Learning to use computers provides a strong intrinsic motivation for learning English.（

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to paragraph 2？

A．The specialists' complaints can by no means be justified and should thus be dismissed.

B．A machine itself cannot be made to think in that it usually follows the procedures set in advance.

C．Humans generally use their wisdom to assess risks, evaluate the outcomes and make a sensible decision.

D．Machines are after all machines and they will never defeat human chess players.

According to the author, the phrase “learning to use a computer” (Lines 3-4, Para. 3) means learning ________.

A) a set of rules

B) the fundamentals of computer science

C) specific programs

D) general principles of programming

听材料，回答下列问题：

A.People who are learning a new language.

B.People who use two languages in their lifetime.

C.People who study the rules of the language.

D.People who teach children to use a language.

A．The man is learning how to use a computer.

B．The woman is showing the man how to put page numbers on a document.

C．The man is printing a document.

D．The man is using his computer to do mathematical problems.

A.identify strategies which learners use in language learning

B.try to identify the causes of learner errors.

C.obtain information on common difficulties in language learning

D.All of the above.

e convenient and are becoming readily ______ to computer users.

A．reasonable

B．available

C．approachable

D．attainable

A.To learn

B.To be learning

C.Learned

D.Learning

students should learn something about how computers work, just as we expect them at least to understand that the internal-combustion engine (内燃机) has something to do with burning fuel, expanding gases and pistons (活塞) being driven. For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do what they do. Further, students might be helped by a course that considers the computer’s impact on society. But that is not what is meant by computer literacy. For computer literacy is not a form. of literacy (读写能力); it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.

Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities. A case might be made that the competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite different from saying that all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who have chosen programming as a career. While programming can be lots of fun, and while our society needs some people who are experts at it, the same is true of auto repaid and violin-making.

Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult, and it gets easier all the time as programs become more “user-friendly”. Let us assume that in the future everyone is going to have to know how to use a computer to be a competent citizen. What does the phrase “learning to use a computer” mean？ It sounds like “learning to drive a car”, that is, it sounds as if there is some set of definite skills that, once acquired, enable one to use a computer.

In fact, “learning to use a computer” is much more like “learning to play a game”, but learning the rules of one game may not help you play a second game, whose rules may not be the same. There is no such a thing as teaching someone how to use a computer. One can only teach people to use this or that program and generally that is easily accomplished.

第26题：To be the competent citizens of tomorrow, people should ________.

A) try to lay a solid foundation in computer science

B) be aware of how the things that they use do what they do

C) learn to use a computer by acquiring a certain set of skills

D) understand that programming a computer is more essential than repairing a car

Learning to use a computer is getting easier all the time because ________.

A) programs are becoming less complicated

B) programs are designed to be convenient to users

C) programming is becoming easier and easier

D) programs are becoming readily available to computer users

A．They are good at learning from other nations.

B．They are able to grasp growth opportunities.

C．They attach great importance to education.

D．They have made use of advanced technologies.