单选题
A. It works faster than the human brain. B. It seldom makes errors. C. It can solve complicated problems. D. It can "think" without information fed into it.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文] A computer is a machine designed to perform work mathematically and to store and select information that has been fed into it. It is run by either mechanical or electronic means. These machines can do a great deal of complicated work in a very short time. A large computer, for example, can add or subtract nine thousand times a second, multiply a thousand times a second, or divide five hundred times a second. Its percentage of error is about one in a billion digits. It has been estimated that human beings making calculations average about one mistake per two hundred digits. The heart of an electronic computer lies in its vacuum tubes, or transistors. Its electronic circuits work a thousand times faster than the nerve cells in the human brain. A problem that might take a human being two years to solve can be solved by a computer in one minute, but in order to do properly, a computer must be given instruction it must be programmed. Computers can be designed for many specialized purposes—they can be used to prepare payrolls, guide airplane flights, direct traffic, even to play chess. Computers play an essential role in modern automation in many places and factories throughout the world.
What is not true about computer?
单选题
A. Its vacuum tubes. B. Its electronic circuits. C. Computer programs. D. All of the above.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文] What help the computer work at high speed?
单选题
A. The advantages and disadvantages of computers. B. The future of the computer. C. The main features of the computer. D. The scientific principles of the computer.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文] What is the title of the speech?
单选题
A. It can prepare payroll. B. It can teach languages. C. It can write essays. D. It can sweep floors.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文] What can a computer do according to the speaker?