Question

A language professor was explaining to her class that French nouns are grammatically designated as male or female. “Pencil, in French, is male; House, in French, is female.”

One puzzled student raised his hand and asked, “What gender(性别) is a computer?”

The teacher did not know, and the word wasn’t in her French dictionary. So for fun she divided the class into two groups and asked them to decide whether a computer should be a male or female noun.

Both groups were required to give four reasons for their recommendation.

The men’s group decided that computers should definitely be of the female gender because:

1．No one but their creator understands their internal logic.

2．The native language which they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible(无法理解) to everyone else.

3．Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for possible later retrieval(检索).

4．As soon as you buy one, you’ll find yourself spending half of your salary on accessories(零配件) for it.

The women’s group, however, concluded that computers should be male because:

1．In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.

2．They have a lot of data but they are still stupid.

3．They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they are the problem.

4．As soon as you buy one, you’ll be aware that if you had waited a little longer, you could have a better model.

What Gender is a Computer?
Opinion	1.
Female	◆2. their creator understands their internal logic. ◆The native language used to communicate with other computers can’t be 3. by everyone else. ◆It even 4.the smallest mistakes in the memory for possible later retrieval. ◆Accessories for a computer will 5. half of your salary after you buy one.
6.	◆In order to get their attention, you 7. turn them on. ◆They have a lot of data but they are still knowing 8.. ◆9. they are supposed to help you solve problems, half the time they are the problem. ◆As soon as you buy one, you’ll 10. that if you had waited a little longer, you could have a better model.

1.Reason(s) 2.Only 3.understood 4.stores 5.cost 6.Male 7.must 8.nothing/little 9.Although/Though 10.realize/know 【解析】试题分析：本文以辩论的形式，分“男子组”和“女子组”论证了计算机的“性别”，“男子组”认为是女性，而“女子...

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