2018年大學英語四級閱讀理解模擬試題3
計算機技能
There is no denying that students should learn something about how computers work, just as we expect them at least to understand that the internal combustion engine(內燃機) has something to do with burning fuel, expanding gases and pistons (活塞) being driven. For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do what they do. Further, students might be helped by a course that considers the computer's impact on society. But that is not what is meant by computer literacy. For computer literacy is not a form of literacy(讀寫能力);it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.
Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities, A case might be made that the competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite different from saying that all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who have c hosen programming as a career. While programming can be lots of fun, and while our society needs some people who are experts at it, the same is true of auto repair and violin making.
Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult, and it gets easier all the time as programs become more“user?friendly”. Let us assume that in the future everyone is going to have to know how to use a computer to be a competent citizen. What does the phrase “learning to use a computer”mean? It sounds like “learning to drive a car”, that is, it sounds as if there is some set of definite skills that, once acquired, enable one to use a computer.
In fact,“learning to use a computer”is much more like“learning to play a game”, but learning the rules of one game may not help you play a second game, whose rules may not be the same. There is no such a thing as teaching someone how to use a computer. One can only teach people to use this or that program and generally that is easily accomplished.
這是篇議論文，主要討論了掌握計算機技能的問題。
1. To be the competent citizens of tomorrow, people should _______.
A) try to lay a solid foundation in computer science
B) be aware of how the things that they use do what they do
C) learn to use a computer by acquiring a certain set of skills
D) understand that programming a computer is more essential than repairing a car
2. In the second paragraph “violin?making”is mentioned to show that _______ .
A) programming a computer is as interesting as making a violin
B) our society needs experts in different fields
C) violin making requires as much skill as computer programming
D) people who can use a computer don't necessarily have to know computer program-ming
3. Learning to use a computer is getting easier all the time because _______ .
A) programs are becoming less complicated
B) programs are designed to be convenient to users
C) programming is becoming easier and easier
D) programs are becoming readily available to computer users
4. According to the author,the phrase“learning to use a computer”(Lines3,4,Para.3)means learning _______.
A) a set of rules B) the fundamentals of computer science
C) specific programs D) general principles of programming
5. The author's purpose in writing this passage is _______.
A) to stress the impact of the computer on society
B) to explain the concept of computer literacy
C) to illustrate the requirements for being competent citizens of tomorrow
D) to emphasize that computer programming is an interesting and challenging job
參考答案及解析
1、[答案及分析]：[C]是文章第2段的意思：學習使用計算機並非學習編制計算機程序。必須使得將來的合格的公民對學習計算機不再有畏懼感。這並不是要求人們都應該懂得如何編程，那是以編制序為職業的人的事。
2、[答案及分析]：[D]第2段的意思是：盡管編制程序可能很有趣味，盡管社會需要有人精通編程，如同需要有人精通修理汽車和制造小提琴。但是，學習計算機並非要求大家都學會編程，正如我們只需會開車就行，不必懂得修理汽車;只需會使用小提琴，而不必了解如何制作小提琴。故而D項正確。
3、[答案及分析]：[B]依據為第3段第1句話。
4、[答案及分析]：[C]該題具有壹定難度，關鍵在於對第3段最後兩句話的正確理解：何謂“學習使用計算機”?“學習使用計算機”聽起來(sound like)跟“學習開車”壹樣，似乎(as if)只要掌握了壹些確定的技巧就能學會使用它。在第4段，作者又說：其實(in fact)，“學習使用計算機”更像“學習玩遊戲”，掌握了壹種遊戲的規則並不能使妳會玩另壹種遊戲，因為兩種遊戲的規則不同……。只能教壹個人使用這種或那種程序，而這壹般都能比較容易地做到。
5、[答案及分析]：[B]主旨題。文章的主旨應能恰如其分地概括文中所闡述的內容，面不能太窄，即：不足以概括全部內容;但是面也不能太寬，即：包含了文中沒有闡述的內容。根據這壹原則，只有B項才能概括全文要說明的問題。A、C、D都是作者在討論computer literacy這壹問題時所涉及的幾個方面，而並非中心內容，故可排除。
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