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 used in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable(可行的). 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（教職員工）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

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了隨著便攜式電腦在全世界的流行，便攜式電腦逐步在校園里得到廣泛地運(yùn)用。便攜式電腦的功能在逐步強(qiáng)大，它與臺式電腦逐步相似，不僅能夠讓學(xué)生上網(wǎng)，而且還能夠與圖書館和其他資源連接。而現(xiàn)在便攜式電腦大量地運(yùn)用，學(xué)校不僅會實(shí)施一項(xiàng)便攜式電腦計(jì)劃，讓學(xué)生可以隨時(shí)隨地做作業(yè)，而且學(xué)校超過60%的員工在使用便攜式電腦。

1. College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want.意思是：在維吉尼亞的Westlake College將開始一項(xiàng)計(jì)算機(jī)計(jì)劃，使得學(xué)生能夠咋任何他想學(xué)習(xí)的地方做作業(yè)。故選A。

2. addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families.意思是能夠使用郵件與他們的老師，同學(xué)和他們的家人“說話”，而這里的說話并不是真的說話，是指通過郵件來交流，因此要加引號。故選A。

3. laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college.意思是：在Westlake這個有著110年歷史的學(xué)校，便攜式電腦是10億電腦計(jì)劃中的一部分�？芍�這是一個在美國比較老的學(xué)校。故選C。

4. we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”意思是：這里我們在Virginia的中間階段，我們正在給予學(xué)生通向外界的窗戶，他們可以看見一切事物，做所有的事。說明這樣的計(jì)劃能讓學(xué)生了解到世界上的信息。故選C。

5. officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.意思是：一些政府官員也正在其他的學(xué)校實(shí)驗(yàn)便攜式電腦計(jì)劃。所以，目前我們并不知道結(jié)果。故選D。

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