2021年12月大学英语四六级阅读题专项练习24

2021年12月英语四六级阅读题

专项练习24：学习计算机

Learninghowtouseacomputerandlearninghowtoprogramoneare

twodistinctactivities.Acasemightbemadethatthecompetentcitizens

oftomorrowshouldfreethemselvesfromtheirfearofcomputers.Butthis

isquitedifferentfromsayingthatalloughttoknowhowtoprogramone.

Leavethattopeoplewhohavechosenprogrammingasacareer.While

programmingcanbelotsoffun,andwhileoursocietyneedssomepeople

whoareexpertsatit,thesameistrueofautorepairandviolin-making.

Thereisnodenyingthatstudentsshouldlearnsomethingabouthow

computerswork,justasweexpectthematleasttounderstandthatthe

internal-combustionengine（内燃机）hassomethingtodowithburningfuel,

expandinggasesandpistons（活塞）beingdriven.Forpeopleshouldhave

somebasicideaofhowthethingsthattheyusedowhattheydo.Further,

studentsmightbehelpedbyacoursethatconsidersthecomputer*simpact

onsociety.Butthatisnotwhatismeantbycomputerliteracy.Forcomputer

literacyisnotaformofliteracy（读写能力）；itisatradeskillthat

shouldnotbetaughtasaliberalart.

Learninghowtouseacomputerisnotthatdifficult,anditgetseasier

allthetimeasprogramsbecomemore“user-friendly”.Letusassumethat

inthefutureeveryoneisgoingtohavetoknowhowtouseacomputerto

beacompetentcitizen.Whatdoesthephraselearningtouseacomputer

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mean?Itsoundslikeulearningtodriveacar”,thatis,itsoundsas

ifthereissomesetofdefiniteskillsthat,onceacquired,enableone

touseacomputer.

Infact,“learningtouseacomputer“ismuchmorelikeulearning

toplayagame”,butlearningtherulesofonegamemaynothelpyouplay

asecondgame,whoserulesmaynotbethesame.Thereisnosuchathingas

teachingsomeonehowtouseacomputer.Onecanonlyteachpeopletouse

thisorthatprogramandgenerallythatiseasilyaccomplished.

练习题：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Tobethecompetentcitizensoftomorrow,peopleshould.

A.trytolayasolidfoundationincomputerscience

B.beawareofhowthethingsthattheyusedowhattheydo

C.learntouseacomputerbyacquiringacertainsetofskills

D.understandthatprogrammingacomputerismoreessentialthan

repairingacar

2.Inthesecondparagraph“autorepair"and"violin-making”are

mentionedtoshowthat.

A.programmingacomputerisasinterestingasmakingaviolin

B.oursocietyneedsexpertsindifferentfields

C.violinmakingrequiresasmuchskillascomputerprogramming

D.peoplewhocanuseacomputerdon'tnecessarilyhavetoknow

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computerprogramming

3.Learningtouseacomputerisgettingeasierallthetimebecause

A.programsarebecominglesscomplicated

B.programsaredesignedtobeconvenienttousers

C.programmingisbecomingeasierandeasier

D.programsarebecomingreadilyavailabletocomputerusers

4.Accordingtotheauthor,thephrase“learningtouseacomputer”

(Lines3,4,Para.3)meanslearning.

A.asetofrulesB.thefundamentalsofcomputerscience

C.specificprogramsD.generalprinciplesofprogramming

5.Theauthor'spurposeinwritingthispassageis.

A.tostresstheimpactofthecomputeronsociety

B.toexplaintheconceptofcomputerliteracy

C.toillustratetherequirementsforbeingcompetentcitizensof

tomorrow

D.toemphasizethatcomputerprogrammingisaninterestingand

challengingjob

1.EC］推理判断题。第2段提到未来有能力的人应该从恐惧中解脱出来，第

3段则提到学习计算机则就像是“学开车”一样，只要掌握某套技能即可，故可

知有能力的人只需要通过掌握技能学习计算机即可，而不必学习编程，故C正确。

2.［D］词义理解题。在第2段中，作者强调一般人只需学会使用计算机，而

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不必学会编程，最后指出这与“汽车修理”和“小提琴制作”一样，可见作者提

到“汽车修理”（类似一般人使用计算机）和“小提琴创作”（数似于电脑专业人

员编程）还是为了说明上文的观点，故D正确。

3.[B]事实细节题。第3段首句提到学习使用计算机越来越容易的原因是计

算机编程变得更user-friendly,B中的convenienttousers与此相符，故正

确。

4.[C]句意理解题。第4段指出教人学