阅读理解 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 (内燃机) 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 (读写能力) 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 ail ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who have chosen 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 violinmaking. 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 roles 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.

单选题 To be the competent citizens of tomorrow, people should ________.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】事实推理题。本题询问为了成为明天合格的公民，人们必须________。A项意为“努力在计算机科学方面打好坚实．的基础”；B项“意识到他们所使用的东西怎样做它们所做的东西”；C项“通过获得某一套技能来学会使用电脑”D项理解给电脑编程比修理汽车更必要”。第2段提到，学会使用电脑与学会怎样编程是两种截然不同的行为，明天的合格公民应当将自己从对电脑的恐惧感中解放出来，可见C项为正确答案。

单选题 In the second paragraph "violin-making" is mentioned to show that ________.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】归纳推理题。本题询问文章第2段提到了“制作小提琴”，这是为了表明________。A项意为“电脑编程与小提琴制作同样有趣”；B项“我们的社会需要不同领域的专家”；C项制作小提琴需要与编程一样多的技巧”D项“会使用电脑的人并没有必要知道编程”。第2段中提到，“电脑编程是选择编程为职业的人的事情，尽管编程很有趣，尽管我们的社会需要有人精通它，汽车修理与小提琴制作也是如此”，其意思是说“会使用电脑并没有必要知道编程，就像会开车不一定要会修车，会拉小提琴并不一定要会制作小提琴一样”，因此D项为正确答案。

单选题 Learning to use a computer is getting easier all the time because ________.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】辨认事实题。本题询问一直以来学会使用电脑越来越容易，其原因是________。A项意为“程序变得没那么复杂了”；B项“程序设计得方便使用者使用”；C项编程变得越来越容易了”；D项“电脑使用者越来越容易获得程序了”。第3段第1句中“…it gets easier all the time as programs become more user-friendly”，user-friendly意思是“对使用者友好的”，也就是方便使用者使用的，因此B项为正确答案。

单选题 According to the author, the phrase "learning to use a computer"( Lines 3-4, Para. 3) means learning________.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】归纳推理题。本题询问根据作者的观点，“学会使用电脑”意味着学会________。A项意为“一套规则”；B项电脑科学的基本知识“C项特定的程序”；D项“通常的编程原则”。第4段讨论"learning to use a computer”这一说法费了不少笔墨，最重要的是最后一句：One can only teach people to use this or that program...，既然教会人们使用电脑只是教会他们使用这种或那种程序，那么学会使用电脑也就是学会特定的程序，故C项正确。