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B.have the desire to learn by themselves C.are good at learning words by heart D.know much about computers 5.American professors may be required to spend more of their time A.knowing what is on their students'mind B.helping students finish their assignments C.writing articles D.instructing students'research Passage 2 This is not the world we know.This world is controlled by computers.Men and women can be seen,but they are following 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(超级发明). 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(账户,户头)are managed by computers. At the airport,our tickets are sold by a computer.Certainly,many of these operations are made more efficient(高效率的)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 f worrying about being used by them.Today,there is a new generation of computer wizards (who know exactly hw computers set 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,butB. have the desire to learn by themselves C. are good at learning words by heart D. know much about computers 5. American professors may be required to spend more of their time ____________. A. knowing what is on their students’ mind B. helping students finish their assignments C. writing articles D. instructing students’ research Passage 2 This is not the world we know. This world is controlled by computers. Men and women can be seen, but they are following 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 (超级发明). 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 (机器人) and the robots are controlled by computers. Our bank accounts (账户,户头) are managed by computers. At the airport, our tickets are sold by a computer. Certainly, many of these operations are made more efficient (高效率的) 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 f worrying about being used by them. Today, there is a new generation of computer wizards (奇才) who know exactly hw computers set 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
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