Exercises

一、根据课文内容，判断正误

1）The keyboard looks like a typewriter，except it’s bigger and has more buttons.

2）On most traditional computers，the keyboard is a separate device，connected by a cord.

3）The monitor is also called the Display.

4）The monitor can show you some pictures only.

5）When you don’t turn on your computer，none of your instructions will have had any effect.

6）There are two special types of CPU box，one is called Desktop and the other Tower.

7）In a desktop CPU Box，the openings for the CD and Floppy disk drives are horizontal when the CPU Box is standing up on what you might think was its side.

8）In a Tower CPU Box，the openings for the CD and Floppy disk drives are horizontal whenthe CPU Box is lying down flat.

9）It’s almost impossible to use a modern computer without a mouse.

10）In businesses it is very common that the printer is off away from the computer and it can perform printing operations for more than one computer.

二、把下列句子翻译为中文

1）These newly-designed devices will appear on the exhibition next month.

2）Each of the components is useful in its degree.

3）The markings are so blurred that it is difficult to identify.

4）An external modem is a stand-alone modem that is connected via cable to a computer’s seri-al port.

5）All information，from train schedules to discount-price goods，will be as close as the press of a key.

6）CPU is the brain of a computer.

7）A desktop computer is small enough to fit conveniently on the surface of a business desk.

8）A mouse is a relative pointing device because there are no defined limits to the mouse’s movement and because its placement on a surface does not map directly to a specific screen location.

9）Without communications software，however，modems cannot perform any useful work.

10）A keyboard on a computer is almost identical to a keyboard on a typewriter，except it has extra keys.

三、软件水平考试真题自测

从供选择的答案中选出应填入下列英语文句中内的正确答案，把编号写在答卷的对应栏内。

Perhaps you have been asking the questions：Is everyone moving to__A__？If I don’t step up to the__B__user interface，will I be left all along at the cold__C__command line？

Don’t throw away your DOS__D__.No one is__E__DOS’s death knell yet.DOS and its ap-plications people have been using for years are not going to stop working overnight.

供选择的答案

A～E：①DOS ②UNIX ③Windows ④Windows NT ⑤graphical

⑥software ⑦replacing ⑧sounding ⑨text ⑩hardware

四、听短文填空

Picking a new CPU can be a daunting__1__.Whether you’re a DIY aficionado or are de-ciding which CPU to__2__in a new desktop，knowing what tradeoffs to make__3__price and performance is always__4__.Do you live in the low-CPU-usage world of word__5__，spreadsheets，and Web browsers，or are you a power-hungry 3D gamer，__6__recorder，or video-editing expert who__7__all the horsepower you can get？3D games and__8__encoding，in particular，really pound on the CPU.What if you use all of these applications and your budget isn’t unlimited？That’s where knowing how to get the__9__CPU at the right__10__really comes in handy.