问答题With computers, people can now shop, bank, work and communicate from the home. The danger is that people could become isolated from each other and lose social skills which help them to get along with others. To what extent do you agree or disagree with
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In this computer-oriented era, people can do practically everything while still at home. They can do their shopping online, pay bills online, chat online and even work online. In the light of this phenomenon, many fear that this way of tackling things might lead to social isolation, and further to the loss of men's ability to co-exist with one another in society. Personally, however, I don't agree with this view, and it is my firm belief that not only will the Internet bring the world closer together, it will enable men to co-exist better—in the cyberspace, a worldwide community.
First, unsurprisingly, computers and modems have transformed the world into a global village. Messages are sent instantly around the world via the Internet; a bargain is made between a gentleman in Russia and a lady in Argentina; and students studying abroad send voice mails to their loved ones at home, again by using the computer. Indeed, in this fast-paced world, it is impossible to conduct every social contact in a face-to-face manner. Therefore, it is only too natural that efficient online communication is partly taking the place of the time-consuming personal encounter. And why not? This online way of life has helped people on this planet to communicate better, and the fear that people could become isolated from each other in the virtual world is groundless.
At the same time, even if the Internet ensures better social communication, actual social contact is still necessary: Not all business can be handled online, and perfect good will can not be achieved while the parties concerned are far apart. As a matter of fact, the Internet has made people realize the need for contact in actual social settings. Furthermore, communication in the cyberspace and that in the actual world can be complementary to each other-- each shining more brilliantly in the other's company. Sometimes it is fast and efficient to communicate online, while at other times people find it better to communicate in the actual world. Given this, people's ability to co-exist with one another has actually been enhanced, I would say, in this IT era.
In conclusion, the computer and the Internet have brought human relations closer than ever before. To better adapt to this high-tech world, one should master the basic skills of the computer, for one' own sake as well as for the sake of a better and happier co-existence with others.
范文第一段开始提到了人们利用计算机的现状以及对此的忧虑，接着是作者的观点，认为计算机不仅不会疏远人们，还会拉近世界人们的距离。第二、三段是对论点的详细论证。最后一段总结全文，重申观点。
更多“With computers, people can now shop, bank, work and communic”相关问题
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第1题：
The modern people like traveling now because______.
A. it can bring us more knowledge
B. it can make us rich
C. they have too much money
D. it is a good idea
正确答案：A此题为细节题。答案在第三段内；Travelling is a good idea to us because we can get more about knowledge。现代人喜欢旅游是因为可以从旅行中开阔眼界，增长知识。
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第2题：
What cannot be learned from the passage?
A、computers will take the place of nurses in the future
B、it is not likely that computers can plan their own moves in chess games
C、it is not likely that computers can perform. tasks as well as people do
D、some programs have been written to give the computers i
参考答案：ABD
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第3题：
阅读下面的句子，根据文章内容进行判断，正确写“T”错误写“F”。
Better Life for All
In today’s society, working people can seldom find time to relax themselves in their busy schedules. They often work overtime because of too much work waiting in queue, which ends up causing a lot of physical and mental problems. However, more people are now aware that relaxation and stress-relief are necessary for life. One’s health should never be sacrificed for a need to work hard. Indeed, finding time to relax makes people work more efficiently.
Many people plan trips to spend their free time travelling with their loved ones. This may have been a luxury in the past, but it has become more common in recent years. Travelling at home and abroad has now become convenient and affordable.
Going jogging and going to the gym have also become more popular, as they are rather convenient ways to exercise and stay fit. Exercising helps relax your body and has been shown, to relieve mental stress as well. This demand for recreation and leisure service has also stimulated the economy, as new businesses are created to meet these needs.
In sum, working hard is important, but having a good quality of life can actually facilitate your success at work. Knowing when and how to relax should be a part of well -balanced lifestyle. Take a walk outdoors, visit the gym, or go jogging. You will find that your time was not wasted, even if it was not spent working in your office.
( ) 21. In today’s society, working people can often find time to relax themselves in their busy schedules.
( ) 22. In the past few people might afford travelling.
( ) 23.the demand for recreation and leisure service has made the economy develop.
( ) 24. Exercising can only help relax your body instead of staying fit.
( ) 25. People should take a balance between work and relaxation.
参考答案：21、F 22、T 23、T 24、F 25、T
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第4题：
This is not the world we know. This world is controlled by computers. Men and women can be seen, but they are following the 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 this 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 understood.
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, many 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 don't know what they might do next. But we can find out how computers work, 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 who know exactly how computers get things done. These young men and women, usually university students, are happy to sit for hours, sometimes 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)、According to the passage, our present world is under the control of ______ .
A：mad scientists
B：men and women
C：the unknown fear
D：some super-inventions
(2)、The reason why many people are afraid of computers is that ______ .
A：they don't know anything about computers
B：they haven't really understood computers
C：there are so many computer games
D：computers are often down
(3)、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 computers
D：more time and energy is required to control computers
(4)、This 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 computers
D：computer technology will not meet people's needs in various situations
(5)、The author's attitude towards widely used computers is __.
A：positive
B：anxious
C：worried
D：serious
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第5题：
A user interface can be defined as the combination of hardware and software that helps people and computers(70)with each other.
A．intercourse
B．intercommunion
C．communicate
D．intercommunicate
正确答案：C
解析：用户界面可以定义为软件和硬件的结合，它帮助人与计算机进行交互。 -
第6题：
When I opened the first "Body Shop" in 1976, what I wanted to do was to earn （挣） enough money to feed my children. Today the "Body Shop" is a great company growing fast all around the world. In the years since we began, I have learned a lot. Much of what I have learned will be found in this book, because I believe that we, as a company, have something worth saying about how to run a successful business without giving up what you really believe in.
It's not an ordinary business book. It is not just about my life, either. The message is that to succeed in business you have to be different. Business can be fun, and can be run with love and do good. In business, as in life, I need to enjoy myself, to have a feeling of my family and to feel excited by something unusual. I have always wanted the people who work for the "Body Shop" to feel the same way.
Now this book sends these ideas out into the world, and makes them public. I'd like to think there are no limits （界限） to our "family", and no limits to what can be done. I find that an exciting thought. I hope you do, too.
What is the writer's main purpose （目的） in writing this text?A. To tell the reader her life story.
B. To tell people how she brought up her children.
C. To let people know how rich she was.
D. To introduce her ideas to the reader.答案：D解析： -
第7题：
共用题干
第二篇
Spoilt for Choice
Choice,we are made to believe,is a right. In daily life,people have come to expect endless situations
about which they are required to make decisions one way or another. In the main,these are just annoying
moments at work which demand some extra energy or brainpower,or during lunch breaks like choosing which
type of coffee to order or indeed which coffee shop to go to.But sometimes selecting one option as opposed to
another can have serious or lifelong consequences.More complex decision-making is then either avoided,
postponed,or put into the hands of the army of professionals,lifestyle coaches,lawyers,advisors,and the like,
waiting to lighten the emotional burden for a fee.But for a good many people in the world,in rich and poor
countries,choice is a luxury,not a right. And for those who think they are exercising their right to make
choices,the whole system is merely an illusion,created by companies and advertisers wanting to sell their
wares。
The main impact of endless choice in people's lives is anxiety.Buying something as basic as a coffee pot
is not exactly simple.Easy access to a wide range of consumer goods induces a sense of powerlessness,even
paralysis（瘫痪）,in many people,ending in the shopper giving up and walking away,or just buying an un-
suitable item that is not really wanted in order to solve the problem and reduce the unease.Recent surveys in
the United Kingdom have shown that a sizeable proportion of electrical goods bought per household are not
reilly needed.The advertisers and the manufacturers are,nonetheless,satisfied.
It is not just their availability that is the problem,but the speed with which new versions of products
come on the market.Advances in design and production mean that new items are almost ready by the time
that goods hit the shelves.Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to
replace them within a short time.The classic example is computers,which are almost outdated once they are
bought.At first,there were only one or two available from a limited number of manufacturers,but now there
are many companies all with not only their own products but different versions of the same machine.This
makes selection a problem.Gone are the days when one could just walk with ease into a shop and buy one
thing;no choice,no anxiety.
The plethora（过剩）of choice is not limited to consumer items. With the greater mobility of people
around the world,people have more choice about where they want to live and work一a fairly recent phenome-
non.In the past,nations migrated across the earth in search of food,adventure,and more hospitable environ-
ments.Whole nations crossed continents and changed the face of history.So the mobility of people is nothing
new. The creation of nation states and borders effectively slowed this process down.How does migration today differ from that of the past?
A:People now migrate to find better jobs.
B:People now migrate for better life.
C:People now migrate for better environments.
D:People now have more choice about where to migrate.答案：D解析：由第一段第四、五句可知，由于有的选择可能会影响人的一生，所以有些人会求助一些 专家帮忙做决定以减轻情感压力。A项是最佳选项。
由第二段中“ending in the shopper giving up and walking away or just buying an unsuitable item...”可知，当面对多种选择时，人们可能会放弃离开或买一个不适合的商品，而没有提到寻 求建议。
由第三段第三句“products also need to have a short life span...replace them within a short time”可知选B。
由最后一段第二句“…people have more choice about where they want to live and work..." 可知选D。
综合全文可知，答者的观点是选择多了，人们遇到的麻烦和压力更多。故选D。 -
第8题：
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The Industrial Age and Employment
The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people's
work has taken the form of jobs.The industrial age may now be coming to an end,and
some of the changes in work patterns which it brought about may have to be reversed.This
seems a daunting（大胆的）thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better
future for work.Universal employment,as its history shows,has not meant economic freedom.
Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries
made many people dependent on paid work by depriving（剥夺）them of the use of the
land,and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves.Then the factory system
destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people's homes.Later,as
transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people commuted（乘车往返）longer
distances to their places of employment until,eventually,many people's work lost all
connection with their home lives and the places in which they lived.
Meanwhile,employment put women at a disadvantage.In pre-industrial times,men
and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community.Now it
became customary(惯例的）for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the
unpaid work of the home and family to his wife.Tax and benefit regulations still assume this
norm today,and restrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes.
It was not only women whose work status suffered.As employment became the
dominant form of work,young people and old people were excluded-a problem now,as
more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active lives.
All this may now have to change.The time has certainly come to switch some efforts
and resources away from the utopian（乌托邦的）goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent
practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs.Improved transport enabled people to travel longer distances to their work places.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析： -
第9题：
A: Must we finish the work right now? B: No, you（）You can do it tomorrow.
- A、needn't
- B、shouldn't
- C、mustn't
- D、can't
正确答案:A -
第10题：
Today there are （）computers in our homes and offices than there are people who live and work in them.
- A、less
- B、more
- C、little
- D、lotsof
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第11题：
单选题Ten years ago, smaller companies did not use large computers because _____.Athese companies had not enough money to buy such expensive computers
Bthese computers could not do the work that small computers can do today
Cthese computers did not come onto the market
Dthese companies did not need to use this new technology
正确答案： A解析：
根据第一段第二句“Before that time, large computers were only fixed by large, rich companies that could afford the investment.”可知，小公司不用大型电脑是因为其费用太高。 -
第12题：
单选题More and more people in China now（）to work regularly.Adrive
Bdrives
Chave driven
正确答案： A解析： 暂无解析 -
第13题：
What are they doing now?－They work in a bank。()此题为判断题(对，错)。
参考答案：×
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第14题：
－ Can I exchange foreign currency in Bank of China －()A、No, you can’t. Bank of China is not responsible for exchanging foreign currency.
B、Yes, you can. Bank of China is an authorized foreign exchange bank.
C、No, you can’t. Bank of China is not open on Sundays.
参考答案：B
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第15题：
According to the passage, ______ can eliminate bank cheeks and the subsequent work.
A．credit cards
B．some sophisticated equipment
C．computers
D．a device of electronic transfer of funds
正确答案：C
解析：文章最后一段提到Banks have employed computers...and improve accuracy. 银行购买了计算机和一些高端设备来提高业务效率，降低成本。由此可知，销户和一些其他的后续工作都是由计算机来完成的。 -
第16题：
A Speech-- Better Lives for All
In today' s society, working people can seldom find time to relax in their busy schedules.They often work over time because of too much work waiting in queue, which ends up causing a lot of physical and mental problems.Fortunately, more and more people are now aware that relaxation and stress-relief are necessary for life.One' s health should never be sacrificed for a need to work hard.Indeed, finding time to relax makes people work more efficiently
Many people plan trips to spend their free time traveling with their loved ones.This may have been a luxury in the past, but it has become more common in recent years.Travel ing at home and abroad has now become convenient and affordable
Going jogging and going to the gym after work have also become more popular, as they are rather convenient ways to exereise and stay fit.Exercising he lps relax your body and has been shown to relieve mental stress as well.This demand for recreation and lei sure service has al so st imulated the economy.as new businesses are created to meet these needs
in sum, working hard is important, hut having a good qunlity of life can actually facilitate your success at work, Knowing when and how to relax should be a part of well-balanced lifestyles.Take a walk outdoors, visit the gym, or go jogging You will find that your time was not wasted, even if it was not spent working in your office.(判断正误)
26.In today' s society, working people can often find time to relax themselves in their busy schedules.()
27.Few people are now aware that relaxation and stress-relief are necessary for life.()
28.Traveling has become more common in recent years.()
29.Exercising can only help relax your body.()
30.People should keep a balance between work and relaxation.()
参考答案：FFTFT
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第17题：
B
Tom lived a long way from the town．One day he went into the town to buy something in a shop，and after he bought it，he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table． When he looked round，he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their books，so after lunch he went to a shop to buy glasses，too． He walked along the road，and soon found a shop．The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses，but each time Tom said，"No，l can't read with this pair． "The man became more and more puzzled． At last he said，"Excuse me，but can you read at all?"No，l can't!"Tom said，"lf I can read，do you think I will come here to buy glasses?"
( )26． Tom saw some old people _______'
A． far away from the town
B．in a shop
C． in a restaurant
D． in the village
正确答案：C
26．c[解析】由第一段第二、三句可知． -
第18题：
根据下列内容，回答211-215题。
A house is the most expensive thing most people will ever buy．Very few people have enough money of their own to buy a house，so they have to borrow money from a bank．Borrowing moneyfrom a bank to buy a house is called“take a mortgage”．The bank usually lends money or gives a me．gage for twenty—five years．Houses are so expensive that many people nowadays have to borrow as much as$50，000．In other words，they will have a$50，000 mortgage．
How can you get a mortgage? When you find a house you like．you go to a bank．The bank will research you financial history and decide if they think you are a good risk．They will want to know what kind of job you have，what kind of salary you make and how long you have had the job．
They will a]so want to know how much money you have．In addition．the banks will require a down payment．Depending Oil which state you live in，the bank may require as much as 30%of the price of the house as a down payment．The bank will then lend you the rest of the money to buy the house.Many people are never able to buy a house because they can not save enough money for the
down payment．
What does a house mean in the United States．? __________A.It is a dream which many people can hardly realize
B.It is so expensive that many people can not really buy them
C.It is the most important property that many people try to buy
D.It doesn’t belong to people if they can not borrow morley from the bank答案：C解析：从第一句“A house is the most expensive thing most people will ever buy”可知，房子是人们所要购置的最重要的财产。故C项正确。A、B项都提到买房子的不可能性，与文章中的抵押贷款从而购房相悖。D项过于绝对化，并不是所有的人都必须通过银行贷款才买得起房子。 -
第19题：
共用题干
The Industrial Age and Employment
The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people's
work has taken the form of jobs.The industrial age may now be coming to an end,and
some of the changes in work patterns which it brought about may have to be reversed.This
seems a daunting（大胆的）thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better
future for work.Universal employment,as its history shows,has not meant economic freedom.
Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries
made many people dependent on paid work by depriving（剥夺）them of the use of the
land,and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves.Then the factory system
destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people's homes.Later,as
transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people commuted（乘车往返）longer
distances to their places of employment until,eventually,many people's work lost all
connection with their home lives and the places in which they lived.
Meanwhile,employment put women at a disadvantage.In pre-industrial times,men
and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community.Now it
became customary(惯例的）for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the
unpaid work of the home and family to his wife.Tax and benefit regulations still assume this
norm today,and restrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes.
It was not only women whose work status suffered.As employment became the
dominant form of work,young people and old people were excluded-a problem now,as
more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active lives.
All this may now have to change.The time has certainly come to switch some efforts
and resources away from the utopian（乌托邦的）goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent
practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs.Now is the time to handle the issue of employment in a practical manner.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析： -
第20题：
More and more people in China now（）to work regularly.
Adrive
Bdrives
Cdrove
Dhave drive
A
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第21题：
More and more people in China now（）to work regularly.
- A、drive
- B、drives
- C、have driven
正确答案:A -
第22题：
单选题Simon argues that people work because _____.Athey need the money to satisfy basic needs
Bthey like belonging to work organization
Cthey can participate fully in society
Dthey can fulfill personal objectives
正确答案： D解析：
文章第一段中，Simon指出，某一机构提供个人一些有助于达到目标的动机，可保证个人的参与。假若此类动机有助于保持参与，那么动机必然是建立在个人需要的基础上。因此，D应是正确答案。 -
第23题：
单选题Factories and companies are pleased that so many people “gamble” because ______.Athey can make them rich
Bthey need more people to work for them
Cthey need their money to do business
Dsome people win and some lose
正确答案： A解析：
根据文中Factories and companies that need money are pleased that so many people are willing to “gamble”.即“需要钱的公司或者工厂很高兴看到能有那么多人加入这场‘赌博…’”因为这些公司需要股民的钱来做生意，因此C选项正确。