Question

【題目】Often people use laptops (筆記本電腦) 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 programme 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 programme at Westlake，a 110yearold college.The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet.Besides，they will be able to use email to“speak”with their teachers，their classmates，and their families.However，the most important part of the laptop programme is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs.They can work with it at home，in a fastfood 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(可行的)．As laptops become more powerful，they become more similar to desktop computers.Also，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 are also testing laptop programmes at other universities，too.

【1】The main purpose of the laptop programme is to give each student a laptop to ________.

A. do their school work

B. have access to the Internet

C. send emails

D. connect them to libraries

【2】The underlined word“speak”in the second paragraph most probably means“________”．

A. talk with speakers

B. talk with one's mouth

C. communicate

D. use the computer language

【3】Which of the following is TRUE about Westlake College?

A. It is an old college in America.

B. 1,500 students have laptops.

C. All students use computers.

D. Students there can do everything.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】

人們經(jīng)常在火車、飛機、機場和酒店使用筆記本電腦。這些筆記本把人們連接到他們的工作場所。在今天的美國，筆記本電腦也把學生和他們的教室聯(lián)系在一起。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一句“Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer programme that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want.”可知這個筆記本電腦程序的主要目的是給每個學生一臺筆記本電腦來完成他們的學業(yè)。故A項為最佳答案。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)畫線詞所在句中的“Besides，they will be able to use email to ‘speak’ with their teachers...”可以推斷，學生是用電子郵件與老師交流，而不是真正的談話。故選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“...Westlake，a 110yearold college.”可知，Westlake是一座古老的學校。第二段第二句“Within five years，each of the 1,500 students at the college will receive a laptop.”說明B項和C項錯誤；而D項文中未提及。故選A。