Question

Computer people talk a lot about the need for other people to become “computer-literate.” But not all experts (專家) agree that this is a good idea.

One pioneer, in particular, who disagrees is David Tebbutt, the founder of Computertown UK. Although many people see this as a successful attempt to bring people closer to the computer. David does not see it that way. He says that Computertown UK was formed for just the opposite reason, to bring computers to people and make them “people-literate.” David Tebbutt thinks Computertowns are most successful when tied to a computer club but he insists there is an important difference between the two. The clubs are for people who have some computer knowledge already. This frightens away non-experts, who are happier going to Computertowns where there are computers for them to experiment on, with experts to encourage them and answer any questions they have. They are not told what to do, they find out.The computer experts have to learn not to tell people about computers, but have to be able to answer all questions people ask. People don’t have to learn computer terms(術(shù)語(yǔ)), but the experts have to explain in plain language. The computers are becoming “people-literate.”

1.Which of the following is David Tebbutt’s ides on the relationship between people and computers?

A．Computer learning should be made easier.

B．There should be more computer clubs for experts.

C．People should work harder to master computer use.

D．Computers should be made cheaper so that people can afford them.

2.We can infer from the text that “computer-lilerate” means_______.

A．being able to afford a computer

B．being able to write computer programs

C．working with the computer and finding out its value

D．understanding the computer and knowing how to use it

3.The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to the idea that Computertowns ___.

A．help to set up more computer clubs

B．bring people to learn to use computers

C．bring more experts to work together

D．help to sell computers to the public

4.David Tebbutt started Computertown UK with the purpose of______.

A．making better use of computer expert

B．improving computer programs

C．increasing omputersales

D．popularising computers

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】本文講的是David Tebbutt建立了電腦俱樂(lè)部，目的是讓電腦的普及，讓沒(méi)有電腦知識(shí)的人在無(wú)需懂電腦術(shù)語(yǔ)的情況下使用電腦。

1.推理判斷題 根據(jù)第五行“He says that Computertown UK was formed for just the opposite reason, to bring computers to people and make them “people-literate.”可知，他所指的是電腦的作用應(yīng)當(dāng)是讓人們感到解放，因此推斷出選A。

2.推理判斷題 根據(jù)文章后面的解釋可知，電腦的作用是讓人們更易操作電腦。

3.推理判斷題 根據(jù)這句的前一句可知，這里的“it”指代的是前句中的“bring people closer to the computer”因此選B

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)第二段中“...to bring computers to people...”可知他建立這樣一個(gè)電腦俱樂(lè)部的目的是讓電腦普及。因此選C。