单选题 In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history, the earth"s postwar era, there was quite a widespread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day. Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives, we are faced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem. People tend to be over-trusting of computers and are reluctant to challenge their authority. Indeed, they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed, or that a computer may simply malfunction (失误).
Obviously, there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong.
Questioning and routine double-checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days. Maybe each computer should come with the warning, for all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.
单选题 What is the main purpose of this passage?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】本题是一道考查作者写作目的类问题,主要考查学生的概括能力。需要在阅读完文章之后准确地理解全文的用意。问题问本文的主要目的是什么。根据文章大意,第二次世界大战之后,当计算机刚刚问世时,人们普遍担心,有朝一日计算机将取代人类在世界上的地位。而不到40年后的今天,当计算机真的把我们从越来越多的日常公务和日常生活琐事中解脱出来的时候,我们却面临一个新问题,虽说不上令人吃惊,但却是人们未曾预想到的问题:人们过分信赖计算机,简直不愿意挑战其权威性。似乎人们不知道有的时候也可能会按错键,或者说计算机也可能出现失误。因此,我们可以推断出本题的正确答案应是D“告诫人们防止对计算机产生懒惰的依赖心理”。A“回顾计算机的早期状况”;B“说明计算机可能出现的技术问题”;C“试图劝阻人们没有必要就不要购买计算机”;这三个选项都是错误的。
单选题 According to the passage, the initial concern about computers was that they might
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题是一道具体细节题,考查考生辨认具体事实的能力。本题问按照文章所说,人们对计算机最初的担心是什么。利用查阅式阅读法,我们可以在文章的第一句话中找到相关信息。第一句话指出,现在看来似乎是计算机历史的史前时期,即世界大战之后的年代里,人们普遍担忧有朝一日计算机会从人类手中夺过对世界的控制权。因此,我们可以断定题干中的the initial concern(初时的担忧)指的就是那时人们的担忧。所以,本题的正确答案应是B“人们担心计算机将来会统治世界”。
单选题 The passage recommends those dealing with computers to ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题问文章建议与计算机打交道的人应该怎样做。利用查阅式阅读法,我们可以在第二段第一句话中找到与正确答案有关的内容。此句话的重点在but之后,作者指出,一旦感觉到计算机计算的结果有不对之处,就必须进行复查。由此可知,本题的正确答案应是A“建议与计算机打交道的人要对计算机持合理的怀疑态度”。
单选题 The passage suggests that the present-day problem with regard to computers is ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题是一道暗示引申类问题。问文章暗示目前有关计算机的问题是哪一方面的问题。根据文章相关信息:人们往往过分信赖计算机,也不愿意挑战它的权威性。他们似乎并不知道人们也可能会按错键,或者计算机也可能有运行错误。以及如下一句话:人们也应该信赖自己的大脑的计算能力,一旦感觉计算机有错,就要进行复查。由此,我们判断出这里暗示出当前的问题是人们对计算机有过分依赖的心理。因此本题的正确答案是B“目前有关计算机的问题是心理上的问题”。
单选题 It can be inferred from the passage that the author would disapprove of ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】本题仍是一道引申推断题。问从文章中我们可以推断出作者反对什么。根据全文内容,我们不难判断出作者反对的是完全依赖计算机。因此,本题的正确答案应是D“作者反对在做决定时完全依赖计算机”。