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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 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( 便攜式的) computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources（資源）. 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(職員) 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.”
【小題1】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.
【小題2】Which of the following is true about Westlake College?
A．All teachers use computers.
B．1500 students have laptops now.
C．It is an old college in America.
D．Students there can do everything.
【小題3】A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can ________.
A．a(chǎn)ttend lectures on information technology
B．travel around the world
C．get information from around the world
D．have free laptops
【小題4】 What can we infer（推斷） from the passage?
A．The program is successful.
B．The program is not workable.
C．The program is too expensive to carry out.
D．We don’t know the result yet.


【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：這篇短文中講述的是Westlake大學開始了一個筆記本電腦項目，允許學生們隨時隨地的使用電腦學習。他們可以使用電腦跟老師、同學和家人交流，老師們也覺得這樣可以使學生們更多地了解這個世界。但是這個項目的效果到底任何，文章并沒有提到。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中The students will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families.可知，學生們可以用電子郵件和他們的老師、同學和家人“說話”。這里的說話并不是真的說話，而是通過電腦和別人交流，所以這里用引號引起來。故選A。
【小題2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff(職員) use computers.可知A選項與文意不符；根據(jù)Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop.可知B選項與文意不符；D 選項中的意思表達不夠準確；根據(jù)Westlake, a 110-year-old college.可知，Westlake大學是一個有著110年歷史的學校，因此C的說法是正確的，故選C。
【小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中Westlake大學的一個老師說，通過電腦，老師們給了學生們一扇了解世界的窗戶，這里老師的意思應(yīng)是通過電腦，學生們可以更多地了解這個世界。故選C。
【小題4】推理判斷題。這篇短文中講述的是Westlake大學開始了一個筆記本電腦項目，允許學生們隨時隨地的使用電腦學習。但是這個項目的效果如何，在短文中并沒有告訴我們。故選D。
考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。

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