Random ramblings from a guy who is too busy to have a Web site. On the bright side, you won't find any ads, pop-ups, hype, or any attempts to sell you anything at all. Furthermore, you won't find any pages divided into a hundred little boxes. And the text is so large, you don't need an electron microscope to read it. A refreshing break from reality.  Anyway, here's what I have so far as I gradually resurrect my poor neglected Web site.
PC Survival Camp
Being new to computers, or even just being a “casual user”, isn’t always fun. It's as though everybody on the planet assumes you already know all the buzzwords, and already possess all the skills necessary to use a computer.  Which is a really big assumption, when you consider that nobody was ever born knowing how to use a computer. The links below provide some quick mini-tutorials on all the skills and buzzwords that everyone else seems to assume you already know. Click on any link (underlined text) for a quick mini-lesson. Use the Back button at the bottom of any
page to work your way back to this page.
TechFear Camp
Jargon Camp
Internet Camp
Windows XP Camp
Wrong button!
Hardware
What is the Net?
Desktop
Crash the Internet!
Ports
What's Bandwidth?
Start menu
Erase everything!
KB, megabytes, etc.
What's Download?
Taskbar
Run out of space!
Software
What Web browser?
Quick Launch
Email privacy!
Toolbars
Getting around
Notifications
Viruses!
 
What e-Mail client?
Moving and Sizing
Hackers!
 
Death to pop-ups
Control Panel
 
 
 
More...
If you're looking for Microsoft Access stuff, click here.
l I'm gradually bringing back some of my old HTML stuff here.
l If you have a question, Ask Alan
小題1:Who is the passage written for?
A．EveryoneB．College students.
C．Anyone who wants to use a computer.D．An expert on computers.
小題2:What’s the advantage of this web site?
A．It’s cheap.B．There are no ads.
C．It’s modern.D．It provides an electron microscope.
小題3:You can learn computer skills except_____.
A．Erase everything!B．Software.C．Flash .D．Taskbar.
小題4:If you have problems, ask____ for help.
A．Coolnerds.comB．PC survival Camp
C．AlanD．HTML Stuff

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:C

試題分析：本文中作者為電腦使用者介紹了一個(gè)沒有廣告的網(wǎng)站以及如何操作。
小題1: 根據(jù)Random ramblings from a guy who is too busy to have a Web sit。故選C。
小題2:根據(jù)On the bright side, you won't find any ads, pop-ups, hype, or any attempts to sell you anything at all.故選B。
小題3:根據(jù)page to work your way back to this page的這個(gè)圖表，故選C。
小題4:根據(jù)If you have a question, Ask Alan ，故選C。
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