they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed, or that a computer may simply malfunction （失灵）.
Obviously, there would be no point in investing （投入）in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong. Questioning and routine double checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days. May be each computer should come with the following warning: for all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning
skills.
16. What is the main purpose of this passage? (To warn against the blindness to the probable shortcomings of computer.)
17. The passage recommends those dealing with computers to (be reasonably doubtful about them).
18. An ^internal computer” (para.2) is (a person's store of knowledge and the ability to process it).
19. The passage suggests that the present-day problem with regard to computers is (over-trusting). 20. It can be inferred from the passage that the author would disapprove of (companies which depend entirely on computers for decision-making).
Part II Vocabulary and Structure
(40%)
Directions: In this part, there are 40 incomplete sentences. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentences. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
21. Let's go to the cinema tonight. I (shall wait) for you at the gate.
22. Mr. and Mrs. Smith didn't expect the house (to be decorated) so well. 23. The United States is composed of fifty states, two of (which) are
separated from the other by land or water.
24. The chemistry class (had been on) for five minutes when we hurried there.
25. By the time Juan gets home, his
aunt (will have left).
26. The disease (affected) his mind so that he lost his memory.
27. The new English dictionary I bought yesterday (cost) me almost twenty yuan.
28. In fact he had done (what) he could to help the poor.
29. They discussed the problem three of four times, but could come to no (conclusion).
30. She is very careful. She (makes) very few mistakes in her work.
31. When he was set free after twenty years in prison, he was amazed (at) the changes he found.
32. At the beginning of this term, our history professor (made out) a list of books for us to read.
33. Don't (take) the camera (apart) unless you are sure you can put it together.
34. At first I thought that math
problem would be rather difficult, but it (turned out) to be fairly easy.
35. (What) makes men different from the other animals is that they can think and speak.
36. We've tested three hundred types of boot, (none of which) completely waterproof.
37. She was sitting in an armchair (reading) a book.
38.1 would ask George to lend us the money if I (knew) him.
39. Fm feeling sick. I (shouldn't have eaten) so much chocolate.
40. While he was climbing the high mountain, he had his leg (broken). 41. He was last seen in public on the (occasion) of his daughter's wedding. 42. Please keep an eye on my luggage, and I'll be back (in no time). 43. Such a skilled tennis player
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