Random ramblings from a guy who is too busy to have a Web site. On the bright side, you won't find any ads, pop-ups, hype, or any attempts to sell you anything at all. Furthermore, you won't find any pages divided into a hundred little boxes. And the text is so large, you don't need an electron microscope to read it. A refreshing break from reality.  Anyway, here's what I have so far as I gradually resurrect my poor neglected Web site.
PC Survival Camp
Being new to computers, or even just being a “casual user”, isn’t always fun. It's as though everybody on the planet assumes you already know all the buzzwords, and already possess all the skills necessary to use a computer.  Which is a really big assumption, when you consider that nobody was ever born knowing how to use a computer. The links below provide some quick mini-tutorials on all the skills and buzzwords that everyone else seems to assume you already know. Click on any link (underlined text) for a quick mini-lesson. Use the Back button at the bottom of any
page to work your way back to this page.

TechFear Camp
Jargon Camp
Internet Camp
Windows XP Camp
Wrong button!
Hardware
What is the Net?
Desktop
Crash the Internet!
Ports
What's Bandwidth?
Start menu
Erase everything!
KB, megabytes, etc.
What's Download?
Taskbar
Run out of space!
Software
What Web browser?
Quick Launch
Email privacy!
Toolbars
Getting around
Notifications
Viruses!
 
What e-Mail client?
Moving and Sizing
Hackers!
 
Death to pop-ups
Control Panel
 
 
 
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【小题1】Who is the passage written for?
A.EveryoneB.College students.
C.Anyone who wants to use a computer.D.An expert on computers.
【小题2】What’s the advantage of this web site?
A.It’s cheap.B.There are no ads.
C.It’s modern.D.It provides an electron microscope.
【小题3】You can learn computer skills except_____.
A.Erase everything!B.Software.C.Flash .D.Taskbar.
【小题4】If you have problems, ask____ for help.
A.Coolnerds.comB.PC survival Camp
C.AlanD.HTML Stuff


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It is difficult in the modern world to do anything other than a basic job without  being able to read. Reading as a skill is the key to an educated workforce, which in turn is the bedrock of economic advancement, particularly in the present technological age. Studies have shown that by increasing the literacy skill of primary school children in the UK, the benefit to economy generally is in billions of pounds. The skill of reading is now no mere just an intellectual (知识的) or leisure activity, but rather a completely developed economic force.     
Part of the problem with reading is that it is a skill which is not appreciated in most developed societies. This is an attitude that has forced a large number of the population in most Western nations to illiteracy (文盲). It might surprise people in countries outside the West to learn that in the United Kingdom, and indeed in some other European countries, the literacy rate has fallen to below that of so-called less developed countries.
There are also forces against reading in our modern society. It is not seen as cool among a younger generation more at home with computer screens or e-libraries.
And reading is not very appealing. Students at school, college or university, who read a lot are called bookworms. The term indicates the contempt (轻蔑) in which reading and learning are held in certain circles or subcultures. It is a criticism, like all such attacks, driven by the insecurity of those who are not literate or are semiliterate. Criticism is also a means, like all bullying, of keeping peers(同辈) in place so that they do not step out of line. Peer pressure among young people is so powerful that it often kills any attempts to change attitudes towards habits like reading.
But the negative senses apart, is modern Western society standing Canute-like (自以为是地) against an uncontrollable drop? I think not.
57.What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A.Reading plays an important role in education.
B.People can't find a job without being able to read.
C.The skill of reading has become an economic power.
D.More intellectual activities are needed in the technological age.
58.What problem exists in most Western nations?
A. Younger generations are addicted to modern technology.
B.The literacy skills have weakened their financial benefit.
C.Literacy rate has decreased because of people' s attitude.
D.School children spend more money on leisure activities.
59.What does the underlined sentence probably mean?
A.Criticism may help the young make reading a habit.
B.The contempt makes peers refuse to change their reading habit.
C.Peer pressure stops bully boy from stepping out of line.
D.Criticism strongly influences the young' s behavior towards reading.
60.What is the author' s purpose in writing this passage?
A.To explain his own attitudes.
B.To describe the decrease in reading.
C.To draw people' s attention to reading.
D.To criticize negative attitudes towards reading

Random ramblings from a guy who is too busy to have a Web site. On the bright side, you won't find any ads, pop-ups, hype, or any attempts to sell you anything at all. Furthermore, you won't find any pages divided into a hundred little boxes. And the text is so large, you don't need an electron microscope to read it. A refreshing break from reality.  Anyway, here's what I have so far as I gradually resurrect my poor neglected Web site.

PC Survival Camp

Being new to computers, or even just being a “casual user”, isn’t always fun. It's as though everybody on the planet assumes you already know all the buzzwords, and already possess all the skills necessary to use a computer.  Which is a really big assumption, when you consider that nobody was ever born knowing how to use a computer. The links below provide some quick mini-tutorials on all the skills and buzzwords that everyone else seems to assume you already know. Click on any link (underlined text) for a quick mini-lesson. Use the Back button at the bottom of any

page to work your way back to this page.

TechFear Camp

Jargon Camp

Internet Camp

Windows XP Camp

Wrong button!

Hardware

What is the Net?

Desktop

Crash the Internet!

Ports

What's Bandwidth?

Start menu

Erase everything!

KB, megabytes, etc.

What's Download?

Taskbar

Run out of space!

Software

What Web browser?

Quick Launch

Email privacy!

Toolbars

Getting around

Notifications

Viruses!

 

What e-Mail client?

Moving and Sizing

Hackers!

 

Death to pop-ups

Control Panel

 

 

 

More...

If you're looking for Microsoft Access stuff, click here.

l I'm gradually bringing back some of my old HTML stuff here.

l If you have a question, Ask Alan

1.Who is the passage written for?

A.Everyone                             B.College students.

C.Anyone who wants to use a computer.       D.An expert on computers.

2.What’s the advantage of this web site?

A.It’s cheap.                           B.There are no ads.

C.It’s modern.                          D.It provides an electron microscope.

3.You can learn computer skills except_____.

A.Erase everything!   B.Software.          C.Flash .            D.Taskbar.

4.If you have problems, ask____ for help.

A.Coolnerds.com                         B.PC survival Camp

C.Alan                                 D.HTML Stuff

 

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