湖北学位英语考试指南十.doc

Directions:    There are three 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 and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
       The Government has almost doubled its spending on computer education in schools Mr William Shelton, junior Education Minister, announced that the Microelectronics Education Programme (MEP) is to run for two more years with additional funding of at least £9 million
The programme began in 1980, was originally due to end next year, and had a budget of £9 million This has been raised in bits and pieces over the past year to £11 million The programme will now run until March 1986, at a provisional cost of around £20 million
MEP provides courses for teachers and develops computer programmes for classroom use of personal computers It is run in partnership with a Department of Industry programme under which British-made personal computer are supplied to schools at half-price
In that way, virtually every secondary school has been provided with at least one computer at a central cost to the taxpayer of under £5 million The primary schools are now being supplied in a £9 million programme which got under way at the t