开放教育专科计算机专业计算机英语复习题

1、开放教育专科计算机专业计算机英语复习题i. translation1. buffering 2. terminal3. encryption 4. hyperlink5. coding6. attack7. toolbar8. menu 9. icon10. date base11. compiler12. chip13. mainframe14. hardware15. program16. instruction17. processor18. magnetic disk19. hard disk20. data structure21. input22. output23. flat f

2、orm24.coding25.web page26.decompress27.documentation28.debugger29.ram30.multimedia . reading comprehensionpassage oneget with the programi have learned to use my computer as a productive tool in my everyday life, and you can too. we live in the computer age, and you need to get with the program.here

3、 are some basic computer terms.hardware. this is the part of the computer that stops working when you spill beer on it.software. these programs give instructions to the cpu, which processes billions of tiny facts called bytes, and within a fraction of a second it sends you an error message that requ

4、ires you to call the customer-support hot line.ram. this gives guys a way of deciding whose computer has the biggest memory. thats important because the more memory a computer has, the faster it can produce error message.the internet is the single most important development in the history of human c

5、ommunications since the invention of call waiting. a bold statement? indeed, but consider how the internet can enhance our lives.imagine that you need to: 1. make an airline reservation: 2. buy concert tickets; 3. research a tax question; and 4. help your child with a school report. now you simply t

6、urn on your computer, dial up your internet access number, and in less than an instant, you are listening to a busy signal!once you get through, you are connected to millions of people all over the globe and can chat with total strangers.we are only beginning to touch the surface of the computers ca

7、pabilities. we do not know what lies around the next bend on the information highway. all we know for certain is that when we finally get there, we wont have enough ram.answer the following questions according to the passage.1. what is hardware?2. what can decide the memory of a computer?3. what is

8、the most important development in the history of human communications?4. why does the author say we are only beginning to touch the surface of the computers capabilities?5. what is the tone(口气) of the writer in describing the computer, serious, joking, cheerful or sad?passage twocomputersi wasnt wor

9、ried when my son bought a computer. after all, lots of children have parents who don t understand computers. but when my secretary asked for a computer in the office, well, i did become anxious then. she claims to know nothing about technical matters. she even used to ask me to thread the new ribbon

10、 (色带) in her typewriter. and if she understood computers, then i was obviously out of date. i decided to take a series of lessons in computing. my son treated me very kindly. he invited me to sit down in front of his vdu and, when i asked him what a vdu was, he explained it was the television screen

11、 i was looking at. all computer experts apparently call it a video (录像) display unit or vdu for short. i didnt like to ask him why, so instead i asked him about the computer itself. from that moment, my memory of the lesson becomes vague (模糊的) because he told me a lot of things that i really don t u

12、nderstand at all. for example, he told me about the computers memory. apparently, its got 16 mb of memory that he seemed to find very impressive. the computer uses part of its memory to remember how it works. well that seems logical. part to remember the information you give it and part to remember

13、what to do with the information. when i heard all that, i began to feel a bit tired. i also wondered where you kept all this information after the computer had been switched off. apparently this isnt a problem. you use a disc drive. you can store all the information you want to keep on a small piece

14、 of magnetic coated plastic which my son called a floppy disc. you can store it in a series of files: when i heard that i became a bit worried because it sounds rather like my secretarys filing system and i wondered whether you could lose information on a floppy disc as easily as she lost it in her

15、files. my son told me that wasnt possible and he also asked me whether i was taking my lessons seriously. so i made and excuse, said i had a headache, and suggested that we should postpone the lesson until another day. if my secretary understands all that, good luck to her. she deserves a rise. what

16、s more, ill thread her.true/ false.1. _ the speaker was anxious when his son bought a computer.2. _the speakers secretary claims to know anything about technical matters. 3. _ the speaker had a headache, and suggested that he should postpone the lesson until another day. 4. _ the speaker understand

17、well about the computer at last.5. _the speaker thought if his secretary understands all that, she deserves a rise.passage threeuses for a computercommunication with computers is becoming more and more sophisticated (精密，复杂). when a computer is purchased it comes with several programs that allow the

18、user to communicate with the computer. programs that allow the user to carry out particular tasks on a computer are referred to as software.the business world has welcomed the advances made possible by the use of personal computers and the powerful programs, known as software packages, which enable

19、the computer to do various tasks. the most important computer applications are word processing, data- base managers, and spreadsheets (空白表格程序)today, computers are used for a variety of purposes. data processing involves large collections of data on which relatively few calculations need to be made.

20、for example, a credit card company could use the system to keep track of the m lances of its customers accounts. pattern recognition is the identification and classification of shapes, forms, or relationships. for example, a chess player will examine the chessboard carefully to determine a good next

21、 move. finally, a computer can be used for simulation of a real situation. for example, an original type of a new spacecraft can be tested under various circumstances to determine its limitations. the computer carries out these tasks by accepting information, performing mathematical and logical oper

22、ations with the information, and then supplying the results of the operations as new information.by using a modem and a program called a communications package, a computer can transfer information to and from other computers directly or over a phone line. if you send software or data from your compu

23、ter to another, this is called uploading. if you get software or data from another computer, this is called downloading. a person or company may set up a computer specifically to be accessed (利用) by modem. the phone number is then made available to a private list of people or to the public. some com

24、panies specialize in making databases available commercially. there is a charge to use these services based on the time you are connected, or the time you are online. networks have been designed specifically to enable people to send messages to each other visa(通过)computer. such networks, known as el

25、ectronic mail or e-mail, have become commonplace among large universities or companies.what does the future bold? a design goal set by international business machines corporation is to fit an entire computer, including all its memory, into a box 8 centimeters by 8 centimeters by 10 centimeters. that

26、 is less than half the volume of a book! computers will no longer consist of transistors or other semiconductor components, but will instead consist of superconductors (超导体). this new generation of computers will shrink the time necessary to execute a single command from 50 nanoseconds (毫微秒) (for pr

27、esent-day computers) to about 4 nanoseconds.translate the following sentences into chinese.1. programs that allow the user to carry out particular tasks on a computer are referred to as software.2. a chess player will examine the chessboard carefully to determine a good next move.3. by using a modem

28、 and a program called a communications package, a computer can transfer information to and from other computers directly or over a phone line.4. such networks as have been designed specially to enable people to send messages to each other via computers are known as e-mail.5. the new generation of co

29、mputers will shrink the time necessary to execute a single command from 50 nanoseconds to about nanoseconds.passage fourbill gateswilliam( bill) h. gates is chairman of microsoft corporation, which develops software for pc, or personal computer. gates was born on october 28, 1955, and grew up in sea

30、ttle in the state of washington. his father is a lawyer and his mother was a teacher. gates attended a private school in washington. there, he began to develop personal computer software when he was only 13. in 1973, gates became a student of harvard university. while he was at harvard, he developed

31、 a language for the personal computer. in his third year, gates left harvard. he devoted himself to microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with paul allen. they believed that the personal computer would become a wonderful tool in every office and in every home. they began developing software fo

32、r personal computers. gates ideas about personal computers led to the success of microsoft and the software industry. gates takes part in decision-making at microsoft, and plays an important role in the development of new products. microsoft is trying to make it easier and cheaper for people to use computers. it spends a great deal of money on the development of new software.in1999, gates wrote business the speed of thought this book