Computers are very important to modern life．Many people think that in the future computers will be used in lots of everyday life．It is thought that we won’t have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet．There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from computers．The Internet will be used to play games, see films and buy food．Most telephone calls will be made by computers, too．
Some people are glad about those new ways of shopping and communicating(交流)．Others do not think that computers will replace（代替）our old ways．
Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books using computers, which will keep many different books in them at the same time．We won’t need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved．Computerized (計算機化的) books will be used more and more．
While many people say it is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy．It is also unlikely that many people will want to read large texts on our computers. Because paper books will perhaps be more friendly．Maybe computers won’t change these two habits．
小題1:Which is the main idea of this passage?
A．People like going shoppingB．Reading books is important
C．Computers are importantD．Computer can be used to play games
小題2:There will be no more books because________.
A．There is no paper in the future.B．People don’t like reading books.
C．They are very expensive.D．We can read passages from computers.
小題3:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．We can see films by computers.B．People all like to go shopping by computers.
C．We can’t buy anything using computers.D．All the people like reading books from computers.
小題4:Which of the following is mentioned (提到) in the passage?
A．Computers can help us e-mail our friends.B．We can chat by using computers.
C．Computers can help us make telephone calls.D．We can listen to the music by computers.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C

小題1:主要講述了電腦會在很多方面影響我們的生活。如：我們可以在網(wǎng)上購書和閱讀，這樣既節(jié)省紙張又方便快捷。有人說因此網(wǎng)絡(luò)閱讀將取代我們以前的閱讀習(xí)慣。但還有人不這樣認為，因為紙張看起來更溫馨一些。對于購物也是一樣，網(wǎng)上雖然可以買到你要的東西，但逛街也自有樂趣。 
小題1:答案A和B分述了文章的兩個部分的內(nèi)容，而D只涉及了電腦的一點用途。所以只有C答案概括性強些。
小題2:答案在第二自然段的第三行和其后的文字中。
小題3:答案BCD的文字表述都太絕對了，以偏蓋全。
小題4:本題的四個選項都是我們知道的電腦能做的事情，但只有C項是文中提到的。
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