Sometimes, something that is considered to be negative turns out to be an advant

    Sometimes, something that is considered tobe negative turns out to be an advantage on the job. Though he is only l8 yearsold and blind, Suleyman Gokyigit is among the top computer technicians andprogrammers at InteliData Technologies Corp., a large software company withseveral offices across the United States.

"After our company unitedwith another one last October, two different computer networks were driving uscrazy," recalls Douglas Braun, the InteliData president. "We couldn'teven send e-mail to each other.”In three weeks Mr. Gokyigit created the software needed to connect the twonetworks. "None of the company's 350 other employees could have done thejob in three months," says Mr. Braun. " Suleyman can 'see' into theheart of the computer.”

Mr. Gokyigfi's gift, as Mr.Braun calls it, is an unusual ability to form an idea of the inside of amachine. "The computer permits me to reach out into the world and doalmost anything I want to do," says Mr. Gokyigit

The young programmer is athome with hardware as well, thanks partly to a highly developed sense oftouch. Mitzi Nowakowski, an office manager at InteliData, remembers how heeasily disconnected and reconnected their computer systems during a move lastyear. "Through feel, Suleyman can find the position of connectors, pinsand wires much faster than most other people with sight," he says.

Much of the studentprogrammer's speed comes from his ability not to be interrupted while at thecomputer. When typing, he listens carefully to the synthesizer (合成器). His long, thin fingers fly over thekeyboard. "Nothing seems to shake his attention," says Mrs.Nowakowski, his boss.

Mr. Gokyigit is the onlycompany employee who is available 24 hours a day. "We consider him our topproblem solver." says Mr. Braun.

1.According to Mr. Braun, Suleyman________________

   A. can work wonders oncomputer            

   B. is the best technician in the world

   C. has done a hard job in three months

   D. has united InteliData Technologies Corp. withanother computer company

2.The underlined part "is at home withhardware" { paragraph 4 } means _________

   A. is good at dealing with computer hardware

   B. is fond of computer hardware

   C. works with computer hardware at home

   D. feels comfortable when working with computerhardware

3.Suleyman was quick while at the computermostly because of ______

   A. his blindness                                           B.his attention on the synthesizer

   C. his long, thinfingers                        D.his ability not to be interrupted

4.What does the text mainly tell us?

   A. Computer technicians are more likely to begifted.

   B. One's disadvantages may prove to beadvantages.

   C. The disabled can also play an important rolein society.

   D. Top computer scientists have unusualabilities to form ideas of computers.

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.A

3.D  

4.B