Are you a team person? Are you at your best as part of a small, tightly united group of dedicated workers? If so, the future may hold more for you than you think.
High technology, some predicted, would make team work a thing of the past. That’s happening in those areas of business and data processing where one person and a computer can replace a team of workers.
But, elsewhere, teamwork is very much alive. High technology has led to a new type of teamwork in a number of fields, including advertising, scientific research, engineering design, architecture and ocean exploration. Through computer networking, scientists, engineers and technicians at different locations---often thousands of miles apart---can work on the same project at once. They can exchange ideas, try out different designs and test their results.
Examples? An engineering team can now design and try out a robot system, a new manufacturing process, or an entire factory before it is built. An architectural team can do the same with a building or a bridge. A medical team can simulate (模擬) a dangerous operation before performing it on a patient.
Of course, computer–assisted team effort doesn’t end with investigation and simulation. It now usually continues into actual design, manufacturing and testing. “Computer–aided design (CAD) and computer–aided manufacture (CAM) are breaking down barriers between traditional design and manufacturing functions,” explains Dr. Prakash Rao, an engineering manager at General Electric. “Interdisciplinary teams and engineers follow a product from concept to production. Everything is interconnected like a network.”
Sometimes a computer–aided effort can extend beyond production. A team that produces robots may use them to explore space and ocean depth. For high–technology team work, the future seems limitless.
小題1:The underlined part “hold more” most probably means to          .
A．maintain more chancesB．give more rights
C．make more regulationsD．store more information
小題2:According to the passage, the writer believes that         .
A．teamwork requires more use of computers than that of human beings
B．teamwork will be completely replaced by computers
C．the concept of teamwork is still alive and no longer the same as the past
D．high technology would make teamwork a thing of the past
小題3:The examples given by the writer in Paragraph 4 serve           .
A．to prove high technology has a promising future
B．to explain his idea of new type of teamwork is reasonable
C．to show that it tends to be an end to teamwork soon
D．to indicate the computer—assisted team effort just means investigation and simulation.
小題4:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Many fields of science and technology are now using computers effectively.
B．No details are given in the passage about barriers between traditional design and manufacturing functions.
C．Experts from different fields have to cooperate to develop a product from concept to production.
D．High technology is nothing but a new type of teamwork plus CAD and CAM.
小題5:The author’s attitude to towards the introduction of the computer to teamwork is of         .
A．objectionB．indifferenceC．supportD．doubt

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:C

試題分析：本文詳細介紹了在現(xiàn)代的計算機領(lǐng)域中的團隊合作的新的作用，作者對此是持有支持的態(tài)度的。
小題1:A 推理題。根據(jù)本句If so, the future may hold more for you than you think.說明如果你是一個很好的團隊合作的人，那么未來你得到發(fā)展的機會要比你想象的還要多。充分說明了團隊合作的重要性，故A正確。
小題2:C 推理題。根據(jù)第二段第一句High technology, some predicted, would make team work a thing of the past.和第三段第一句But, elsewhere, teamwork is very much alive.說明新技術(shù)讓團隊合作和以前不一樣，但是仍然存在并發(fā)揮作用，故C項正確。
小題3:B 推理題。根據(jù)第4段2,3,4行It now usually continues into actual design, manufacturing and testing. “Computer–aided design (CAD) and computer–aided manufacture (CAM) are breaking down barriers between traditional design and manufacturing functions,” explains Dr. Prakash Rao, an engineering manager at General Electric.說明現(xiàn)在團隊合作仍然在發(fā)揮著重要的作用，所以說團隊合作很重要的說法是合理的，故B正確。
小題4:D 推理題。根據(jù)第四段第一行Of course, computer–assisted team effort doesn’t end with investigation and simulation.以及第四段其余內(nèi)容都說明以高科技不僅僅是一種新型的團隊合作，還有別的作用。故D項正確。
小題5:C 態(tài)度意圖題。在本文中作者詳細第描述了在現(xiàn)代社會里，團隊合作仍然在發(fā)揮著重要的作用，尤其是在計算機的領(lǐng)域，可以看出作者對此持支持的態(tài)度，故C正確。
點評：本文屬于科普類短文，學(xué)生對這類短文有一定的恐懼，主要是因為詞匯，所以要注意上下文語義的串聯(lián)，要求從語義串聯(lián)中理解不熟悉的生詞的意思。同時本文對考生的理解力的要求較高，要求考生能克服提供信息的不對稱的障礙，并結(jié)合文本信息和題目要求，做出適當(dāng)?shù)难由�，做出準確的判斷。
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