单选题 Educators today are more and more often heard to say that computer literacy is absolutely necessary for college students. Many even argue that each incoming freshman should have permanent access to his or her own microcomputer. What advantages do computers offer the college students?
Any student who has used a word processor will know one compelling reason to use a computer: to write papers. Although not all students feel comfortable composing on a word processor, most find revising and editing much easier on it. One can alter, insert, or delete just by pressing a few keys, thus eliminating the need to rewrite or re-type. Furthermore, since the revision process is less burdensome, students are more likely to revise as often as is necessary to end up with the best paper possible. For these reasons, many freshman English courses require the use of a word processor.
Computers are also useful in the context of language courses, where they are used to drill students in basic skills. Software programs reinforce ESL (English as a Second Language) instruction, as well as instruction in French, German, Spanish, and other languages. By using these programs on a regular basis, students can improve their proficiency in a language while proceeding at their own pace.
Science students take advantage of computers in many ways. Using computer graphic capabilities, for example, botany students can represent and analyze different plant growth patterns. Medical students can learn to interpret computerized images of internal body structures. Physics students can complete complex calculations far more quickly than they could without the use of computer.
Similarly, business and accounting students find that computer spreadsheet programs are all but indispensable to many aspects of their work, while students pursuing careers in graphic arts, marketing, and public relations find that knowledge of computer graphic is important. Education majors learn to develop grading systems using computers, while social science students use computers for analyzing and graphically displacing their research results.
It is no wonder, then, that educators support the purchase and use of microcomputers by students. A versatile tool, the computer can help students learn. And that is, after all, the reason for going to college.

单选题 The word 'literacy' in paragraph 1 means ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[参考译文] 目前，人们越来越频繁地听到教育家说大学生绝对有必要掌握电脑使用能力。甚至很多教育家争论说，每一个大一新生都应持久地利用自己的微机。电脑究竟给大学生带来了什么好处呢? 任何一个使用过文字处理软件的学生都会知道一个非常有说服力的使用电脑的理由：写论文。尽管不是所有的同学都觉得用文字处理软件写作很舒服，但大部分同学发现用它修改和编辑论文更容易。学生通过按几个键就可以修改、插入或删除，因此也就不用重新写作或重新打印。此外，由于修改过程不太繁重，所以学生更有可能经常修改，而反复修改对完成一篇尽可能好的论文是必要的。鉴于这些，大一新生的许多英语课程都要求学生使用文字处理软件。语言类课程也会用电脑培训学生一些最基本的技能。软件程序会促进英语作为第二语言的教学，还有法语、德语、西班牙语以及其他语言的教学。通过频繁使用这些程序，学生在按照自己的速度推进时可以提高他们的语言水平。理科学生在很多方面也会利用电脑。例如，通过电脑的图形设计能力，植物学的学生可以再现和分析植物生长模式，医学生能够学习解读人体内部构造的电脑图像。使用电脑，物理学的学生能够更快地完成复杂的运算。同样，商学和会计学的学生会发现电脑的电子表格程序与他们工作的许多方面都密不可分，而学平面艺术、市场营销和公共关系的同学会发现电脑制图的知识很重要。教育学专业的学生学着使用电脑建立评分制度，而社会科学领域的学生使用电脑分析和用图表展现他们的研究结果。因此，难怪教育者支持学生购买和使用微机。电脑是一个通用的工具，可以帮助学生学习。毕竟，上大学最重要的就是为了学习。

单选题 In the author's opinion, a word processor can be used to ______.

单选题 In this passage, the writer's argument is mainly developed by the use of ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】该题目考查的是本文的行文技巧。通过阅读全文可以发现，作者在第二段举了用电脑写论文的例子，在第三段举了语言类学生使用电脑的例子，在第四段举了理科学生、植物学学生、医学生和物理学学生使用电脑的例子，第五段举了商学、会计学、平面艺术等学生使用电脑的例子。由此可知，本文几乎通篇都是在举例子。故选A。