（安徽省芜湖七中2010届高三上学期第一次调研考试）

One of the goals of American education officials is to have all public schools connected to the Internet computer system and have computer for all students. Government studies show that in 1994 only thirty-five percent of American public schools were connected to the Internet. Last year. that number reached eighty-nine percent.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute of State University is a large university in the southern state of Virginia. Officials at Virginia Tech say computers are very important to a student’s education. All students at Virginia Tech have been required to have a computer since 1998.

Each student’s living area at Virginia Tech has the necessary wires to link a computer to the Internet. The students can send and receive electronic mail. use the World Wide Web part of the Internet and link with other universities. all without leaving their room. They can also use their computers to send electronics copies of their schoolwork to their teachers. And they can search for books in the school’s huge library.

Most major American universities and colleges strongly urge or require new students to have a computer. Most colleges and universities also have large rooms where students can use computers for class work.

American high schools also have computers. Many have their own areas on the World Wide Web. If you have a computer you can learn about Fremont Union High School in Sunnyvale. California. for example. Its Web site provides information about the school. the teachers and their electronic mail addresses. It also lists student events and organizations.

Young children also use computer in school. Smoketree Elementary School in Lake Havasu. Arizona has given us a good example. The school also has a World Wide Web site. It tells about the school and the teachers and has a area for young children. These young children use computer in school to learn numbers and letters. They also learn how to use the computer they will need later in their education.

54．From the passage we know      .

A．how to use computer to connect to the Internet

B．students in Virginia Tec can use computer to send electronic copies of their homework

C．how to connect students and teachers by computers

D．how the teachers use computer to give their lesson

55．What is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Every student in Virginia has access to the Internet.

B．All students at Virginia Tech have been required to have a computer.

C．Students at Virginia Tech can search for books in their school library in their own room.

D．If you want to learn about Fremont Union School. you can read information in its Web site.

56．Which of the following statements is NOT right according to the report?

A．It is required that new university students have a computer of their own.

B．Pupils in Smoketree Elementary use computer to learn arithmetic.

C．Every pupil in Smoketree Elementary School knows how to send electronic mail.

D．Many high schools have their own areas on the Word Wide Web.

57．Which is the best title of the newspaper report?

A．Every Student Should Have A Computer

B．Computer Is Used By University Students

C．Every School Has Connected to the Internet

D．Computer Use In American Schools