電腦的好與煩惱

I am sure that everybody in his/her life has used computers. Nowadays you can feel their presence everywhere —at home， at school， at work and they certainly make life easier. On the other hand， there are people who can’t work with them.

Anyway， I believe their presence is a good thing. Life with them seems easier， less difficult and more comfortable. You can use them to choose your meal， to withdraw your money， and also save your time， because these operations are all controlled by computers. Therefore you can hardly imagine the modern world without them; the whole planet seems to be one big computer society.

Nevertheless， problems can often appear in this area too. To have a computer means you have to be quite well-off and have the necessary skills to use it. However， think about questions like “Are computers so available for everyone， for rich and poor people， for people from villages and people from cities? Aren’t they too expensive?Is everyone able to learn how to use them and not everyone has the chance to access and work with them， how could everything in the future be dependent on them?” Therefore， I think our society will be split into two parts. One part will work with them and enjoy the benefits that computers can bring and the other part will be pushed out of society and will actually be far behind the other group.

Another question that bothers me is， on the one hand， computers are important and good things in our life， but they aren’t everything. They are good as a help at school， quite often as entertainment， especially for young people， as an necessary tool to help in research etc.， but I think we shouldn’t be so dependent on them， because computers are only machines and machines can’t feel anything， can’t be human and sympathetic， and every action performed by computer can be interfered (干涉， 妨礙) with another person， which could cause these machines to crash or work badly.

In conclusion， I would like to say I am not against computers. I use computers too， but people should be wary all the time.

閱讀思考

1. By saying “wary” (in the last paragraph)， the writer is trying to say “People should ”.

A. be strongly for the use of computers because of its convenience

B. be careful with computers that will also cause problems

C. master more necessary computer skills

D. not do something that causes computers to work badly

2. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

3. In the third paragraph， the author presents his idea by .

A. asking questions for people to think about

B. giving examples to support his argument

C. raising questions and answering them

D. expressing his opinion directly

4. The writer’s main purpose in writing the passage is .

A. to encourage us to use computers in our society

B. to advise us to say no to computers from now on

C. to remind us to care about the problems that computers bring

D. to inform us that the computer has become a necessary part of our life

答案解析

1. B。本題要求理解畫線詞wary的含義，要正確理解畫線詞的含義，必須要關注畫線詞上下文的含義，通過上下文的理解來推測畫線詞的含義，最后一段的含義為:我不反對電腦，我自己也使用電腦，但是人們應該總是要wary。可見，作者贊成使用電腦，但是提醒人們總是要注意電腦的負面影響。因為上文中論述了電腦的負面影響，因此作者最后提出善意的建議是比較合理的理解。

2. B。本題要求總結文章的結構，解決該類試題的技巧是:關注每一段落的首句和尾句，來理解段落大意，通過總結各段落來分析文章的篇章結構，首先第一段提出了電腦這一概念，引起話題，一方面電腦無處不在，另一方面還有人不能使用電腦;第二段講電腦存在好的方面;第三段通過轉折詞nevertheless一詞講使用電腦中存在的一些問題;因此第一段為總起，第二、三段為正反兩方面的關系，應為被動關系，而第四段講的還是困擾作者的問題，因此與第三段是遞進關系，而第五段In conclusion表明是總結，因此符合的結構圖為B項。

3. A。本題要求判斷作者的寫作方法，通過細讀后我們可以發現，作者采取的是反問的方式來表明自己的觀點，本段中作者并沒有采取自問自答的方式，因此C項不符。

4. C。本題要求判定作者的寫作目的，通過文章的整體理解后發現作者探討了使用電腦過程中的問題，同時通過最后一段的作者提醒之詞，我們可以發現其目的是要提醒讀者注意使用電腦所帶來的問題。

難句解析

...every action performed by computer can be interfered(干涉，妨礙)with another person， which could cause these machines to crash or work badly.

分析:句中performed by computer為過去分詞作后置定語，修飾名詞action，而逗號后的從句為which引導的非限制性從句指代前面所提及的情況，句意為:每一個由電腦實施的行動有可能會被另外一個人干涉，這種情況會使得這些機器(指電腦)死機或者工作得很糟糕。

詞匯聚焦

1. on the other hand另一方面

One the one hand...on the other hand...為一組詞組，表示“一方面……;另一方面……”。

2. withdraw(v.)從銀行賬戶等提(款); 取(錢)

She withdrew all her savings and left the country.

她把全部存款取出后， 離開了這個國家。

3. nevertheless雖然如此，然而

There was no news; nevertheless we went on hoping.

盡管毫無消息，我們仍抱著希望。

4. well-off(adj.)富裕的

5. available可獲得的，可得到的

You will be informed when the book becomes available.

這本書有貨時就通知你。

6. be dependent on依賴，依靠=depend on

7. be split into被分成

8. sympathetic(adj.)同情的

9. In conclusion最后， 總之

In conclusion， he wished us every success in our work.

最后他祝我們工作順利。

編輯/梁宇清