河北2017.11成人學位英語考試通關試題及答案一
二、閱讀理解(11-30)
In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history, the e_arly post-war era( 戰后時期 ), there was a quite widespread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day. Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives, we are facing with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem. People tend to be over-trusting (過分信任) of computers and are re- luctant to challenge their authority. Indeed, they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed, or that a computer may simply malfunction(失靈).
Obviously, there would be no point in investing(投入) in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong. Questioning and routine double checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days. Maybe each computer should come with the following warning: for all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.
11.What is the main purpose of this passage?
A.To look back to the early days of computers.
B.To explain what technical problems may occur with computers.
C.To discourage unnecessary investment in computers.
D.To warn against the blindness to the probable shortcomings of computers.
答案：D
解析：歸納概括題。寫此文的目的可從文章的內容概括出來。文章段講的是當代人們過分信任計算機;第二段講人類應該依賴自己的大腦，不應把計算機看作是思考技能的替代品。綜上可知防止人們盲目地信任計算機才是本文的寫作目的。
12.The passage recommends those dealing with computers to ________
A.be reasonably doubtful about them
B.check all their answers
C.substitute them for basic thinking
D.use them for business purpose only
答案：A
解析： 事實細節題。由第二段可知，作者在建議人們應依靠自己的大腦，對待計算機要持questioning(敢于懷疑)的態度并采取double check(仔細檢查)的手段。所以選A，意思是要持理性懷疑態度，也就是不要盲目地完全依賴它。作者并沒有說完全不信任計算機，要逐一核對答案，這樣計算機恐怕真的要扔掉了，所以B曲解了作者的用意。C(用電腦代替人腦)是作者在文中反對的;D(僅將電腦用于商業)太片面了。
13.An "internal computer" ( Para. 2 ) is ________
A.a computer used exclusively by one company for its own problems
B.a person' s store of knowledge and the ability to process it
C.the most up to date in home computer a company can buy
D.a computer from the post-war era which is very reliable
答案：B
解析： 推理判斷題。人類自己所擁有的“內部計算機”當然是指大腦以及大腦內所存儲的知識了。這也體現了作者反對用電腦代替人腦的寫作目的。
14.The passage suggests that the present day problem with regard to computers is ________
A.challenging
B.psychological
C.dramatic
D.over-trusting
答案：D
解析：事實細節題。over-trusting“過分信任的”。正如作者在段第三句所述，人類對待計算機的問題主要在于過分相信它并不愿挑戰它的權威性。challenging“挑戰的”;psychological“心理的”;dramatic“戲劇性的”。
15.It can be inferred from the passage that the author would disapprove of ________
A.computer science courses in high schools
B.businessmen and women who use pocket calculators
C.maintenance(連續不斷) checks on computers
D.companies which depend entirely on computers
答案：D
解析：推理判斷題。此類題須弄清作者的真正意圖。正如前面所述，作者提倡的并不是完全不信任計算機，而是不要盲目地完全依賴它。A、B、c三項都是以不同方式使用計算機，而作者并未完全否定計算機的使用，所以這三項都不能選。只有D(完全依賴計算機)才是作者不贊成的。
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