Question

  Programs may already be installed on the computers at your school or university. If not, you can consider looking at catalogues to see what is available on CD-ROM.

  Some people question whether computers can really help you to read, any better than picking up a book. There is some justification for this, but listen to the arguments from people who believe that computers have something to offer. The first argument relates to motivation. Anything that makes you spend more time reading will be helpful, so if you are someone who likes to turn on your computer as soon as you walk into your room, then you could find yourself motivated to spend more time on your foreign-language reading if it appears on your screen. There is more to computers than motivation, though. You need to make use of all the technical possibilities, because good programs allow things to happen which are not possible with a book.

  This leads on to the idea of autonomy（自主）in language learning. We have already seen many times in this book that you, the language learner, will make a far bigger difference to your ultimate（最终的）success than your teacher will. With a computer, you can decide how many repetitions to have and how to respond to the commands. In some programs you also shape the direction of the story you are reading by the selections you make. In other words, you don’t have to move along at the pace of the rest of the class, which you may find too slow or too fast.

  The flip side (反面)of learner autonomy is learner misuse of programs. Some programs allow short-cuts which give you a sense of having finished, but without actually having done much learning. You need to be mature in your approach to the programs. At the end of a session（时段） using well-designed materials, you should learn more than some new vocabulary and sentence patterns; you should also learn more about the reading process. As with all aspects of your language learning, you can finish your session with a critical eye to what you have learned from the program. This will include thinking about whether to repeat it or move on to another level.

 

72. From the passage we learn the author ___________________.

A. advises us to use computers at work.       

B. persuades us to do some reading in the books

C. has improved reading ability helped by computers

D. dislikes reading materials on the computers

73. What does the third paragraph say?

A. The idea of autonomy in language learning can help students decide what they want to read.

B. The idea of autonomy in language learning is a direction.

C. The idea of autonomy in language learning is of great no use in reading.

D. You can shape the direction of the story you are reading.

74. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggests that __________________.

A. you need to get close to your purpose.

B. you’d better wait till you grow up.

C. you must make sure about your programs.

D. you should make sure that your way of learning is right.

75. What would be the best title for the text?

A.     Computer Reading                 

B.  Computer-Assisted Reading

C.      Computer Can Read               

D. Students And Computer

Answer 1

72.C  73.A   74.D  75.B