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In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history,the earth's postwar era,there was quite a wide-spread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day. Already today,less than forty years later,as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives,we are faced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem.People tend to be over-trusting of computers and are reluctant to challenge their authority.Indeed,they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed,or that a computer may simply malfunction(失误).
Obviously,there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers,but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the ma-chine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong.
Questioning and routine double-checks must continue to be as much a part of good
business as they were in pre-computer days.Maybe each computer may provide,it should
not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.
1.What is the main purpose of this passage?
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A.To look back to the early days of this passage.
B.To explain what technical problems may occur with computers.
C.To discourage unnecessary investment in computers.
D.To warn against a mentally lazy attitude towards computers.
2.According to the passages,the initial concern about computer was that they might
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A.change our personal lives
B.take control the world
C.create unforeseen problem
D.affect our businesses
3.The passage recommends those dealing with computers to________.
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A.he reasonably doubtful about them
B.check all their answers
C.substitute them for basic thinking
D.use them for business purposes only
4.The passage suggests that the present-day problem with regard to computers is________.
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After years of searching, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well. “Ask the well what is 36 , ” he was advised, “and the well reveal (告诉,揭露) it to you.” Having found the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important 37 . And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroad, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”
Full of 38 the man ran to the crossroad to 39 only three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold 40 , and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to 41 much to do with the revelation of truth.
Disappointed, the seeker returned to the well to demand an 42 , but he was told only: “You will 43 in the future.”
As years went by, the 44 of his experience at the well gradually 45 until one night, while he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music 46 his attention. It was wonderful and it was 47 with great skill and inspiration.
Deeply 48 , the truth seeker felt drawn towards the 49 . He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful 50 : the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like 51 he had once seen in the three stores.
At last he understood the 52 of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our 53 is to assemble (聚集) and use them in the proper way. Nothing is 54 so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have 55 by considering the fragments alone.
21. A. truth B. hope C. future D. music
22. A. fact B. reason C. question D. well
23. A. energy B. hope C. mystery D. surprise
24. A. get B. count C. find D. open
25. A. instruments B. clothing C. food D. wood
26. A. connect B. have C. prepare D. offer
27. A. explanation B. advice C. excuse D. opportunity
28. A. succeed B. discover C. pay D. understand
29. A. bitterness B. failure C. memory D. secret
30. A. doubled B. forgot C. disappeared D. recovered
31. A. paid B. lost C. split D. caught
32. A. played B. broadcast C. enjoyed D. conducted
33. A. annoyed B. moved C. confused D. frightened
34. A. adviser B. director C. composer D. player
35. A. admiration B. distinction C. recognition D. imagination
36. A. those B. that C. it D. them
37. A. secret B. message C. theory D. benefit
38. A. target B. difficulty C. task D. shortcoming
39. A. interesting B. meaningful C. accessible D. successful
40. A. foreseen(预见) B. decided C. judged D. formed
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B. puzzled
C. mixed
D. disturbed
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阅读理解
There was quite a wide-spread worry that computers would take the world from man one day. Already today, less than 40 years later, as computers are taking more and more of the work in business and in our personal lives, we are faced with a less happy but also less foreseen (预见的) problem. People seem to be over-trusting computers and are unwilling to challenge (挑战) their authority (权威). Indeed, they act as if they hardly know that wrong buttons may be pushed or that a computer may simply make mistakes.
Obviously, there is no need for people to check all its answers and numbers, but people should also depend on their own and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong.
Questioning and checking must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in precomputer (无计算机的) days. Computers should not be seen as a substitute (替代) for thinking and reasoning (推理) skills.
1.The passage suggests those dealing with computers ________.
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A.be reasonably doubtful about them
B.check all their answers
C.fully depend on them
D.use them for business aims only
2.It can be inferred from the passage that the author would disagree about ________.
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A.investment (投资) in computers
B.the use of one's mind
C.checking computers often
D.complete dependence on computers for decision making
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