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TheGovernmenthasalmostdoubleditsspendingoncomputereducationinschools.Mr.WilliamShelton,juniorEducationMinister,announcedthattheMicroelectronicsEducationProgram（MEP）istorunfortwomoreyearswithadditionalfundingofatleast￡20million.

Theprogrambeganin1980,wasoriginallyduetoendnextyear,andhadabudgetof￡9million.Thishasbeenraisedinbitsandpiecesoverthepastyearto￡11million.ThegovernmentwillnowrununtilMarch1986,ataprovisionalcostofaround￡20million.

MEPprovidescoursesforteachersanddevelopscomputerprogramsforclassroomuseofpersonalcomputers.ItisruninpartnershipwithaDepartmentofIndustryprogramunderwhichBritish-madepersonalcomputersaresuppliedtoschoolsathalfprice.

Inthatway,virtuallyeverysecondaryschoolhasbeenprovidedwithatleastonecomputeratacentralcosttothetaxpayerofunder￡5million.Theprimaryschoolsarenowbeingsuppliedina￡9millionprogramwhichgotunderwayattheturnoftheyear.

But,asMr.Sheltonadmittedyesterday.“It'

snogoodhavingthecomputerswithouttherightcomputerprogramstoputintothemandagreatdealmoreisstillneeded.”Hence,MEP'

snewfunds.

Mr.SheltonsaidyesterdaythatMEP'

sachievementincurriculumdevelopmentandteachertraininghadshownthatthecomputercouldbeusedinallcourses.

About15,000secondaryteachershavetakenshortcoursesin"

computerawareness"

--thatisanecessarypartofthehalf-pricecomputeroffer--andtrainingmaterialsarenowprovidedfor50,000primaryteachers.

ThereasoningbehindMEPisthatnochildnowatschoolcanhopeforaworthwhilejobinthefutureeconomyunlessheorsheunderstandshowtodealwithcomputers--notinavocationaltrainingsense,butinlearningthegeneralskilltoextracttherequiredinformationofthemomentfromtheever-spreadingflood.1.TheoriginalMEPprogramwasexpectedto____.

[A]lasttwoyearsandcostninemillionpounds

[B]lastfouryearsandcostninemillionpounds

[C]lasttwoyearsandcostelevenmillionpounds

[D]lastfouryearsandcostelevenmillionpounds

【参考答案】：

B

2.ThemainaimofMEPistohelpcurriculumdevelopmentand____.

[A]providepersonalcomputersforschools

[B]arrangeforcheapcomputerstobesuppliedtoschools

[C]showteachershowtousepersonalcomputers

[D]trainteacherstousecomputersinteaching

D

3.Computershavenowbeenintroduced____.

[A]inmostsecondaryschools

[B]inallsecondaryschools

[C]inmostprimaryschools,athalfprice

[D]inmostschools,atnoexpensetothetaxpayer

4.Theadditionalgrantofmoneybeingprovidedismainly____.

[A]forsupplyingcomputerscheaply

[B]fordevelopingfurthercomputerprogramsforschools

[C]fortraining50,000primaryteachers

[D]forprovidingcoursesforsecondaryteachers

5.Thereasonfortheintroductionofcomputersinschoolsisthat____.

[A]infuture,allteachingwillbedonewithcomputers

[B]computerprogrammerswillhavebetterjobsinfuture

[C]largenumbersofpupilswillhavetobetrainedascomputerprogrammers

[D]pupilswillneedtousethemtoobtaininformationintheirfuturework

题6-10

Passage2

"

Aprisonerofwar,"

thecaptainsaid,"

hasadutytoescapeifhecan.Herisksgettingshot,justasifhewasfightingonabattlefield.IthoughttheriskwasworthtakingbecauseIspokethelanguage.Thatisthefirstthingtodoifyou'

replanninganescapefromtheenemy--learnabitofhislanguage.Ifyoudon'

tgetveryfarwithit,youjustpretendtobeafriendlyforeignerlookingforwork.'

Thenextthingisalwaystokeepyoureyeswideopenwhentheymoveyouabout.WhenIwascaught,Ihappenedtobetheonlyofficerinthebagthatday.Iwastakenoffalonetoanoldfortressonahill.

Itwasroundaboutmidday,Iremember.Theentrancewasinthesouthwall,andIsawthatthegroundatthebackwasaboutfifteenfeethigher.Inside,Iclimbedfifty-eightstepstoaroom,oneofseveral,onthetopfloor.Ithadasmallwindowleadingontotheslopingroof,abedandoneblanket.Lockingmein,theguardleftmetheretowaitfortheintelligenceofficer.

Hardlyhadhegonethanmyescapeplanwasperfectlyclear.Thebesttimetoactisassoonassomemoveiscompleteandyou'

realone.Therewereadozenormoremeninthefortress,whichtheyusedasastore.Myguard,whohadbroughtmefromthefront,wouldbeeatingwith'

themorlookingaroundforsomethingto'

find'

assoldiersdo.

BythelightthroughmywindowIjudgeditlookedouttowardsthenorth.Fifty-eightsteps,then--thatwouldbeaboutfortyfeet;

andthehighergroundthissidewouldbalancethelengthofslopingroof.Allowingforknots,Itoretheblanketintostripsandknottedthemtogethertomakearope.ToreachthewindowIhadtoup-endthebedagainstawall;

andthencamethelongestjob--gettingthewindowandframeoutoftheroof.Mytoolswereabeltandaboot,andthejobtookfifteenminutes.Loweringthewindowtothefloor,Itiedoneendofmyescapelinetothebedandclimbedoutwiththerestofitontotheroof.

Iwasright--thewindowfacednorth.Thetripdownwasuneventful.Idroppedthreefeetfromtheendofmyropetotheground.Iwalkedawaythen,straightforward,upandoverthehill,ascalmlyasIcould,gettingoutofsightfromthefortbeforebreakingintoarun.

Iheardnothing.Ididn'

tlookbackonce.Sometimesit'

sveryeasytodoyourduty.6.Aprisonerofwarrisksbeingshotwhen____.

[A]they'

reatwar

[B]herefusestolearntheenemy'

slanguage

[C]hetriestoescape

[D]heisonabattlefield

C

7.Thesecondruleforsuchprisonerstoescapeis____.

[A]whenbeingmovedtotakenoticeofyoursurrounding

[B]don'

tbecaughtsleepingwhentheguardcomes

[C]don'

tbeafraidtolookstraightintotheenemy'

seyes

[D]theruleforofficersis--alwaysdemandspecialtreatment

A

8.Thefortressinrelationtothehillis____.

[A]onthetopofthehill,facingnorth

[B]onthenorthernslopeofthehill,nearthetop

[C]onthehill--that'

sallwecanunderstand

[D]onthesouthernsideofthehillbutbelowthetop

9.Whentheropewasfixedandready,abouthowlongwasit?

____

[A]Itwasbetweenfiftyandsixtyfeetlong.

[B]Itwasaboutfortyfeetlong.

[C]Itwasfortyfeetminusfifteen--that'

stwenty-fivefeet.

[D]Fortyfeetplusthelengthoftheslopingroof.

10.Theword"

knot"

（paragraph5）isclosestinmeaningto____.

[A]relax

[B]tie

[C]sew

[D]pick

题11-15

Passage3

Sixteenyearsago,EileenDoyle'

shusband,anengineer,tookhisfourchildrenforanearlycupoftea,packedasmallcaseandwasneverseenorheardofagain.Eileenwasastonishedandinastateofdespair.Theyhadbeenahappyfamilyand,asfarassheknew,therehadbeennothingwrongwiththeirmarriage.

Everydayoftheyearasmallgroupofmenandwomenquietlypackafewbelongingsandwithoutsomuchasanoteoragoodbyeclosethefrontdoorforthelasttime,leavingtheirdebts,theirworriesandtheirconfusedfamiliesbehindthem.

Lastyear,morethan1,200menandnearlyasmanywomenwerereportedmissingfromhome--thehighestin15years.Manydidreturnhomewithinayear,butothersrejectedthepastcompletelyandarenowlivinganewlifesomewhereunderadifferentidentity.

Tothoseleftbehindthisformofdesertionisaterribleblowtotheirprideandself-confidence.Eventhefinalityofdeathmightbepreferable.Atleastitdoesnotimplyrejectionorfailure.Worsethanthat,peoplecanbeleftwithanunfinishedmarriage,notknowingwhethertheywillhavetowaitsevenyearsbeforetheyarefreetostartafreshlife.

ClinicalpsychologistPaulBrownbelievesmostdeparturesofthiskindtobewellplannedratherthanimpulsive."

It'

stypicalofthekindofpersonalitywhichseemsabletoignoreotherpeople'

spainanddifficulties.Runningaway,likekillingyourself,isahighlyaggressiveact.Bycreatinganabsencethepeopleleftbehindfeelguilty,upsetandempty."

TheSalvationArmy'

sInvestigationDepartmenthasa70percentsuccessrateintrackingmissingpeopledown.AccordingtoLt.Col.BramwellPratt,headofthedepartment,menandwomenrunawayforverydifferentreasonsthoughlackofcommunicationisoftenthebiggestmotive."

Thethingsthatdisturbaman'

spersonalityareproblemslikebeingtiedupindebt,orseriousworriesaboutwork.Andsomewomenmakeimpossibledemandsontheirhusbands.Womenusuallyleaveformoreobviousreasonsbutfearisattherootofit.Menareoftenpreparedtogivetheirmarriageanothertrythanwomen,butweareawarethat,forsomewives,itwouldbeatotalimpossibilitytoreturnafterthewaythey'

rebeentreated.11.WhenherhusbandlefthomeEileenDoyle____.

[A]couldnotforgivehimfortakingthechildrenwithhim

[B]hadbeenexpectingittohappenforsometime

[C]couldnotunderstandwhy

[D]blamedherselfforwhathadhappened

12.Mostpeoplewholeavetheirfamilies____.

[A]dosowithoutwarn