Section C
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A ),B., C. andD. . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
Educators today are more and more often heard to say that computer literacy is absolutely necessary for college students. Many even argue that each incoming freshman should have permanent access to his or hcr own microcomputer. What advantages do computers offer the college students?
Any student who has used a word processor will know one compelling reason to use a computer: to write papers. Although not all students feel comfortable composing on a word processor, most find revising and editing much easier on it. One can alter, insert, or delete just by pressing a few keys, thus eliminating the need to rewrite or re-type. Furthermore, since the revision process is less burdensome, students are more likely to revise as often as is necessary to end up with the best paper possible. For these reasons, many freshman English courses require the use of a word processor.
Computers are also useful in the context of language courses, where they are used to drill students in basic skills. Software programs reinforce ESL(English as a Second Language ) instruction, as well as instruction in French, German, Spanish, and other languages. By using these programs on a regular basis, students can improve their proficiency in a language while proceeding at their own pace.
Science students take advantage of computers in many ways. Using computer graphic capabilities, for example, botany students can represent and analyze different plant growth patterns. Medical students can learn to interpret computerized images of internal body structures. Physics students can complete complex calculations far
more quickly than they could without the use of computer.
Similarly, business and accounting students find that computer spreadsheet programs are all but indispensable to many aspects of their work, while students pursuing careers in graphic arts. marketing, and public relations find that knowledge of computer graphic is important. Education majors learn to develop grading systems using computers, while social science students use computers for analyzing and graphically displacing their research results.
It is no wonder, then, that educators support the purchase and use of microcomputers by students. A versatile tool, the computer can help students learn. And that is, after all, the reason for going to college.
56. The word "literacy" (Line 1, Paragraph 1) means__________.
A. the ability to read and write
B. the ability to use
C. literature
D. the knowledge of language
57. The main purpose of this passage is to __________.
A. persuade the educators to increase computer use in their own classroom
B. analyze advantages and disadvantages of computer use among college students
C. identify some of the ways that computers benefit college students
D. describe how computers can be used to teach foreign languages
58. According to the author, a word processor can be used to __________.
A. revise papers
B. retype papers
C. reduce the psychological burden of writing papers
D. improve the writing skills of a student
59. In this passage, the writer's argument is developed primarily through the use of __________.
A. cause-effect analysis
B. comparison and contrast
C. induction
D. examples
60. According to the author, the reason for students to go to college is__________.
A. to learn something
B. to perfect themselves
C. to improve computer skills
D. to make the best use of computers
【參考譯文】
[56]現在，越來越多的教育專家認為大學生一定要懂電腦。甚至還有許多人認為每個大學新生都應該隨時能使用自己的電腦。那麼，電腦能夠給大學生帶來什麼好處呢?
任何一個使用過word程式的人都知道使用電腦的一個必要原因：寫論文。[58]雖然並非所有學生都喜歡在word文件裡寫東西，但是大部分學生都發現在電腦上進行修改和編輯更加容易。只需按下幾個鍵，你就可以修改、插入或者刪除，無需重寫或重新輸入。此外，由於這種修改並不怎麼煩累，學生更有可能經常修改，從而完成一篇質量最高的論文。因此，很多為大一新生開設的英文課程都要求學生使用word程式。
電腦對於語言課程也是非常有用的，它們能幫助學生訓練基本的語言能力。軟體程式為非母語英語課程，同時還有法語、德語、西班牙語以及其他語種的課程的教育帶來了方便。通過定期使用這些程式，學生可以根據自己的進度提高語言水平。
