Laptop(便携式) computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and air planes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.
Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1,500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $ 10 million computer program at Westlake, a 100-year-old access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use E-mail to "speak" with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast food restaurant or under the tree -- anywhere at all!
Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education, such as, colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable (可携带的) Internet, but also libraries and other re sources. State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students. States officials al so are testing laptop programs at other universities, too.
At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, "Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we're giving students a window to the world. They can see everything and do every thing."
The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to ______.

A. use for their schoolwork
B. get access to the Internet
C. work at home
D. connect them to libraries