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1、新世界大學(xué)英語讀寫-試卷APartIReadingComprehensionInthissection,therearesixpassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.PassageOneQues
2、tions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Thisisnottheworldweknow.Thisworldiscontrolledbycomputers.Menandwomencanbeseen,buttheyarefollowingtheordersgiventothembymachines.Themachinesweredesignedbymadscientists,butatsomepointeventhemadscientistsweretakenoverbytheirsuper-inventions.Doesthissoundfamiliar?Y
3、ouhaveprobablyreadsomethinglikeitinmagazinesorbooks,orseenitinafilm.Whyisitsopopular?Oneofthereasonsisthatitreflectsthefearsofmanypeople;fearoftheunknownfearofwhatisnotunderstoodor,atleast,fearofsomethingthatisnotcompletelyunderstood.Thefactisthateverydayitseemsthatcomputerstakecontrolofanotherareao
4、fourlives.Somefactoryjobsarenowdonebyrobotsandtherobotsarecontrolledbycomputers.Ourbankaccountsaremanagedbycomputers.Attheairport,ourticketsaresoldbyacomputer.Certainly,manyoftheseoperationsaremademoreefficientbycomputers,butouradmirationissometimesmixedwithunsafefeelings.Andthislackofsafetyiscaused
5、bythefactthatwedonotknowhowcomputersdothesethings,andwereallydon'tknowwhattheymightdonext.Butwecanfindouthowcomputerswork,andonceweunderstandthem,wecanusecomputersinsteadofworryingaboutbeingusedbythem.Today,thereisanewgenerationofcomputerwizardswhoknowexactlyhowcomputersgetthingsdone.Theseyoungmenan
6、dwomen,usuallyuniversitystudents,arehappytositforhours,sometimesfordays,designingprograms,noteating,notsleeping,butdiscoveringwhatcanbedonebythesewonderfulslaveswhichtheyhavelearnedtocontrol.Thesecomputerwizardshavelearnedtousethecomputerandsearchfornewtasksfortheirmachines.1.Accordingtothepassage,o
7、urpresentworldisunderthecontrolof______.A.madscientistsB.menandwomenC.theunknownfearD.somesuper-inventions2.Thereasonwhymanypeopleareafraidofcomputersisthat______.A.theydon'tknowanythingaboutcomputers