Question

Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees-anywhere at all!

Because of the many changes in computer technology , laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher-education officials are studying? how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.

At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “ Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”

1. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to ________.

A. use for their schoolwork?

B. access the Internet

C. work at home

D. connect them to libraries

2.Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks(引号)?

A. They don’t really talk.

B. They use the computer language.

C. Laptops have speakers.

D. None of the above reasons is correct.

3.Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A. All teachers use computers.

B.1500 students have laptops.

C. It is an old college in America.

D. Students there can do everything.

4.A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can ________.

A. attend lectures on information technology

B. travel around the world

C. get information from around the world

D. have free laptops

5. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The program is successful.

B. The program is not workable.

C. The program is too expensive.

D. We don’t know the result yet.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.A?????????????????

3.C?????????????????????????

4.C???????????????????

5.D??????????????????????

【解析】??

试题分析：本文讲述了当前社会很多人使用笔记本，笔记本电脑对人们的生活有很重要的影响。而在西湖大学正准备启动一个笔记本项目。它计划在五年之内为学校的每一位学生配备一台电脑，让学生随时随地能够做作业。也能够通过邮件和老师同学交流，更能了解更多的关于外部世界的信息。

1.细节理解题。句意：笔记本电脑项目的主要目的是给每个学生配备电脑让他们做什么？根据： a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. 一个能够允许学生在任何地点做学校作业的笔记本项目，故选A。

2.细节理解题。句意：为什么在第二段的单词“speak”为什么要用引号？根据：In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak”他们通过邮件说，可知通过邮件是写的，交流的，并不是真正的说，故选A 。????????????????

3.细节理解题。句意：关于西湖大学的说法，那一项是正确的。根据： at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. 一所110年的大学可知应该选C，西湖大学历史悠久。?????????????????????????

4.细节理解题。句意：最后一段中A window on the world意味着学生能够做什么？根据：They can see everything and do everything.他们能看见所有，能够做所有。可知，通过电脑，学生能够得到关于这个世界更多的信息，故选 C。??????????????????

5..推理判断题。句意；从这篇文章我们能够推出什么？根据：Within five years, , each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop.五年之内，每个学生将会收到地难熬。可知文章并没有告诉我们结果，故选D 。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。?