Extract 1（摘錄一）
A computer
A computer is an "information processor". It is given information, called "data", instructed to do certain things and then show us the results. The data put into the computer is called the" input" and the results which come out are the "output". Some people say the circle of large standing stones at Stonehenge is a kind of computer. Prehistory people worked out their calendar from the position of the shadows made by the sun shining on the stones.
Extract 2
Teach yourself new subjects and skills at your own pace with a home computer. Use it to help with schoolwork, for self-improvement, even to improve your career skills. Learn touchtyping.
Foreign languages or computer programming. A home computer can help children of all ages learn classroom subjects such as spelling, geography and others. In fact it makes learning fun. So if you want to teach yourself, or help your children teach themselves---get a home computer. It can also help you manage your personal finances(經(jīng)濟(jì)）or help you to work taxes and plan household budgets(預(yù)算）.You can make business a pleasure with a home computer.
【小題1】The writer introduces the words such as "input" and "output" in order to_____.

A．introduce people to computer language

B．show computer language is the same as English

C．help people some scientific language

D．give people some scientific language

【小題2】Why does the writer talk about Stonehenge in Extract 1?

A．To give an example of the very first computer.

B．To show that computers are older than mankind.

C．To tell the difference between the past and the present.

D．To give another way of explaining computers.

【小題3】If you think of the circle of large standing stones as a computer,_____.

A．the shadow is the input and the position is the output

B．the sunlight is the input and the calendar is the output

C．the position is the input and the sunlight is the output

D．the calendar is the input and the shadow is the output

【小題4】Extract 2 is probably taken from_____.

A．a(chǎn) computer textbook	B．a(chǎn) company's advertisement
C．a(chǎn) teach-yourself computer book	D．a(chǎn) children's guide to computers

What makes a house a home? A home is a place of companionship with people in it who love each other, who are harmonious (和諧的) and closer with one another than with those in the workplace or with classmates at school. A home is a place that’s so magnetic that it’s difficult to leave. In a home there is love, sharing and appreciation, and the members help one another.

I have seen families on the street. But if they live, sleep, talk, and eat together, they are a family, even if they are poorly off. You don’t need a roof to make a home. The truly homeless are some of the rich people who build multi-million-dollar houses and are too busy to really live in them. The truly homeless are those who have turned their home into a hotel lobby. The parents work and the children misbehave. They don’t talk and eat together every day. They rarely see each other. The truly homeless people are those with babysitters, caretakers, gardeners and maids. However, people are unaware of this, as they are too busy making money outside the home that they don’t live in. This is another way of looking at the rich and the homeless. Who is to be pitied?

Control of the computer and the Internet is also important to make a house into a home. If the computer is on all the time, the house turns into an office, even if everyone is at home. Many homes these days are just offices. Human communication has stopped. The computer eats up all the time that one should be giving to others within the home. Using the computer moderately gives us time for play and communication, not with a screen, but with other people.

Which of the following may serve as the best title for this passage?

       A. How to make a house a home? B. What makes a house a home?

       C. Who are truly homeless?   D. What is a home for?

The purpose of the first paragraph is to tell us ____ .

       A. that where there is home there is love  B. how to have a happy home

       C. what people think a home is     D. the author’s concept of home

The underlined word “those” refers to ____ .

       A. people who build multi-million-dollar houses

       B. people who don’t spend time with the family

       C. people who have lost their family members

       D. homeless families living on the street in America

Which of the following is FALSE according to the passage?

       A. Computers and the Internet are important for a happy home.

       B. A home is a place where you are willing to stay.

       C. Sometimes it’s the rich that should be pitied.

       D. Even the poorest people can have a happy home.

According to the passage, which is NOT mentioned as an element (要素) of a home?

       A. Communication.      B. Appreciation.     C. Kindness.    D. Companionship.

 Though bought several years ago, the computer is still in good ____.

A. situation   B. condition   C. standard     D. position

 

第三部分閱讀技能(共三節(jié)，滿分35分)      

第一節(jié)閱讀理解(共12小題，每小題2分，滿分24分)

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Violent（暴力的） computer games have been strongly connected with aggression(好斗) in teenager boys in a study that shows the machines are increasingly becoming substitutes(替代品)for friendship.

The research provides powerful support to the doubt that actual violence could be one of the factors behind the crimes of aggression including young people. John Colwell, a lecturer at Middlesex University, who carried out the research, said aggression in boys seemed to increase with the amount of playing such games. “There are many facts to suggest there is a connection between playing computer games and aggression,” he said.

Previous studies have shown only a certain relation between such games and aggression. This conclusion was uncertain because it could mean that children who played the games did so because they had shown a sign to violence. Colwell's work shows, however, that there is a strong link, meaning that playing such games makes children more aggressive. He reached his conclusions after studying the behavior of 204 pupils aged 12-14 from a school in north London.

Children became obviously more aggressive the longer they had been playing violent games. They shouted, pushed and hit other children. Those who played in occasional bursts showed little effect. All the children spent many hours playing such games. Nearly 97％ of boys and 88％ of girls were regular users. Almost the boys, the heaviest computer users tended to have the fewest friends and reported seeing their machine as a friend.

41. Why did most of the computer users have few friends?

A. Because they felt very proud and lonely

B. Because they seldom left their homes

C. Because they regarded the computer as their only friend

D. Because they spent more time working in the computer

42. In fact, one of the factors connected with crimes is that _______.

A. children spend many hours on the computer studies

B. many boys are interested in violence{007}

C. children always play violent games in the computer

D. many girls become more dishonest up to now

43. How did Colwell prove his own views from the passage?

A. He studied nearly 97％ of boys' actions.

B. He studied the behavior of over two hundred children in a school.

C. He studied almost 80％of girls' actions.

D. He often talked to those little computer users in his home.

44. Which of the following words can best replace the underlined word “heaviest” in the last paragraph?

A. fattest      B. slowest      C. most dangerous     D. greatest number

45. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. aggression in girls and boys seemed to come from the computer

B. playing computer games is no good to all the children

C. Colwell's studies showed the computer is connected with violence

D. the computer games can have a connection with violence

 

The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I’m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”

“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”

“I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”

I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all you people do?”

“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”

“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”

“That’s good, sir.”

“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.

“I have no idea. Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There’s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down it won’t answer us.”

After the girl told me they had no backup(備用) computer, I said. “Let’s forget the computer. What about your planes? They’re still flying, aren’t they?”

“I couldn’t tell without asking the computer.”

“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’s flying to Washington, ” I suggested.

“I wouldn’t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn’t take you if you didn’t have a ticket.”

“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”

“I wouldn’t know, ” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only ‘IT’ knows. ‘It’ can’t tell me.”

By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.

The best title for the article is _______.

A. When the Computer Is Down             B. The Most Frightening Words

C. The Computer of the Airport       D. Asking the Computer

What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?

A. She could sell a ticket.                    B. She could write out a ticket.

C. She could answer the passengers’ questions.   D. She could do nothing.

Why do you think they had not a backup computer?

A. Because it was easy down              B. Because it was very expensive.

C. Because it was not advanced enough.     D. Because it was not as big as the main computer.

The last paragraph suggests that _______.

A. a modern computer won’t be down.   

B. computers can take the place of humans

C. sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people  

D. there will be great changes in computers