There is no denying that students should learn something about how computers work, just as

we expect them at least to understand that the internal-combustion engine has something to do with burning fuel, expanding gases and pistons being driven,【C1】______people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use【C2】______what they do. Further, students might be helped by a course【C3】______considers the computer's impact【C4】______society. But that is not【C5】______is meant by computer literacy. For computer literacy is not a form. of literacy; it is a trade skill that should not be【C6】______as a liberal art.

【C7】______how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities. A【C8】______might be made【C9】______the competent citizens of tomorrow should【C10】______themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite different【C11】______saying that all ought to know how to program one.【C12】______that to people who have chosen programming as a career. While programming can be lots of fun,【C13】______while our society needs some people who are experts at it, the same is【C14】______of auto repair and violin-making.

Learning how to use a computer is not【C15】______difficult, and it gets【C16】______all the time as programs become more "user-friendly'. Let us【C17】______that in the future everyone is going to have to know how to use a computer to be a【C18】______citizen. What does the phrase "learning to use a computer" mean？ It sounds like "learning to drive a car"; that is, it sounds as if there is【C19】______set of definite skills that,【C20】______acquired, enable one to use a computer.

【C1】

A．moreover

B．for

C．whereas

D．though