题目内容
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.
Laptop(便携式)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 1,500 Students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a 510 million Computer program at Westlake, a ll0-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 also are 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 ________.
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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?
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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?
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A. All teachers use computers.
B. 1 500 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 ________.
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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(推断)from the passage?
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A. The program is successful.
B. The program is not workable.
C. The program is too expensive.
D. We don't know the result vet.
解析:
(1) 这是一道主旨大意题.短文第二段首句Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want.说明了program的目的.A项正确. (2) 这是一道猜测词义题.短文第二段中In addition,they will be able to use E-mail to“speak”with their teachers,their classmates,and their families.一句,说明了“speak”指的是用微机发电子邮件.答案为A. (3) 这是一道细节题.由短文第二段中The laptops are part of a 510 million computer program at Westlake,a 110-year-old college.可知,Westlake College是一个具有110年历史的老校.答案选C. (4) 这是一道词义猜测题.短文最后两句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.说明,短文最后一段中的A window on the world的意思是从全世界得到信息.C为最佳选项. (5) 这是一道有关结论方面的题目.全篇谈了Westlake College将实施a laptop computer program.仅这一项计划,文章并未说明产生的结果,所以D项为正确结论. |
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