Question

Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees-anywhere at all!

Because of the many changes in computer technology , laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher-education officials are studying? how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.

At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “ Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”

1. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to ________.

A. use for their schoolwork?

B. access the Internet

C. work at home

D. connect them to libraries

2.Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks(引號)?

A. They don’t really talk.

B. They use the computer language.

C. Laptops have speakers.

D. None of the above reasons is correct.

3.Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A. All teachers use computers.

B.1500 students have laptops.

C. It is an old college in America.

D. Students there can do everything.

4.A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can ________.

A. attend lectures on information technology

B. travel around the world

C. get information from around the world

D. have free laptops

5. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The program is successful.

B. The program is not workable.

C. The program is too expensive.

D. We don’t know the result yet.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.A?????????????????

3.C?????????????????????????

4.C???????????????????

5.D??????????????????????

【解析】??

試題分析：本文講述了當前社會很多人使用筆記本，筆記本電腦對人們的生活有很重要的影響。而在西湖大學正準備啟動一個筆記本項目。它計劃在五年之內為學校的每一位學生配備一臺電腦，讓學生隨時隨地能夠做作業。也能夠通過郵件和老師同學交流，更能了解更多的關于外部世界的信息。

1.細節理解題。句意：筆記本電腦項目的主要目的是給每個學生配備電腦讓他們做什么？根據： a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. 一個能夠允許學生在任何地點做學校作業的筆記本項目，故選A。

2.細節理解題。句意：為什么在第二段的單詞“speak”為什么要用引號？根據：In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak”他們通過郵件說，可知通過郵件是寫的，交流的，并不是真正的說，故選A 。????????????????

3.細節理解題。句意：關于西湖大學的說法，那一項是正確的。根據： at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. 一所110年的大學可知應該選C，西湖大學歷史悠久。?????????????????????????

4.細節理解題。句意：最后一段中A window on the world意味著學生能夠做什么？根據：They can see everything and do everything.他們能看見所有，能夠做所有。可知，通過電腦，學生能夠得到關于這個世界更多的信息，故選 C。??????????????????

5..推理判斷題。句意；從這篇文章我們能夠推出什么？根據：Within five years, , each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop.五年之內，每個學生將會收到地難熬。可知文章并沒有告訴我們結果，故選D 。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。?