2018年公共英語三級閱讀理解模擬題（1）

　　公共英語三級閱讀理解模擬題

　　In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history, the early postwar era, there was a quite widespread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day. Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives, we are faced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem. People tend to be over-trusting of computers and are reluctant to challenge their authority. Indeed, they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed, or that a computer may simply malfunction.

　　Obviously, there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone awry. Questioning and routine double checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days. Maybe each computer should come with the following warning: for all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.

　　1.What is the main purpose of this passage?

　　A. To look back to the early days of computers.

　　B. To explain what technical problems may occur with computers.

　　C. To discourage unnecessary investment in computers.

　　D. To warn against a mentally lazy attitude towards computers.

　　2.According to the passage, initial concerns about computers were that they might_____

　　A. lead us into the post-war era

　　B. be quite widespread

　　C. take control

　　D. take over routine tasks

　　3.The passage recommends those dealing with computers to_____

　　A. be reasonably skeptical abort them

　　B. check all their answers

　　C. substitute them for basic thinking

　　D. use them for business purposes only

　　4.An "internal computer" is_____

　　A. a computer uses exclusively by one company for its own problems

　　B. a person's store of knowledge and the ability to process it

　　C. the most up-to-date in-house computer a company can buy

　　D. a computer from the post-war era which is very reliable

　　5.The passage suggests that the present-day problem with regard to computers is_____

　　A. challenging

　　B. psychological

　　C. dramatic

　　D. malfunctioning

　　參考答案及解析

　　1.D

　　考點：這是一道典型的文章主旨題。

　　解析：文章分析了人們過分依賴電子計算機這一問題，在結尾向人們提出了忠告：盡管電子計算機可以提供各種幫助，但是它不應被視為代替人們基本思維和推理的東西。文章主要目的是警告人們在心理上對計算機不要采取懶惰的態(tài)度。

　　2.C

　　考點：這是一道細節(jié)題。

　　解析：問題的答案在文章的第一句之中："In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history, the early postwar era, there was a quite widespread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day."(在計算機歷史的前期即戰(zhàn)后初期，人們普遍擔心計算機可以能會代替人類統(tǒng)治世界)選項C與這一句的含義完全一致，故為正確答案。

　　3.A

　　考點：這是一道推斷題。

　　解析：文章第二段第二句說："Questioning and routine double checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days."由此我們可以推斷出，文章建議那些與計算機打交道的人應該對它們采取合理的懷疑態(tài)度。

　　4.B

　　考點：這是一道理解題

　　解析：理解："internal computer"的含義的關鍵是確定"internal"的意思。這個詞幾個基本含義：內(nèi)部的，體內(nèi)的，內(nèi)在的。從它所在的上下文來看，它的意思是："體內(nèi)的"。"internal computer"是一種比喻說法，指人的大腦，它比計算機更聰明、更復雜，具有儲存知識和運用知識的能力。因此，選項B是正確答案。

　　5.B

　　考點：這是一道推斷題。

　　解析：根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容我們得知，當今電子計算機的問題既不是令人深思的也不是容易出故障。而選項C與文章內(nèi)容不符。它的問題是人們在心理上過分信賴它，對它的能力毫不懷疑。