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1、 第六届商务英语专业技能大赛11级英语阅读竞赛Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 6 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Pas
2、sage OneThis is not the world we know. This world is controlled by computers. Men and women can be seen, but they are following orders given to them by machines. The machines were designed by mad scientists, but at some point even the mad scientists were taken over by their super-inventions. Does th
3、is sound familiar? You have probably read something like it in magazines or books, or seen it in a film. Why is it so popular? One of the reasons is that it reflects the fears of many people; fear of the unknown, fear of what is not understood or, at least, fear of something that is not completely u
4、nderstood. The fact is that every day it seems that computers take control of another area of our lives. Some factory jobs are now done by robots and the robots are controlled by computers. Our bank accounts are managed by computers. At the airport, our tickets are sold by a computer. Certainly, man
5、y of these operations are made more efficient by computers, but our admiration is sometimes mixed with unsafe feelings. And this lack of safety is caused by the fact that we do not know how computers do these things, and we really dont know what they might do next.But we can find out how computers w
6、ork, and once we understand them, we can use computers instead of worrying about being used by them. Today, there is a new generation of computer wizards (奇才) who know exactly how computers get things done. These young men and women, usually university students, are happy to sit for hours, sometimes
7、 for days, designing programs, not eating, not sleeping, but discovering what can be done by these wonderful slaves which they have learned to control. These computer wizards have learned to use the computer and search for new tasks for their machines.1. We can know that the scientists who designed
8、the machines _.A. are careless in their daily lifeB. are unkind and cruelC. are out of their mindD. have great abilities2. The reason why many people are afraid of computers is that _. A. they dont know anything about computersB. they havent really understood computers C. there are so many computer
9、gamesD. computers are often down3. The author mentions computer wizards in order to point out that _. A. computers can be controlled by man B. there should be more people devoted to computers C. only young people are interested in computersD. more time and energy is required to control computers4. T
10、his passage is probably written to suggest that _. A. some day computers can deal with all human problems B. computers can be used in place of traveling to our jobs C. people should not fear computersD. computer technology will not meet peoples needs in various situations5. The authors attitude (态度)
11、 towards widely used computers is_.A. positive B. anxious C. worried D. curiousPassage TwoKnowledge is power. But there is another thing we must remember. An intelligent mind needs a strong body to make it most useful.There are a great many good exercises for building up our bodies. Many of them may
12、 be done indoors in rainy weather. Indoor exercises, however, are never as helpful as those taken out of doors because in the open air there is more oxygen. The air in the house is not fresh. But out of doors it is very fresh, especially in the morning. But what shall we play? There are a number of
13、games such as football, basketball, races and so on. Any game with plenty of exercises is good.Do not neglect your health. It is of as much importance as your mind. Our country now needs people with creative minds, good judgment, and healthy bodies.6. One who has an intelligent mind is _ .A. very st
14、rongB. very healthy C. very clever D. very stupid7. “An intelligent mind needs a strong body to make it useful.” means _ . A. if you want to make your strong body useful, you must have an intelligent mind B. in order to make your intelligent mind useful, you must have a strong body C. to make your s
15、trong mind and strong body most useful you need a strong body D. if you have a strong body you will have a strong mind8. Which of the following statements is true? A. Indoor exercises are as helpful as outdoor ones. B. Indoor exercises are no more helpful than outdoor exercises. C. Neither indoor exercises nor outdoor exercises are helpful. D. Outdoor exercises are more helpful than indoor ones.9. The air in the house does not remain fresh very long. Its because _. A. the fresh air cant come into the house
