SECTION A In this section you will hear a
mini. lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the
lecture, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but
you will need them to complete a gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the
mini-lecture. Use the blank paper for note-taking. Now listen to
the mini-lecture. Problems
of the Computer Age Computer plays more and more important
roles in our daily life. Is there a dark side to the computer (1)_____
Perhaps you think how your home computer turns its game gun on you. In
(1)_____ fact, any new
(2)_____has a "dark" side. The internal combustion engine is a good example.
(2)_____ Development of the
engine led to change of cars, trucks and the way of life. Furthermore, it
makes millions of Americans find jobs. But the (3)___age also brought
problems along with it. Many
(3)_____ people lose their lives in the traffic accidents. It also pollutes
the air and influence people’s life. Here, it doesn’t mean we should
(4)_____cars and trucks, of course. We have had to find ways to
(4)_____ deal with the problems these vehicles cause.
Laws were passed to reduce pollution from car (5)
(5)_____ _____fumes, and to require safety features in cars.
One similarity is that computers will change the way the nation works,
much as the automobile did. Many assembly line jobs, for examples will be
taken over by robots. The problems posed by the computer
revolution are quite different, of course. 1) It makes many
workers out of work. One solution to this problem has been developed
in Japan, where employees replaced by robots are given other jobs in the same
company. 2) The growing (6)_____are that computers may violate
people’s
(6)_____ (7)_____. This problem was recently discussed by many people.
(7)_____ 3) Another problem is computer (8)_____. Clever
criminals are finding ways to break com-
(8)_____ puter codes and (9)_____millions of dollars to their
accounts.
(9)_____ The list could go on. But if we want computers to
work for us, we’ll have to find ways to (10)
(10)_____ ______people from using computers against us.