阅读理解Thereweretwointerestingnewsitems(新闻两则)inthepaperafewyearsago.Onewasaboutamenwhoreceivedabillfromthetelephonecompanyfor￡999999—forthreemonths!Theotherwasaboutamanwhorece

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　　There were two interesting news items(新闻两则) in the paper a few years ago. One was about a men who received a bill from the telephone company for ￡999 999—for three months! The other was about a man who received ￡2 000 a month—for doing nothing.

　　The connection between the two news items is simple: computers—the best invention of the 20th century. The telephone bill came from a computer which made a terrifying mistake: that man's bill was only ￡23 . 36. The other item was not so amusing. A man walked into the unguarded(无人看守的) computer room of a large packaged food company(生产袋装食品的公司) and expertly programmed the computer(给计算机编程序) to pay him ￡2 000 a month for raw meat which he“supplied”to the company. Of course he never sent the meat but he certainly received the money. The computer wrote out a bill and even“signed”it. It was only a random(随便的)check that uncovered the trick. It could be happening in thousands of other companies all over the world.

　　Computers are not the magical workers that some people say they are. They make mistakes. They are sometimes slower than human beings and they are easily fooled. The US used to conscript(征兵)people with the help of a computer. The army sent out a card which had to be filled in and sent back. It was easy to avoid being called up simply by spreading candle-wax on the card. The computer couldn't read the card and did nothing with it.

　　It's in our everyday life that computers cause many problems. Let's get back to using people instead of computers before a mistake that we can't put right.

1．The man received a bill from the telephone company for ￡999 999 for three months because ________.

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A．the computer made a big mistake

B．he worked hard

C．he programmed the computer to pay him so much money for raw meat

D．his work was very difficult to do and the pay was certainly high

2．The main idea of the second paragraph is ________.

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A．the computers are logical workers

B．the computers can do anything as well as man

C．the computers can write out a bill and even sign it

D．the computers sometimes also make big mistakes

3．Computers ________.

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A．were used to conscript people

B．are usually faster than human beings

C．are not so miraculous(神奇的)as people expect

D．were not easily controlled and always fooled human beings

4．The writer's main idea is ________.

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A．we'd better use people instead of computers in our everyday life

B．we should not use computers because they always make mistakes

C．computers are widely used in our everyday life

D．if we want to work well don't use the computers

Answer 1

答案：A;D;C;A
解析：
　　1．A　　导从文中第二段第二句…made a terrifying mistake可知。 　　2．D　　导第二段描述的是“电脑毕竟不是人脑，它是靠人脑来操纵的；因此有时可能会出错，这也是可以理解的。 　　3．C　　导文中提到美国人过去曾借助于计算机征兵，而不是完全靠计算机征兵，故A项不对。B，D两项与“内容不符。另外，从第三段第一句也可确定。 　　4．A　　导作者在最后一段告诉人们，在我们的日常生活中，计算机引起了很多问题。因此，在日常生活中，最好用人而不用计算机。