hce_tcu
105年
英文
第 33 題
📖 題組：
Samuel Juan Academy has developed a unique approach to deal with underachieving students. Instead of punishing students for incomplete assignments or poor grades, the academy provides failing students with a reward. Through the Computers for Success program, Samuel Juan Academy students who fall behind their classmates in reading and mathematics are given their own computers. For nine weeks, the students get to keep a personal computer with a printer and software in their homes. They can work and play with the computer whenever they like and as often as they like. Is this a prize for being poor performers in school? "It may look that way to an outsider," says school principal Edna Seymour, "but this approach is actually well-backed by research. Studies show that students who are computer literate do much better in school. The figures rise for students who actually have a computer at home, and are even higher for students from homes where most of the family members are comfortable using a computer." When a student is given a computer to take home, families are encouraged to get into the act, too. Students in the Computers for Success program are required, together with their parents and siblings, to attend a weekend computer seminar. This way everyone in the family becomes familiar with the use of the computer. This is an investment in the students' educational future. "It is widely accepted that parental involvement makes all the difference in a child's academic success," says Principal Seymour. "We are extending this idea to involve families in our computer literacy program. As part of that program, we make it possible for families to buy refurbished computers at an affordable price. Many of our families have already taken advantage of this opportunity. On the whole, we have been very pleased with the Computers for Success program."
Samuel Juan Academy has developed a unique approach to deal with underachieving students. Instead of punishing students for incomplete assignments or poor grades, the academy provides failing students with a reward. Through the Computers for Success program, Samuel Juan Academy students who fall behind their classmates in reading and mathematics are given their own computers. For nine weeks, the students get to keep a personal computer with a printer and software in their homes. They can work and play with the computer whenever they like and as often as they like. Is this a prize for being poor performers in school? "It may look that way to an outsider," says school principal Edna Seymour, "but this approach is actually well-backed by research. Studies show that students who are computer literate do much better in school. The figures rise for students who actually have a computer at home, and are even higher for students from homes where most of the family members are comfortable using a computer." When a student is given a computer to take home, families are encouraged to get into the act, too. Students in the Computers for Success program are required, together with their parents and siblings, to attend a weekend computer seminar. This way everyone in the family becomes familiar with the use of the computer. This is an investment in the students' educational future. "It is widely accepted that parental involvement makes all the difference in a child's academic success," says Principal Seymour. "We are extending this idea to involve families in our computer literacy program. As part of that program, we make it possible for families to buy refurbished computers at an affordable price. Many of our families have already taken advantage of this opportunity. On the whole, we have been very pleased with the Computers for Success program."
Which of the following is the expression computer literate (Line 8) closest to in meaning?
- A having a computer at home
- B knowing how to use computers
- C good at playing computer games
- D able to read texts on a computer screen
思路引導 VIP
當我們說一個人具備「文字閱讀能力」（literacy）時，代表他能理解並運用文字。那麼，如果將這個概念延伸到「電腦」上，除了擁有設備之外，你認為這還需要具備什麼樣的主動能力，才能讓這個人在學校表現得更好呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能準確判斷出這個字詞的涵義，顯示你對文章脈絡與字彙深度都有很紮實的掌握。在英文中，字根 "literate" 原本指「識字的」或「有文化的」，但當它與特定領域結合時（如 computer, financial, media），意思會延伸為「具備某方面的知識或能力」。因此，"computer literate" 描述的就是一個人具備操作電腦的知識與技術，這正是選項 (B) 所表達的 knowing how to use computers。 這道題目設計得非常精巧，具有不錯的鑑別度。它的難度切入點在於「干擾項的誘惑」：選項 (A) 提到的「家中有電腦」雖然出現在後文，但那屬於環境條件而非能力描述；選項 (D) 則是利用 "literate" 與「閱讀」的字面關聯來誤導。你能排除這些具備高度相關性的干擾資訊，直接透析出字彙在專業語境下的核心意義，證明你的邏輯推理與詞彙代入感都非常優秀！