A. anyone without breakfast does improve his performance
B. not giving people breakfast improves performance
C. people having breakfast do improve their performance
D. having breakfast does not improve performance, either
【 】64. The word “literature”in the last sentence refers to .
A. stories about breakfast
B. written works on a particular subject
C. any printed materials
D. the modern novels of American
【 】65. What is implied but not stated by the author is that .
A. not eating breakfast might affect the health of children
B. breakfast does not affect performance
C. Professor Bender once taught college courses in nutrition in
London
D. People who don’t eat breakfast have increased
Passage 4
Each day, computers help millions of people do their jobs more effectively. For example, they can help managers decide on a future course of action, and they can then help with the follow-up checks on performance to see if planned goals are being achieved. By using accurate and timely facts supplied by data base management software, a manager can do a better job of identifying problems and opportunities. And managers may not need to spend as much time in controlling when a computer can respond with a triggered report if actural performance varies from what was planned. The time saved in controlling may allow managers to give more attention to employees’ concerns, and this, in turn, may result in improved morale(士气)。
But employment benefits certainly aren’t restricted to managers. Healthcare researchers and other scientists also use computers to conduct research into complex problem areas that couldn’t otherwise be studied. Lawyers use online legal data banks to locate precedent(先前的) cases in order to serve clients better. Salespeople can receive more timely information about products in stock, can promise customers that their sales orders will be handled promptly, and can thus improve their sales performance because of the computer system. And the job duties of some office and factory workers have changed from routine, repetitive operations to more varied and appealing tasks through computer usage. For example, office workers who understand text processing, computing, and data communication usually have vital roles and are given critical office functions to perform.
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