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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 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 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.
31. 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
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. 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
35. What did passengers do when the computer was down?
A. They left home and went home.
B. They drank coffee and stared at the black screen.
C. They began to talk to each other.
D. None above.
參考翻譯
英語中最令人恐懼的句子是：“我們的電腦宕機了。”在出差的時候，這樣的訊息你聽到的越來越多。前幾天我在機場排隊買去華盛頓的票。售票視窗的女孩說：“對不起，我們現在不能賣票。我們的電腦宕機了。”“要是電腦壞了，你就給我填一張票吧。”
“我無法給你填票。我們只能用電腦出票。”
我看著那臺電腦。乘客們都站在那裡，喝著咖啡，盯著那已黑了的螢幕。然後我問她：“你們這些人都是幹什麼的?”
“我們把你旅途的資訊輸入電腦，然後它就會顯示是否有合適你的航班。”
“所以要是電腦宕機了，你們就什麼都不能幹了。”
“是的。先生。”
“電腦宕機要持續多久?”我問道。
“我不清楚。有時十分鐘，有時兩個小時。要是不Pl電腦我們什麼資訊都不知道。既然現在它宕機了，它就不會迴應我們了。”
從女孩那裡得知沒有備用電腦後，我說：“我們先別管電腦這事。你們的飛機呢?它們還在飛，是嗎?”
“沒有電腦，我就無法回答你。”
“或許我可以去大門那問飛行員是否要飛往華盛頓。”我暗示道。
“我不知道讓你去哪個門找他。即使飛行員飛往華盛頓，要是沒有機票.他也不會讓你登機。”
“接下來的幾個小時還有其他去華盛頓的航班嗎?”
“我無法回答你，”她說著，順便指指那黑了的螢幕，“只有‘它'知道.而它現在無法告訴我。”
現在已經沒多少人排隊了。電腦宕機的訊息迅速傳到了其他旅行者那裡。一些人驚得臉都白了，有一些人開始大叫，還有一些人憤怒地踢他們的行李。
答案及解析
31.A【解析】主旨題。根據文章第一句中的'“0ur computer is down”(我們的電腦宕機了)及後面的文章關於機場電腦宕機後的一些對話內容可知，文章主要講述的是機場電腦宕機後發生的一些事情，故本題選擇A。
32.D【解析】細節題。根據文章中的對話“When it[computer]goes go down with it.”(若電腦宕機了，你們也工作不了 了。)可知，機場售票員什麼都不能做。故本題選擇D。
33.B【解析】主觀題。沒有備用電腦，最有可能是因為裝置比較貴。故本題選擇B。
34.C【解析】推斷題。根據文章最後一段的描述：電腦宕機，旅客們感到恐懼、憂鬱、不安，故本題選擇C。
35.B 【解析】細節題。文中第四段第一句“every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen.”(乘客們站在那兒，喝著咖啡，眼睛盯著那個黑掉了的螢幕)。故本題選擇B。
