2019英語三級考試（PETS3）每日一練（11.6）

2019年上半年全國英語等級考試三級考試（PETS3）每日一練，分享給備考復(fù)習(xí)全國英語等級考試三級的考生。

根據(jù)下面資料，回答1-5題。

The most frightening words in the English language are,"Our computer is down."You hear it more and more when you are on business.The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said,"I′m sorry,I can′t sell you a ticket.Our computer is down."

"If your computer is down,just write me out a ticket."

"I can′t write you out a ticket.The computer is the only one allowed to do so."

I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen.Then I asked her,"What do all you people do?"

"We give the computer the information about your trip,and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not."

"So when it goes down,you go down with it."

"That′s good,sir."

"How long will the computer be down?"I wanted to know.

"I have no idea.Sometimes it′s down for 10 minutes,sometimes for two hours.There′s no way we can find out without asking the computer,and since it′s down it won′t answer us."

After the girl told me they had no backup computer because it′s high price.I said."Let′s forget the computer.What about your planes?They′re still flying,aren′t they?"

"I couldn′t tell without asking the computer."

"Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he′s flying to Washington,"I suggested.

"I wouldn′t know what gate to send you to.Even if the pilot was going to Washington,he couldn′t take you if you didn′t have a ticket."

"Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?"

"I wouldn′t know,"she said,pointing at the dark screen."Only′IT′knows.It can′t tell me."

By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines.The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down．Some people went white：some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage．

1．The best title for the article is__________．

A．When the Computer Is Down

B．The Most Frightening Words

C．The Computer of the Airport

D．Asking the Computer

2．What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?

A．She could sell a ticket．

B．She could write out a ticket．

C．She could answer the passengers'questions．

D．She could do nothing．

3．Why do you think they had not a backup computer?

A．Because it was easy down．

B．Because it was very expensive．

C．Because it was not advanced enough．

D．Because it was not as big as the main computer．

4．The last paragraph suggests that__________．

A．a(chǎn) modem computer won't be down

B．computers can take the place of humans

C．sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people

D．there will be great changes in computers

5．What did passengers do when the computer was down?

A．They left home and went home．

B．They drank coffee and stared at the black screen．

C．They began to talk to each other．

D．None above．

【參考答案】

1-5：ADBCB

【參考翻譯】

英語中最可怕的詞是：“我們的電腦壞了。”當(dāng)你出差時，你會聽到越來越多這樣的話。另一天，我是在機場等待一張去華盛頓和售票處的女孩說，“我對不起，我不能賣給你票。我們的電腦壞了。”

“如果你的電腦壞了，就給我開一張罰單。”

“我可以給你出票。計算機是被允許這樣做的。

我低頭看著電腦，每個乘客都站在那里喝著咖啡，盯著黑屏。然后我問她：“你們這些人都做什么？”

“我們給電腦提供你旅行的信息，然后它會告訴我們你是否能和我們一起飛行。”

“所以當(dāng)它下降時，你也跟著下降。”

“不錯，先生。”

“電腦會停多久？”我想知道。

“我不知道。有時它10分鐘，有時兩個小時。沒有辦法沒有問我們可以找到電腦，由于它下來就回答我們。”

那個女孩告訴我說他們竟沒有備份之后電腦因為它高價格。我說。“讓忘記電腦。你們的飛機呢？他們?nèi)匀?/span>重新飛行，并他們？”

“我簡直告訴沒有問電腦。”

“也許我可以去門口，問飛行員如果他飛往華盛頓，”我提議道。

“我就知道送你去。即使飛行員華盛頓，他也帶你如果你也票。”

“接下來幾小時內(nèi)還有其他航空公司飛往華盛頓嗎？”

“我就知道，”她說，指著暗屏幕。”只有知道。能告訴我。”

這時已經(jīng)有相當(dāng)多的人在排隊了。這個詞很快蔓延到其他旅客，電腦了。有些人去懷特：有些人開始哭泣，還有些人踢他們的行李。