Passage3 Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage: “...WearenotabouttoentertheInformationAgebutinsteadareratherwellintoit.”Presentpredictionsarethatby1990,aboutthirtymillionjobsintheUnitedStates,oraboutthirtypercentofthejobmarket,willbecomputer-related.In1980,onlytwenty-onepercentofallUnitedStateshighschoolsownedoneormorecomputersforstudentuse.(79)Inthefallof1985,anewsurveyrevealedthathalfofUnitedStatessecondaryschoolshavefifteenormorecomputersforstudentuse.Andnoweducationalexperts,administrators,andeventhegeneralpublicaredemandingthatallstudentsbecome“computerliterate(慢点…的).”“Bytheyear2000knowledgeofcomputerswillbenecessaryinovereightypercentofalloccupations.Soonthosepeoplenoteducatedincomputerusewillbecomparedtothosewhoareprintilliteratetoday.” Whatis“computerliteracy”?Thetermitselfseemstoimplysoonextentof“knowing”aboutcomputers,butknowingwhat.Thecurrentopinionseemstobethatthisshouldincludeageneralknowledgeofwhatcomputersare,plusalittleoftheirhistoryandsomethingofhowtheyoperate. Therefore,itisvitalthateducatorseverywheretakeacarefullooknotonlyatwhatisbeingdone,butalsoatwhatshouldbedoneinthefieldofcomputereducation.Todaymostadultsarecapableofutilisingamotorvehiclewithouttheslightestknowledgeofhowtheinternal-combustionengineworks.Weeffectivelyusealltypesofelectricalequipmentwithoutbeingabletotelltheirhistoriesortoexplainhowtheywork.(80)Businesspeopleforyearshavemadegooduseoftypewritersandaddingmachines,yetfewhaveeverknownhowtorepairthem.Why,then,attempttoteachcomputersbyteachinghoworwhytheywork? Rather,wefirstmustconcentrateonteachingtheeffectiveuseofthecomputerasthetoolis. “Knowinghowtouseacomputeriswhat’sgoingtobeimportant,wedon’ttalkabout‘automobileliteracy.‘Wejustgetinourcarsanddrivethem.” 11.In1990,thenumberofjobshavingnothingtodowithcomputersintheUnitedStateswillbereducedto________. A)79millionB)30millionC)70millionD)100million(C) 12.Theexpression“Printilliterate”(Para.1,Line16)refersto________. A)onewhohasneverlearntprintingB)onewhoisnotcomputerliterate C)onewhohasneverlearnttoreadD)onewhoisnotabletouseatypewriter(C) 13.Thefirstparagraphismainlyabout________. A)recentpredictionsofcomputer-relatedjobsB)thewideuseofcomputersinschools C)theurgencyofcomputereducationD)publicinterestincomputers(C) 14.Accordingtotheauthor,theeffectivewaytospreadtheuseofcomputersistoteach____. A)whatcomputersareB)howtousecomputers C)wherecomputerscanbeusedD)howcomputerswork(B) 15.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisFALSE? A)Whattoteachaboutcomputersshouldbereconsidered. B)Thosewhoarenoteducatedincomputerusewillfinditdifficulttogetajob. C)HumansocietyhasalreadyenteredtheInformationAge. D)Thosewhowanttousecomputersshouldknowhowcomputersoperate.