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大学英语（一）复习题 Directions: There are six passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice. Passage 1 Who coined the term personal computer? The Oxford English Dictionary says Byte magazine used it first, in its May 1976 issue. But Yale Law School librarian Fred Shapiro decided to do some digging on his own--with help from JSTOR, an online electronic database for academic (学术的) journals. JSTORs arts and sciences archive (档案) offers scans of 5 million pages from 117 journals, some dating back 150 years. Using character-recognition software, JSTOR creates searchable files for each document (文件), allowing full-text searches across 15 academic fields.  (S3) While searching for the origin of personal computer, Shapiro uncovered several competing claims. Stewart Brand, founder of Whole Earth Catalog, says on his Web site that he first referred to a personal computer in a 1974 book; and GUI pioneer Alan Kay is said to have used the term in a paper published in 1972. But a search on JSTORs general science archive turned up what Shapiro says is the earliest recorded use of personal computer, in the October 4, 1968, issue of Science. The issue contains a Hewlett-Packard advertisement for its new HP 9100A. The new Hewlett-Packard 9100A personal computer, the advertisement says, is ready, willing and able …to relieve you of waiting to get on the big computer. The $4,900 device -- a desktop scientific calculator equipped with magnetic cards-doesnt seem like much of a computer nowadays. And at 40 pounds, it wasnt very personal, either. But according to Shapiro, it was the first device to be called a personal computer.1. The term personal computer first appeared ________. A． in Byte magazine B． in a Hewlett-Packard ad in Science C． in a 1974 book D． in a paper published by Alan Kay 2. What is JSTOR? A．It is an online database.