Passage 2 Laptop computers（便携式电脑）are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, at airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their work place. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classroom. Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do school work anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1,500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are a part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 11-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast food restaurant or under 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 become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too. At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff uses the computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we are giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”
1.The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each sA、 work at home
B、 connect them to libraries
C、 use for their school work
D、 have access to the Internettudent a laptop to ________.
2.Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks(引号)?________
A、 Students don.t like speaking with their teachers.
B、 Laptops have speakers.
C、 Students communicate.
D、 Students use the computer language.
3.Which of the following is TRUE about Westlake College?
A、 It is an old college in America.
B、 Students there can do everything.
C、 All teachers use computers.
D、 1,500 students will have laptops.
4.“A window on the world” in the last paragraph means that students can ________.
A、 travel around the world
B、 have lectures on information technology in the world
C、 get information from around the world
D、 have free laptops
5. From the passage we can know laptop computers are very _________.
A、 expensive
B、 important
C、 convenient
D、 interesting
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