大学英语17音体美本科阅读理解Section C passage one 试题及参考答案Word文档下载推荐.docx

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Thereare2passagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne.

Thereisnodenyingthatstudentsshouldlearnsomethingabouthowcomputerswork，justasweexpectthematleasttounderstandthattheinternal-combustionengine（内燃机）hassomethingtodowithburningfuel，expandinggasesandpistons（活塞）beingdriven.Forpeopleshouldhavesomebasicideaofhowthethingsthattheyusedowhattheydo.Further，studentsmightbehelpedbyacoursethatconsidersthecomputer‘simpactonsociety.Butthatisnotwhatismeantbycomputerliteracy.Forcomputerliteracyisnotaformofliteracy（读写能力）;

itisatradeskillthatshouldnotbetaughtasaliberalart.

　　Learninghowtouseacomputerandlearninghowtoprogramonearetwodistinctactivities.Acasemightbemadethatthecompetentcitizensoftomorrowshouldfreethemselvesfromtheirfearofcomputers.Butthisisquitedifferentfromsayingthatalloughttoknowhowtoprogramone.Leavethattopeoplewhohavechosenprogrammingasacareer.Whileprogrammingcanbelotsoffun，andwhileoursocietyneedssomepeoplewhoareexpertsatit，thesameistrueofautorepairandviolin-making.

　　Learninghowtouseacomputerisnotthatdifficult，anditgetseasierallthetimeasprogramsbecomemore“user-friendly”。

Letusassumethatinthefutureeveryoneisgoingtohavetoknowhowtouseacomputertobeacompetentcitizen.Whatdoesthephraselearningtouseacomputermean?

Itsoundslike“learningtodriveacar”，thatis，itsoundsasifthereissomesetofdefiniteskillsthat，onceacquired，enableonetouseacomputer.

　　Infact，“learningtouseacomputer”ismuchmorelike“learningtoplayagame”，butlearningtherulesofonegamemaynothelpyouplayasecondgame，whoserulesmaynotbethesame.Thereisnosuchathingasteachingsomeonehowtouseacomputer.Onecanonlyteachpeopletousethisorthatprogramandgenerallythatiseasilyaccomplished.

　　Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion：

　　1.Tobethecompetentcitizensoftomorrow，peopleshould_______.

　　A.trytolayasolidfoundationincomputerscience

　　B.beawareofhowthethingsthattheyusedowhattheydo

　　C.learntouseacomputerbyacquiringacertainsetofskills

　　D.understandthatprogrammingacomputerismoreessentialthanrepairingacar

　　2.Inthesecondparagraph,“autorepair”and“violin-making”arementionedtoshowthat_______.

　　A.programmingacomputerisasinterestingasmakingaviolin

　　B.oursocietyneedsexpertsindifferentfields

　　C.violinmakingrequiresasmuchskillascomputerprogramming

　　D.peoplewhocanuseacomputerdon‘tnecessarilyhavetoknowcomputerprogramming

　　3.Learningtouseacomputerisgettingeasierallthetimebecause_______.

　　A.programsarebecominglesscomplicated

　　B.programsaredesignedtobeconvenienttousers

　　C.programmingisbecomingeasierandeasier

　　D.programsarebecomingreadilyavailabletocomputerusers

　　4.Accordingtotheauthor，thephrase“learningtouseacomputer”（Lines3，4，Para.3）meanslearning_______.

　　A.asetofrulesB.thefundamentalsofcomputerscience

　　C.specificprogramsD.generalprinciplesofprogramming

　　5.Theauthor‘spurposeinwritingthispassageis_______.

　　A.tostresstheimpactofthecomputeronsociety

　　B.toexplaintheconceptofcomputerliteracy

　　C.toillustratetherequirementsforbeingcompetentcitizensoftomorrow

　　D.toemphasizethatcomputerprogrammingisaninterestingandchallengingjob

17级非音体美阅读理解SectionCPassageOne试题第二套

PassageOne

CouldyoureproduceSiliconValleyelsewhere,oristheresomethinguniqueaboutit?

Itwouldn'

tbesurprisingifitwerehardtoreproduceinothercountries,becauseyoucouldn'

treproduceitinmostoftheUSeither.WhatdoesittaketomakeaSiliconValley?

It'

stherightpeople.IfyoucouldgettherighttenthousandpeopletomovefromSiliconValleytoBuffalo,BuffalowouldbecomeSiliconValley.

Youonlyneedtwokindsofpeopletocreateatechnologyhub（中心）:

richpeopleandnerds（痴迷科研的人）.

Observationbearsthisout.WithintheUS,townshavebecomestartuphubsifandonlyiftheyhavebothrichpeopleandnerds.