to help identify the anonymous author of the best-selling political novel Primary Colors (1996). After using his computer program to compare the stylistic traits of various writers with those in the novel, Foster tabbed journalist Joe Klein as the author. Soon after, Klein accounted that he was the author. Foster was also employed as an expert in the case of the notorious Unabomber, a terrorist who published an anonymous manifesto in several major newspapers in 1995.

56. This paper will mainly discuss_______

A. advantage of computer usage in the study of humanities

B. the application of computers to compiling statistic indexes of literary works

C. the application of computers to compiling dictionaries

D. contributions of computer-based study of literary texts

57. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. A Funeral Elegy was an authentic work from Shakespeare.

B. Computer utilization made Forster’s claim more convincing.

C. In the last 100 years, additional works of Shakespeare have been accepted as authentic.

D. There are still many works whose authors are unknown.

58. Forster identified the author of an anonymous manifesto by _____.

A. studying the writing characteristic of the suspects

B. cross-referring the manifesto with other terrorists

C. gain the support of well- known scholars

D. applying computers to the study of its style

59. Which of the following can most probably be inferred from the passage?

A. In the past, mainframe computers were used to handle numbers.

B. Computers usage in liberal art is narrow.

C. Humanities applications for computers might produce unexpected results.

D. Computers are best in dealing with foreign or antiquated languages.

60. By ―access have grown‖ in paragraph 3, the author probably means that____

A. more people are able to log on to computer system.

B. means of approaching a computer system are expanded.