综合练习（九）—— 阅读理解 I

（A）

Laptop（便携式）computers are popular all over the world．People use themontrains and airplanes，in airports and hotels．These laptops connect people to theirworkplace．In the United States today，laptops also connect students to their class-rooms．

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer programthat allowsstudents to do schoolwork anywhere they want．Within five years，each of the 1，500students at the college will receivea laptop．The laptops are part of a ＄10millioncomputer programat Westlake，a 110-year-old college．The students withlaptops willalso have access（进入）to the Internet．In addition，they will be able to use e-mail to“speak”with their teachers，their classmates，and their families．However，themostimportant part of the laptop programis that students will be able to use computerswithout going to computer labs．Theycan work with it at home in a fast-foodrestaurantor under the trees—anywhere at all！

Because of the many changes in computer technology，laptop use in higher education such as colleges and universities，is workable．As laptops becomemore powerfulthey become more similar to desktop computers．In addition，the portablecomputerscan connect students to not only the Internet，but also libraries and other resources．State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students．State officials also are testing laptop programs at other universities，too．

At Westlake College，more than 60percent of the staff use computers．The lap-tops will allow all users to use computers in their lessons．As one Westlake teachersaid，“Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we're giving students a window on theworld．They can see everything and doeverything．”

86．The main purpose of the laptop programis to give each student a laptop to ______．

A．use for their schoolwork B．accessthe Internet

C．work at home D．connect themto libraries

87．Why is the word“speak”in the second paragraph in quotationmarks？

A．They don't really talk．B．They usethe computer language．

C．Laptops have speakers．D．None of the above reasons is correct．

88．Which of the following is true about Westlake College？

A．All teachers use computers．B．1，500students have laptops．

C．It is an old college in America．D．Students there can do everything．

89．A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can ______．

A．attend lectures on information technology

B．travel around the world

C．get information fromaround the world

D．have free laptops

90．What can we infer（推断）fromthe passage？

A．The programis successful．B．The programis not workable．

C．The programis too expensive．D．Wedon't know the result yet．

（B）

Every day in a garage in Boston，you will hear the sound of tennis balls strikingthe walls．Inside are half a dozen girls，all hitting tennis balls．In the middle stands alittle old lady in tennis shoes，shouting directions at the girls．

The little old lady is Clara Beckman，also known as the Queen Mother of Tennis．She was born 85years ago，just 12years after tennis first became an Americansport．Fromthe time she was a small girl，she always loved tennis．

Becoming a GREat tennis player was a real struggle for a woman in thosedays．Clara had to get up at 5：30everymorning and run to a tennis court a mile away．People did not want girls to play tennis．So，to make it as hard for themas possible，girls were allowed to play on the court only until 8：00a．m．Still，although it was along，hard struggle，Clara became a great tennis champion（冠军）．

Now Clara spends almost all her time teaching tennis．She makes sure that thegirls she teaches do their very best，just as she always has．She will not settle for less．

91．Clara's struggle to become a tennis champion was especially hard because she was______．

A．older than most tennis players B．living in a garage

C．slow to learn D．a woman

92．Old champions are still important in modern sports because they ______．

A．know what the sport used to be like in the old days

B．know a lot about training young sportsmen to become champions

C．can draw more young people into thesports with their fame and honors

D．play better than the young learners

93．We can see fromthis passage that Clara shouts at her tennis students because ______．

A．they are not training hard enough

B．they do not know in which directions to hit the balls

C．she wants themto hear her instructions over the noise in the garage

D．they do not pay enough attention toher instructions

94．The last sentence in this passageimplies（暗示）that Clara ______．

A．is not satisfied with what she has achieved

B．is strict with her tennis studentsin their training

C．does not think her students can do better than she in this sport

D．will not give up teaching tennis

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