，但文章并未提到

disadvantages

．故排除。

58

．

A

定位：根据题干信息

wordprocessorcanbe

usedto

可将答案定位到第二段第二、三句。

解析：第二段提到：

“

虽 然并非所有学生都喜欢在

word

文档里写东西，但是大部分学 生都

发现在电脑上进行修改和编辑更加容易。只需按下几个键，你就可以修改、插入或者 删

除，无需重写或重新输入。

”

可见，

word

程序能帮助学生编辑论文。故选

A

。

59

．

D

定位：根据题干信息

the

writer’s

argument

is

developed

primarily

through

可知解答本题需

要通观全文。

解析： 作者为了说明自己的论点，即

“

拥有电脑对大学生的多种好处< /p>

”

，举了很多例子：他

首先指出电脑在写 论文时的用途，接着说明电脑在语言学习中的用途，然后又说明了电脑

对理科学生的重要 性，最后还说明其对商务专业、会计专业、教育学以及社会科学等专业

的学生有何帮助。 故选

D

。因果分析、比较对比、归纳总结等写作方式不是本文的 主要写

作方式。