(江西省南昌二中2009届高三5月模拟考试A篇)

Let us say there is something you don’t know how to do．In the past if you were determined to learn, you might have called friends or relatives, taken a night class or walked down to the local library for a research term．But now a host of websites are springing up to provide free practical advice on these subjects and actually anything else you can think of．In one sense, these “how-to” sites represent a part of the growing world of online learning．These FAQs (Frequent Answers and Questions), many of which still circulate (go round continuously), took a special subject and explained it to complete novices．But, “how-to” sites take the FAQ idea in a somewhat different direction by addressing subjects that aren’t necessarily associated with discussion forums．These sites take the style of a written tutorial and a tone of friendly advice．Possibly the biggest and best known of these sites is learn 2．com (www．learn2．com)．It offers nearly 1,000 free tutorials and adds new ones frequently for a job interview．At ehow．com (www．ehow．com) you can learn how to train for your first marathon, how to buy a vacation home, or how to make a movie in eight steps．

56．The purpose of the passage is to ____．

       A．say how to learn new courses by the Internet                        

       B．introduce new websites to citizens

       C．help you to solve any difficulty you meet with．

       D．bring new means to learn something new

57．The underline word “novices” probably means ______．

       A．people without experience                            B．people with rich experience

       C．hosts of “how-to” sites                               D．beginners of “how-to” sites

58．From the passage we may guess that _____．

       A．“how-to” sites are specially designed for the disabled

       B．a deaf person can teach himself at home by visiting “how-to” sites

       C．it is pleasant to listen to the advice on “how-to” sites

       D．you can just click your mouse at home to question anything

59．If you have no tent when you decide to go camping, you may ________．

       A．visit some site else                                      B．visit www．learn2．com

       C．visit www．ehow．com                          o to the tourist company