Passage 3
In what seems like the prehistoric times of computer history;the earth’s postwar era,there was quite a widespread rumor that computers Would take over the world from man one day. Already today,1ess than fifty years later,as computers are relieving us of more and more 0f the routine tasks in busirles$and in our personal lives,we are faced with a less dramatic but riot less foreseert problem.People tend to be over-trusting of computers and are reluctant to challenge their authority.Indeed.They behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed,or that a computer may simply malfunction
Obviously,there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to cheek all its answers,but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong
Questioning and routine double-checks must continue to be as much a part of good businessas they were in pre-computer days.Maybe each computer should come with the warning:for all the help this computer may provide,it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.
39.What is suggested in this passage?
A
Computer won’t change our personal lives.
B
Computer can create unforeseen problems.
正确答案
C
Computer has taken control of the world.
D
Computer cannot affect our businesses.
正确答案:B
详细解析
选项 B:Computer can create unforeseen problems(计算机可能引发未预料到的问题)原文指出,战后 “计算机接管世界” 的传言是夸张的,但如今面临 “less dramatic but not less foreseen problem”(不那么戏剧化但同样值得预见的问题)—— 即人类过度信任计算机,忽视其可能出错(如故障、操作失误)。这里的 “值得预见的问题” 本质是计算机普及后引发的 “未被充分重视的问题”,符合 “create unforeseen problems” 的核心含义(“未预料到” 并非指 “完全无法预见”,而是指 “易被忽视的潜在问题”)。正确。
所属课程:电子商务英语
考试类型:成人自考