Question

Although computers used to be large, expensive and difficult to use, they have been made smaller, cheaper and easier to use. As a result, more people have been buying computers for their homes and businesses. They are used to record information and make difficult things easy.

Let’s look at some of the many ways computers may affect(影响) your life.

Want to get the best treatment at hospitals? Your doctors at hospitals have been greatly helped by computers to get information about patients. It is possible for doctors from different hospitals to read the records of patients, discuss them and make decisions on the best treatment. It would, at one time, take them hours and days to do so.

Want to talk to your friends both at home and abroad? Then it’s necessary to connect your computer to the Internet and set up your own e-mail letter box. You can then collect and send mails in seconds. It will be a waste of time and money to post your letters.

Want to get advice from Michael Jordan on how to play basketball like a NBA super star? Now it is possible to find out what it is on the Internet.

But if you think you have entered the information age because you have the chance to use the Internet, you are wrong. The reason is quite a simple one:over 98 percent of the information on the Internet is in English. The information on-line won’t be helpful to you unless you can use English freely.

1.According to the writer, computers in the past were ____.

A. small         B. easy to use

C. cheap         D. dear

2.Doctors at hospitals use computers for all the following except ____.

A. get information about patients

B. make decisions on the best treatment

C. talk to their friends at home and abroad

D. read the records of patients

3.In the fourth paragraph, the writer suggests we should ____.

A. use the Internet to send and receive e-mails

B. put up a letter box in front of the house

C. go to the post office to post letters

D. all of the above

4.The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “treatment” in the third paragraph is ____.

A. 治疗          B. 对待           C. 药品           D. 病房

5.Which one will be the best title of the passage?

A. Modern Computers       B. Computers In Your Life

C. Learn English Well     D. Why Don’t You Buy A Computer?

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题解析：电脑影响了我们生活的方方面面，比如医生通过电脑上记录的病人信息更好地给予治疗，我们可以便捷的与海内外朋友取得联系，但是网络中提供的信息多数是英文，我们也需要与时俱进熟练掌握英语。

1.细节理解和猜测词义题。根据Although computers used to be large, expensive and difficult to use 得知过去的电脑个大，昂贵，很难操作，dear是昂贵的意思，选D。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段可以找到A、B、D三个选项的信息，根据排除法选C。

3.细节理解题。根据Want to talk to your friends both at home and abroad? Then it’s necessary to connect your computer to the Internet and set up your own e-mail letter box. You can then collect and send mails in seconds. 和国内外朋友聊天，网上建立邮箱提供了快捷廉价的方式，作者建议采取收发邮件的方式，选A。

4.猜测词义题。根据Want to get the best treatment at hospitals? Your doctors at hospitals have been greatly helped by computers to get information about patients.医院通过电脑更好地了解病人情况，给予病人最好的治疗，得知划线词是治疗，选A。

5.最佳标题。根据Let’s look at some of the many ways computers may affect(影响) your life.“人们生活中的电脑”是最切合主题的标题，选B。

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