Question

Laptop (便攜式) 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 1,500 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 also are 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?

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. 1,500 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 patagraph 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(推斷)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----5     AACCD       

解析:

1.這是一道主旨題。文章第二段的第一句話說明便攜式電腦程序的目的是使學生用于做家庭作業(yè)。答案為A。 

2.這是一道詞義解釋題。第二段倒數(shù)第三句說明“speak”指的是用微機發(fā)電子郵件。答案為A。 

3.這是一道細節(jié)題。從第二段中第三句可以了解到，Westlake College是一所具有110年歷史的老校。答案為C。 

4. 這是一道詞義解釋題。短文最后兩句話說明通過使用這種程序為學生打開了了解世界的“窗口”。答案為C。 

5.這是一道推斷題。短文在談到Westlake College實施a laptop computer program時，大部分句子都是用了一般將來時，說明這僅是一項計劃，沒有說明該程序產(chǎn)生的結(jié)果。答案為D。