The laptop computer（便携式电脑）is popular all over the world because it is small enough for us to put on the upper part of our legs. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These computers connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, they also connect students to their classmates.
Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will get a laptop. Westlake College has started a large computer program for its students. With laptop computers, the students will be connected not only to the Internet but also to libraries. In addition, they can use e–mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop computer program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast–food restaurant or under the trees---anywhere at all.
At Westlake College, more than 90 percent of the students use computers, either desktop （台式）or laptop, but the laptop users can work and study in any of the places. Just as one of the Westlake teachers said, “Here we are in the middle of the city and we’re giving students a window on the world.”
36. The laptop computer is becoming more and more popular because it is _________. A) very convenient to use in a lot of places B) cheap enough for everyone to get one C) small enough to put into one’s pocket D) easy to take to and from classrooms
37. What is the main purpose of the laptop computer program in Westlake College? A) To give the students more free time to do their school work.. B) To give the students help in their homework out of classes. C) To offer the students more chances to work in the future. D) To allow the students to do school work anywhere.
38. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A) 90 percent of the teachers and students in Westlake College use computers.
B) Today most students in Westlake College do their studies outside the classrooms. C) Westlake College is making a program to encourage students to use laptops. D) Students in Westlake College can do everything they like to.
39. What is the meaning of the words “giving the students a window on the world” in the last sentence of the passage?
A) Showing them pictures of the world.
B) Giving them chances to travel around the world. C) Offering them Information from around the world. D) Inviting their teachers from other countries.
40. We can learn from the passage that __________. A) laptop computers are difficult to use
B) laptop computers are more powerful than desktop C) Westlake College is a very rich university
D) Westlake College’s students will mainly use laptops
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41. Most of the employees ________ in this company are young people.
A) worked C) being worked
B) working D) having worked 42. It might be days ________ the patient can stand on his own feet. A) when C) before
B) as D) after 43. All ________ the people want are lasting peace and social progress. A) what C) those B) such D) which
44. We plan to finish the work on the 15th of next month. By then, we ________ for ten weeks. A) are working C) were working B) have been worked D) will have worked
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45. We have nothing to do now but ________ till John comes back. A) wait C) to wait B) to be waiting D) waiting
46. ________ was from his father that he first heard of Ba Jin, the great Chinese writer. A) That C) Which B) It D) What
47. According to his report, the sales of our goods are to go up ____ 8.6 percent this year. A) at C) by
B) in D) with
48. She went on with her study and became successful at last _______ independence. A) in line with C) by means of B) in case of D) with regard to
49. Don’t worry. We’ll ________ all the debts we owe you within two years. A) bring about C) get away B) take off D) pay off
50. The United Nations expressed the hope ________ the two sides should soon stop fighting in the area. A) which C) what B) that D) when
51. His fellow workers saw him fall down and blood came out from the open ________. A) wound C) injury B) hurt D) damage
52. ________ in Shanghai for more than ten years, she knows the city very well. A) Having been lived C) Having lived B) Lived D) Living
53. After they washed, Mom provided paper ________ for the children to dry their hands on A) tours C) towers B) towels D) towns
54. New technologies and skills will speed up the ________ of information A) advance C) transfer B) movement D) progress
55. Mr. White is so self-confident that it never ________ to him that sometimes he should listen to others. A) happens C) reminds B) occurs D) reveals
56. Susan is now in a famous university in the South, ________ in history. A) majoring C) taking B) working D) dealing
57. Concentrating on her writing, Mary was not ________ of what had happened around the house.
A) worthy C) considerate B) sensitive D) aware
58. The old lady offered a $50 ________ to the kids in the neighborhood who had helped to find her cat.
A) reward C) award B) prize D) praise
59. The United States is rich ____________ most of the metals and minerals needed to supply its basic industries.
A) with C) for B) as D) in
60. By the end of this year, it ____________ 16 years since the emergence of the World Wide Web as an electronic–publishing vehicle. A) has been C) will be
B) will have been D) had been
61. We hope that such a book ________ is helpful to our research work is on sale. A) that C) which B) as D) till
62. While I ________ down the street, I noticed a police car over there. A) walked C) would walk
B) had walked D) was walking
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