nd drive them."
31. In 1990, the number of jobs having nothing to do with computers in the United States will be reduced to
A) 79 million
B) 30 million
C) 70 million
D) 100 million
32. The expression "Print illiterate" (Para. 1, L16) refers to
A) one who has never learnt printing
B) one who is not computer literate
C) one who has never learnt to read
D) one who is not able to use a typewriter
33. The first paragraph is mainly about
A) recent predictions of computer-related jobs
B) the wide use of computers in schools
C) the urgency of computer education
D) public interest in computers
34. According to the author, the effective way to spread the use of computers is to teach
A) what computers are
B) how to use computers
C) where computers can be used
D) how computers work
35. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) What to teach about computers should be reconsidered.
B) Those who are not educated in computer use will mn find it difficult to get a job.
C) Human society has already entered the Information Age.
D) Those who want to use computers should know how computers operate.
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
Editor:
While a new school term is about to begin, perhaps we should reconsider the matter of examinations. In July, two writers (Letters to'the Editor) praised the cancellation of exams because they believe "tests don' t tell the whole story."
As a teacher who has worked in four countries, I have had the experience that a student who earns good marks is generally a good student, and that a student's final mark in a subject is usually a grade average of the year's work. Of course there are exceptions, but they do not have the frequency that would give an unfair picture of a student's ability.
The simple fact is that proper class work, diligent exam studies and good marks are almost certain indicators of a student's future performance. The opposite, almost certainly, incompetence.
There is no accetpable substitute for competition and examination of quality. How can teachers and future officials determine what a student has learned and remembered? Should we simply take the student word for it? Any insititution that "liberates" students from fair and formal exams is misguided, if not ignorant. And surely the "graduates" of such institutions will lack trustworthiness, not to mention being rejected by foreign universities for graduate or other studies.
When all is said and done, I sense that a lear of failure and a fear of unplesant comparison with others is at the bottom of most ban-exams (废除考试) talk. Excellence and quality fear nothing. On the contrary, they seek competition and desire the satisfaction of being the best.
36. Which of the following will the author of this passage probably agree with?
A) Tests are not effective in measuring the students' abilities.
B) Tests are an effective measure of the students' abilities.
C) Tests can only measure some of the students' abilities.
D) Tests may not be useful for measuring students' abilities.
37. The two writers mentioned in the first paragraph __
A) opposed judging students by the results of exams
B) must have proposed other ways of testing students
C) regarded exams as a way of punishing students
D) seem to be worried about the poor marks of their students
38. According to the letter, a student's final mark
A) is often encouraging
B) often gives a fair picture of the year's work
C) often proves unreliable
D) often tells whether he likes the subject of not
39. If a student graduated from a university which does not require exams he would
A) have to continue his studies
B) have a feeling of failure
C) be incompetent
D) not be admitted by foreign institutions
40. According to the letter, those who dislike the idea of examinations are probably afraid of
A) competing with other students
B) being graded unfairly
C) working too hard
D) being dismissed from school
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. It is not dif
上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 下一页
