单选题. .We are not about to enter the Information Age, but instead are rather well into it." Present predictions are that by 1990, about thirty million jobs in the United States, or about thirty percent of the job market, will be computer-related. In 1980, only twenty-one percent of all United States high schools owned one or more computers for student use. In the fall of 1985, a new survey revealed that half of United States secondary schools have fifteen or more computers for student use. And now educational experts, administrators, and even the general public are demanding that all students become "computer literate". By the year 2000 knowledge of computers will be necessary in over eighty percent of all occupations. Soon those people not educated in computer use will be compared to those who are print illiterate today. What is "computer literacy"? The term itself seems to imply some extent of "knowing" about computers, but knowing what? The current opinion seems to be that this should include a general knowledge of what computers are, plus a little of their history and something of how they operate. Therefore, it is vital that educators everywhere take a careful look not only at what is being done, but also at what should be done in the field of computer education. Today, most adults are capable of utilizing a motor vehicle without the slightest knowledge of how the internal combustion engine works. We effectively use all types of electrical equipment without being able to tell their histories or to explain how they work. Business people for years have made good use of typewriters and adding machines. Yet few have ever known how to repair them. Why, then, attempt to teach computers by teaching how or why they work? Rather, we first must concentrate on teaching the effective use of the computer as the tool is, "Knowing how to use a computer is what's going to be important. We don't talk about 'auto-mobile literacy'. We just get in our cars and drive them."1. By 1990, the number of jobs having something to do with computers in the United States will be ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】 事实细节题 文章开头说“...by 1990, about thirty million jobs in the United States, or about thirty percent of the job market, will be computer-related. ”可知B是正确答案。 [参考译文] “……我们不是即将进入信息时代,而是已经完全进入了信息时代”。当时的预测是,到1990年,美国大约会有三千万个工作岗位或大约百分之三十的就业市场将与计算机相关。在1980年,只有百分之二十一的美国中学里拥有一台或多台电脑供学生使用。到1985年秋天,一项新的调查显示,一半的美国中学有十五台或更多的电脑供学生使用。现在的教育专家、管理人员,甚至公众都要求所有的学生成为“电脑操作者”。到2000年,计算机知识将会在百分之八十以上的职业中成为必需。很快那些没有受过电脑教育的人将会被比作今天的打字文盲。 什么是“计算机技能”?这个词本身似乎暗示了对电脑知识要有一定程度的“了解”,但是要了解什么?当前的看法似乎是应该包括什么是计算机这些一般知识,再加上一点计算机的历史和一些它们如何操作的技能。 因此,各地的教育家不仅要密切关注什么正在被教,而且也要密切关注在计算机教育的领域什么是应该教的就很重要了。今天,大多数成年人即使没有一点内燃机方面的知识也能够驾驶汽车。我们能够有效地使用各种类型的电子设备,但并不能够说出它们的历史或解释他们的工作原理。商务人员多年来熟练地使用打字机和加法器,然而很少有人能知道怎么修理这些机器。那么,为什么还要试图在计算机教学中学习计算机的工作原理呢? 相反,我们首先必须注重于教如何有效地使用计算机,就像学习一种工具一样。“知道如何使用电脑是最重要的。我们不需要谈论‘汽车技能’,我们只需要进入汽车把它们开走就行。”