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1、学号：姓名：专业考试科目：新乡医学院2011—2012学年第一学期2011级新视野大学英语补考卷(2011/12/31)题号PARTIPARTIIPARTIII总分分值304030100PARTIREADINGCOMPREHENSION(30points,15×2)Directions:Thereare3passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA)
2、,B),C)andD),andyoushoulddecidewhichthebestchoiceis.WriteyouransweronAnswerSheet.PassageOneBillGates,theheadoftheworld’sbiggestcomputersoftwarecompany,theMicrosoftCorporation,hasamission:“toputacomputeroneveryofficedeskandineveryhome”.BillGateshashadthismissionsincehewasa
3、universitystudentyearsago.Thisdeeppersonalinterest,togetherwithhistechnicalskillsandhisbusinessmarketingskillshelpedhimtocreateagiantcomputercompanyandtomakehimwealthy.Althoughheissowealthy,BillGatesdoesnotwanttogiveup.Heisstillveryinterestedinhisvisionandhetravelstheglo
4、be,makingquickstopsincitiestosellthenewsoftwareproductsofhiscompany.ThecentralvisionofBillGatesisthe“informationhighway”.Thisisanetworkforcomputersthatwilllinkeveryhome,officeandshopinthefuture.Thiscomputernetworksystemwillhaveaneffectonbusiness,shoppingandeducation.Bill
5、Gatessaysthatthemainuseofthisnewtechnologywillbeincommunication.Itwillbeawaytofindpeoplewithcommoninterestsandtoshareopinionswiththem.8Butisthiscommunicationbycomputeralongthe“informationhighway”reallyagoodthing?Won’twebesittingathome,only“socializing”withourcomputer,pay
6、ingbigcompaniesmoneysothatwecanreceiveinformationthatsomelargecommunicationcorporationsomewherehaddecidedis“acceptable”forustoread?No,saysBillGates,hethinksthatthephrase“informationhighway”isaterriblephrase.Itmakespeoplethinkthatweareallgoingdownthesameroad,hesays.Infact
7、,thecomputernetworkwillletuschooseourownintellectualdirection.Itwillgiveusfreedom.Itwillalsobringgoodtosociety,becauseitwillallowforthespreadofeducation.Whenmoreandmorepeoplereceiveeducation,thegapbetweentherichandthepoorwillnarrow.Inthemeantime,however,thegapbetweenther
8、ichandthepoorisstillthere.Tobeaddedtothisnowisthegapbetweenthosewithcomputersandthosewithout.1.Eversinc
