East Asia School of Business is pleased to announce that it will soon be offering Computer Studies Programs of NCC Education．NCC Education was formerly the education division of the National Computing Center, United Kingdom．
NCC Education Ltd．is one of the world’s leading independent training providers of IT certification(证书)offering high quality training and education programs．It operates with, and through, over 300 training partners in 45 different countries and has over 150 000 students who have passed the NCC standard test each year．
NCC International Diploma(文凭)in Computer Studies
Course Aim
This is a one-year course that provides a foundation in Information Technology．The course aims at delivering well-trained people with effective and practical business oriented IT skills of making a real contribution in the work place，giving those who take part the opportunity to specialize in particular technical and business choices, and setting an international standard of high quality training leading to qualifications(资格)recognised worldwide．
Requirements?
Entry Requirements?
GCE “A” Levels or 4 GCE “O” Levels or equal credit(学分)in English
Students(above 21 years)with at least one GCE “O” Level
Course Requirements
In fulfillment of the requirements of this diploma program, the student is required to complete a total of 8 modules and one practical project．
Course Duration
There are two modes of study, that is, 12 months for full-time students and 15-18 months for part-time students．Each module requires 120 hours of studying including lectures, tutorials, practical course work and private study．
(1)
What do you know about NCC Education?
[ ]
A．
It is a university run by the British government．
B．
It provides special courses for college graduates only．
C．
It offers special training programs in 45 countries．
D．
It trains special workers outside the United Kingdom．
(2)
If you want to be admitted, you must ________．
[ ]
A．
be younger than 21
B．
reach the required English level
C．
have experience in IT
D．
complete 8 courses
(3)
Once you have completed the course, ________．
[ ]
A．
you can make contributions where you work
B．
you will be admitted to a university in UK
C．
you may find it easier to be employed in IT industry
D．
you will become an expert in IT skills
(4)
We can learn from the passage that ________．
[ ]
A．
the whole course requires one hundred and twenty hours
B．
all the students can get IT certification at the end of the course
C．
a full-time student has to study for at least fifteen months
D．
East Asia School of Business is a training partner of NCC Education
The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean(海洋)so that the audiences(or people who watch the film)could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other for ever．He sent his camera crew(摄制组)out one evening to film the sunset for him．
The next morning he said to the men, “Have you provided me with that sunset?”
“No, sir．” the men answered．
The director was angry．“Why not?” he asked．
“Well, sir,” one of the men answered．“We’re on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west．We can get you a sunrise over the sea if necessary, but not a sunset．”
“But I want a sunset!” the director shouted．“Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one．”
But then a young secretary had an idea．“Why don’t you photograph a sunrise,” she suggested, “and then play it backwards?Then it’ll look like a sunset．”
The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay(海湾)．Then at nine o’clock they took it to the director．“Here it is, sir!” they said, and gave it to him．He was very pleased．
They all went into the studio．“All right,” the director explained．“now our hero and heroine are going to say good-bye．Run the film backwards so that we can see the ‘sunset behind them．’”
The “sunset” began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop．
The birds in the film were flying backwards and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach(海滩)．
(1)
One evening, the director sent his camera crew out ________．
[ ]
A．
to watch a beautiful sunset
B．
to find an actor and an actress
C．
to film a scene on the sea
D．
to meet the audience
(2)
Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast?
[ ]
A．
Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset．
B．
Because he was angry with his crew．
C．
Because it was his secretary’s suggestion．
D．
Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset．
(3)
Which of the following is NOT true?
[ ]
A．
The crew had to follow the secretary’s advice．
B．
If you want to see a sunrise, the east coast is the place to go to．
C．
The camera crew wasn’t able to film the scene the first day．
D．
The director ordered his crew to stop filming the “sunset”．
(4)
The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because ________．
[ ]
A．
it went well with the separation of the hero and the heroine
B．
when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening
C．
it was more moving than a sunrise
D．
the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset
(5)
After the “sunset” began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands ________．
[ ]
A．
because he was moved to tears
B．
as he saw everything in the film moving backwards
C．
as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined
D．
because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine
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The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo Alto, California, all have the same access to computers as boys．But researchers say, by the time they get to high school, they are victims(受害者)of what the researchers call a major new gender(性别)gap in technology．Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Women(AAUW)says,“Girls tend to be less comfortable than boys with the computer．They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving, rather than to discover new ways in which to understand information．
After re-examining a thousand studies, the AAUW researchers found that girls make up only a small percentage of students in computer science classes．Girls rate themselves significantly lower than boys in their ability and confidence in using computers．And they use computers less often than boys outside the classroom．
An instructor of a computer lab says he's already noticed some difference．Charles Cheadle of Cesar Chavez School says,“Boys are not so afraid they might do something that will harm the computer, whereas girls are afraid they might break it somehow．”
Six years ago, the software company Purple Moon noticed that girls' computer usage was falling behind boys．Karen Gould with the company says,“The number one reason girls told us they don't like computer games is not that they're too violent, or too competitive．Girls just said they're unbelievably boring．”What girls want, Purple Moon found, is characters they can relate to and story lines relative to what's going on in their own lives．“What we definitely found from girls is(that there is no intrinsic)(内在的)reason why they wouldn't want to play on a computer; it was just a content thing,”says Karen Gould．
The sponsor of the study says it all boils down to this：the technology gender gap that separates the girls from the boys must be closed if women are to compete effectively with men in the 21st century．
(1)
According to the passage, girls are victims of the gender gap in technology because ________,
[ ]
A．
they can not discover new ways to use computers
B．
they have the same access to computers as boys
C．
they are likely to be less comfortable with computers
D．
they can only use computers for word processing
(2)
Girls often feel ________．
[ ]
A．
bored with computer games
B．
comfortable using computers
C．
it hard to use computers in word processing
D．
worried about using computers
(3)
The research on girls and computers is ________．
[ ]
A．
based on a few recent studies
B．
based on a great number of studies
C．
presented by one person
D．
not considered well grounded
(4)
The software company seems to think ________．
[ ]
A．
if girls had an equal chance to play games, they would like computers
B．
if the software content was changed, girls would be more interested
C．
if the software was more violent, girls would like it better
D．
if the characters were funny, girls would like them better
(5)
The gender gap needs to be closed because ________．
[ ]
A．
it isn't fair that boys are allowed to use computers all the time
B．
there isn't enough money for updating computer system
C．
most of the causes may boil down to a question of money
D．
the ability to use computers is important in today's world
and often wrongly mentioned as the most distant land