复合题

Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Text 3

The old advertising slogan; “So simple a child can do it,” has taken on new meaning for me. A few weeks ago I got a computer, but I am mechanically illiterate. I knew that children had no fear of the future, so that seemed a good place to seek help. I asked my nephew, twelve years old, at an elementary school to help me.

My nephew took the machine for granted and has simply accepted the fact that computers are now a way of life. He plays with them and does his homework on them and even creates programs for them. I, on the other hand, am terrified by what this equipment can do. It can interchange paragraphs; switch words around and even correct my spelling. It informs me of its limitations, takes commands and asks questions, it even seems to have a sense of communication. Rather than accusing me of making an error, it prints, “One of us has made a mistake!” It never gets tired and is always patient and ready to go when I am.

I think it was somewhat normal for me to be suspicious of computers. They represent a break with some very familiar habits and traditions. It is only human to instinctively avoid anything that shifts thoroughly from the acceptable, comfortable past. But the world is governed by ceaseless change and we must therefore establish links with the present and the future as well as the past. Computer technology is an excellent case in point, as the newest systems grow out of date in only a few years, or even months.

This ability, to see, experience and accept the new is one of our saving characteristics. To be fearful of tomorrow to close ourselves to possibilities, to resist the inevitable, to advocate standing still when all else is moving forward, is to lose touch, if we accept the new with joy and wonder, we can move gracefully into each tomorrow. More often than not the children shall lead us. 

单选题 What is the new meaning “So simple a child” can do it” for the author?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】细节推理题。 文章第一段后半部分说到作者的侄子对电脑得心应手， 而作者却一筹莫展， 由此可知，“So simple a child can do it”所表达的意思是孩子们比我们更会用电脑， 更能接受新事物。 因此答案选C项。
单选题 According to the second paragraph, which of the following statements is true?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】细节理解题。 通过第二段中的第一句和第三句可知， 侄子坦然接受网络， 利用网络， 而作者却感到惊恐， 所以， 正确答案为B项。 其余三项文章均未提到。
单选题 What DOESN’T the author’s computer do among the following?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】细节理解题。 由文章第二段可知， 电脑告诉作者它的局限性， 会接受指令， 问问题， 告诉使用者出现的错误， 结合选项看， A， C， D三项都符合原文， B项表述错误， 故选B项。
单选题 According to the third paragraph it is human nature that we resist those things which _____.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】细节理解题。 由第三段中的第三句“It is only human to instinctively avoid anything that shifts thoroughly from the acceptable, comfortable past.”可知， 人类总是本能地避开那些与过去彻底相违背的事物， 因此， 答案为D项。 A项是人们应该明白的道理， 不符合题意。 B项是电脑产业发展的特点， 不符合题意。 C项表述片面。
单选题 According to the author, we will fall behind the times if we _____.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】主旨大意题。 通读全文可知， 作者鼓励人们向前看， 不要拘泥于过去， 要学会接受新鲜事物， 只有这样， 人类才能发展。 所以A， B， C三项表述均正确， 答案选D项。