【正文】 Go talk to anyone who has gone to an advanced course, like Organic Chemistry, or who studied chemistry in graduate school. They39。re really glad they started out with Professor Martin. Q: What does the man imply about Professor Martin? 12. W: Hey, Mark. Have you been able to sell your old piano, yet? M: Hmm, you were right. Just posting notices on bulletin boards at a couple of supermarkets wasn39。t enough. I think I39。ll have to place an advertisement in the local newspaper. Q: Which of the following is true according to the conversation? 13. W: I39。m amazed that you still haven39。t gotten to know your neighbors. M: They tend to keep to themselves. Q: Why hasn39。t the man gotten to know his neighbors? 14. W: Hi! Um, I think something is wrong with the washing machine. It works, and I just did my laundry, but it makes some strange noises. Maybe you should call someone to fix it. M: Oh, don39。t worry. Someone from the repair shop is already on the way over to take a look at it. Q: What is the implication of the man? 15. W: It39。s so thoughtful of you to offer to drop me off at the train station. Are you sure it39。s not out of your way? M: Not at all. The station is really close to where I39。m going. Q: What can be learned about the man? Part B Passage I The Application of Computers in Education The best method for improving educational standards is to utilize every tool available, including stateoftheart technology. Computers and the internet have expanded the way in which information can be delivered to the students of today. Today39。s networking technologies provide a valuable opportunity to practise new learning techniques. Educators are discovering that puters are facilitating learning. Computerbased munications, or telemunications, can offer many educational opportunities。 therefore, educators will need to adapt current teaching methods to incorporate this new media into the classroom. Computers have made a fundamental impact on most industries, providing a petitive advantage that has e to be essential to many businesses. Therefore, schools must also use technology to improve the educational process. School systems often consider purchasing a puter network, and justify its purchase by applying it to routine administrative tasks, such as attendance records and grading. While these tasks are very important, they only show a small part of what technology can do for a school. Technology must go further than simply keeping attendance。 it must focus on keeping students interested and productive. Since puters and the Internet have expanded the ways in which education can be delivered to students, it is currently possible to engage in distance education through the Internet. Distance education involves audio and video links between teachers and students in remote areas. Video conferencing allows groups to municate with each other. Desktop video conferencing promises to bring students together from geographic and cultural distances face to face via puter. Not only will the teacher talk to the students, but the students will be able to interact with each other. This will make students more interested in learning. I. 1. According to the passage, what are educators discovering? 2. What do schools usually purchase puter networks for? 3. According to the author, what should puters be mainly used for? 4. Which of the following is NOT a feature of video conferencing? 5. Which of the following is true according to the passage? II. fundamental impact。 be essential。 improve the educational process。 justify its purchase。 attendance records。 what technology can do Passage II ECommerce The Internet, as a means for merce, did not bee reality until the 1990s. Before this time, it was mainly a tool for the army, and a research device for some American universities. Its popularity grew when it proved to be a fast and efficient means to conduct long distance transactions, as well as an effective way to distribute information. The first advantage that emerce possesses is speed. With increased speeds of munication, the delivery time is expedited and that makes the whole transaction from start to finish more efficient. Also, you can find practically any product available for sale on the Internet. Even more significant is the fact that information appearing on the Internet can be changed rapidly. This gives business owners the ability to inform customers of any changes to the service that they are offering. The second advantage of electronic merce is the opportunity it offers to save on costs. By using the Internet, marketing, distribution, personnel, phone, postage and printing costs, among many others, can be reduced. You can start doing business in cyberspace for as little as $100. The savings, therefore, are tremendous. These funds can then be diverted to marketing and advertising your product or service. Cyberspace knows no national boundaries. That means you can do business all over the world as easily as you can in your own neighborhood. Since the Internet connects everyone in cyberspace, information is transmitted at the speed of sound or the speed of light, depending on your connection. Either way, distance bees meaningless, which enables you to link to nearly anyone on the globe, and anyone on the globe can link to you. The ability to establish links makes doing business on the Internet attractive to customers in any part of the world. A potential source of trouble is customer concerns with privacy and security. Anything sent over the Internet is sent through several different puters before it reaches its final destination. The concern regarding Internet security and privacy is that unscrupulous hackers can capture credit card or check account data as it is transferred or break into puters that hold the same information. Making a customer feel safe is important when doing business on the Internet. Even though no one can guarantee 100% security when transferring financial information ove