自考试卷：英语阅读（二）自考试题及答案_6.docVIP

试卷第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 姓名：_ 姓名：________________ 班级：________________ 学号：________________ 密封 线 自考试卷：英语阅读（二）自考试题及答案 考试时间：120分钟 考试总分：100分 题号 一 二 三 四 五 总分 分数 遵守考场纪律，维护知识尊严，杜绝违纪行为，确保考试结果公正。 I. Reading Comprehension (50 points, 2 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are five passages. Following each passage, there arefive questions with four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and thenblacken the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.Passage One From time to time, we need an expert. In such situations, the Internet has been like a gift from the gods. In the old days, authorities were near at hand for expert advice: the village seamstress on how to make a buttonhole, the blacksmith on how to take care of a horse’s hooves, or the apothecary on what to do about warts. On the Internet, advice and answer sites are popping up all over the place, with self-proclaimed experts at the ready. E claims to have “tens of thousands of experts who can help you,”while the more restrained A, owned byThe New York Times, limits its pitch to “Ask Anything! Real People. Real Answers.” It’s said that expert sites or knowledge networks represent the latest stage in the Internet’s evolution, a “democratization of expertise.” However, if your question is about something other than “Who invented the light bulb?”, the answers are likely to be a wild potpourriof personal opinions. Top colleges and universities are rushing into online education, but the big news is the proliferation of a new breed of for-profit online institutions bringing Internet education to the masses.“The Internet will probably be the single most democratizing force in education,” says Columbia Business School Dean Meyer Feldberg, who envisions educational programs being routed through the net t