Computers have many uses today. Computers can solve difficult problems and contr

Computershave many uses today. Computers can solve difficult problems and control othermachines. Many people use small computers called calculators(计算器)to solve simple math problems quickly. Scientists use large computers to solvemany problems. At the same time, you can play games with computers, and somecomputers can help you learn languages. The Kurzweil Reading Machine is aspecial kind of computer. It can read books for blind people.

Touse the Kurzweil machine, a blind person can simply open the book and put itdown on the scanner(扫描器). The machine “reads” the words on the page.When one page is finished, the blind person turns the page and puts the book onthe scanner again. The Kurzweil machine can read in a normal voice or in aspecial fast voice. It can read words with small letters and largeletters.

Blind people like theKurzweil machine because they can “read” anything with it: newspapers,magazines, books, even typed letters. Many libraries now have Kurzweil machinefor blind people to use. The Kurzweil machine can also help shortsightedchildren learn to read.

1. Whatdoes the first paragraph mainly tell us?

   A. Usesof computers.

   B.Calculators.

   C.Computer languages.

   D. TheKurzweil Reading Machine.

2. Whatis the main idea of the second paragraph？

   A. Howcomputers work.

   B. How touse a Kurzweil machine.

   C. How touse the scanner.

   D. TheKurzweil machine can read in two voices.

3. Whichof the following is TRUE?

   A.Computers can solve all the problems people can’t do.

   B. Largecomputers can only solve one problem at a time.

  C. When using the Kurzweil machine, a blind man needn’t do anything.

  D. The Kurzweil machine can help not only the blind people but also theshortsighted children.

4. Theunderlined word “it” (in Paragraph 2) refers to   .

   A. thebook

   B. thescanner

   C. theKurzweil machine

   D. theblind

5. Why doblind people like the Kurzweil machine?

   A. It canhelp them learn languages.

   B. It canhelp them read books, newspapers, etc.

   C. It canread in a normal voice.

   D. It canread words with small letters and large letters.

试题答案

答案：A;B;D;C;B