The home computers industry has been growing【21】in... - 搜题云问答

第1题

Home computers can be use for ______.A．writing lettersB．playing gamesC．doing businessD．all

Home computers can be use for ______.

A．writing letters

B．playing games

C．doing business

D．all of the above

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第2题

Computers will______our working conditions to such an extent that we may imagine most peop

le working at home someday in the future.

A．improve

B．effect

C．increase

D．afford

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第3题

Futurists love computers. After all, 40 years ago electronic digital computers didn't exis

t; today microchips (微型集成电路片) as tiny as a baby's fingernail are making all sorts of tasks faster and easier. Surely the future hold still more miracles.

Some of the computer experiments now going inspire imagination of the future. For example, scientists are working in devices that can electronically perform. some sight and hearing functions, which could make easier for the blind and deaf. They are also working on artificial arms and legs that respond to the electric impulses (脉冲) produced by the human brain. Scientists hope that someday a person who has lost an arm could still have near-normal brain control over an artificial arm.

Video games, computerized effects in movies, and real-life training machines now being used by the U. S. Army are causing some people to predict new educational uses for computers. Computers could someday be used to imitate travel to other planets, to explore the ocean floor or to look inside an atom.

Experiment with electronic banking and shopping inspire predictions that these activities will soon be done from home computer terminals (终端) . Cars, too, might be equipped with computers to help drivers find their way around or to communicate with home and office computers.

Many people, including handicapped (残废的) workers with limited ability to move around, already are working at home using computer terminals. Each terminal is connected to a system at a company's main office. Some futurists say the day may come when few people will have to leave home to go to work—they'll just turn on a terminal.

Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage？

A．Futurists and Computers

B．A Look at Future Uses of Computers

C．Computer Experiments

D．Scientists and Computers

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第4题

The home computers industry has been growing rapidly in the United States for the last ten

years. Computers used to be large, expensive machines that were very difficult to use. But scientists and technicians have been making them smaller and cheaper while at the same time they have been made easier to use, As a result, their popularity has been increasing as more people have been buying computers for their homes and businesses. Computers have been designed to store information and compute complex problems. Some have voices that speak with the operators. Stores use computers to keep records of their inventories and to send bills to their customers. Offices use computers to type letters, record business and communicate with other offices. People have been using computers in their homes to keep track of expenses and turn appliances on and off.

One important new use for computers is for entertainment. Many new games have been designed to be played, on the computers. People of all ages have been playing these games. They have been going to Arcades where the computer games can be played for a small cost. People also have been buying home computers ,to play computer games at home. They have become very popular indeed.

Computers in the United States ______.

A．used to be too small to use

B．used to be nice

C．used to be heavy

D．used to be large and expensive

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第5题

The home computer industry has been growing rapidly in the United States for the last ten

years. Computers used to be large and expensive which were very difficult to use. But scientists and technicians have been making them smaller and cheaper while at the same time they have been made easier to use. As a result, their popularity has been increasing as more people have been buying computers for their homes and business. Computers have been designed to store information and computer problems that are difficult for human beings to work out. Some have voice that speak with the operators. Stores use computers to keep records of their inventories (存货清单) and to send bills to their customers. Offices use computers to copy letters, record business and keep in touch with other offices. People have been using computers in their homes to keep track of their money they spend.

One important new use for computers is for entertainment. Many new games have been designed to be played on the computers. People of all ages have been playing these games. People also have been buying home computers to play computer games. Watch movies and listen to concert at home. They have become very popular indeed.

Computer used to _____.

A．work rapidly

B．be large and expensive

C．be easy to use

D．be used for fun

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第6题

______makes it possible for many people to work at home.A．The use of computersB．The large

______makes it possible for many people to work at home.

A．The use of computers

B．The large number of children

C．The peaceful atmosphere at home

D．The better living condition

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第7题

According to the passage, we know it's better for the pregnant women ______.A．to do other

According to the passage, we know it's better for the pregnant women ______.

A．to do other work than on VDTs

B．to change their computers if necessary

C．to go back home to have a rest

D．to have their health tested

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第8题

A recent study shows that more and more Americans are choosing to work at home.There are s

A recent study shows that more and more Americans are choosing to work at home.

There are several reasons for the change. One reason is many parents want more time to be with their children at home. Another is that people want the freedom to decide for them- selves how and when to do their job. The chance to work at home lets people live wherever they wish—out in the country, perhaps. It also makes it possible for many others—disabled and other persons, new mothers-to do useful work and earn money.

About half the people who work at home operate their own business. They sell products or services. The other half works for companies. They may make things, such as clothes. Or they may do office work, such as copying letters. A smaller number work at highly skilled jobs as designers or engineers.

The revolution(革命) in computer technology is one of the main reasons for the change to working at home.

Computers are now used in almost every American workplace in offices, in factories, even on farms. Computers make it much easier and quicker to do any task that involves information: writing, counting, designing, planning, keeping records.

With computers, there is less need for people to come together to work. Computers can he linked by telephone lines with other computers far away. A worker can write a report or

add information to company records on a computer at home and then send the finished work to a computer in another city.

Americans already are using computers to do many different kinds of jobs at home. Many highly skilled workers, for example, ask their companies for the chance to work at least part of the time at home. They say they can think more clearly and be more creative in the quiet, peaceful atmosphere of their home.

Many engineers, writers and computer scientists are among those who now do at least part of their work at home, using a computer. Most of such professional workers, however, spend at least a day or two each week in the company office to discuss their work with oth- ers. Working at home is a good idea for some people in some industries. However, it does not work for everyone.

Some home workers have said their personal lives and work lives became too close. Some have said they needed to be with other people to develop new ideas. And others have said it is more difficult to get a better job with the company when you are not working in the company's office.

Lots of people hope to work at home so as to______.

A．get a higher pay

B．have enough time to stay with their children

C．have more time for rest

D．do more housework

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第9题

What was not true of the first electronic computers？ A．Harvard MK I was general-purpose electromech

What was not true of the first electronic computers？

A．Harvard MK I was general-purpose electromechanical programmable computer.

B．Colossus used electronic valves.

C．They used punched cards for their main, non-volatile storage.

D．Scientists in the U. K. and the U. S. A worked together in 1943 to develop the first electronic computers.

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第10题

The Californian coastline north and south of Silicon Valley is a trend-setting sort of pla

ce. Increasingly, the home interiors of the well-heeled there tend toward one of two (1)_____. Houses are (2)_____ light flooded, sparse and vaguely Asian in (3)_____, with perhaps a Zen fountain in one corner, a Yoga area in another. Or they resemble electronic control rooms with all sorts of (4)_____, computers, routers, antennae, screens and remote controls. Occasionally, both elements are (5)_____. "She" may have the living room and public areas, (6)_____ "he" is banished with his toys up or down the stairs.

Currently, the gadget lovers have powerful allies. Many of the largest companies in the consumer-electronics, computer, telecoms and internet industries have made a strategic decision to (7)_____ visions of a "digital home", "eHome", or "connected home". Doubting that (8)_____ from corporate customers will ever (9)_____ to the boom levels of the late 1990s, Microsoft, Intel, Sony, Verizon, Comcast, Hewlett-Packard, Apple and others see the consumer (10)_____ their best chance for growth and will be throwing a bewildering (11)_____ of home "solutions" at (12)_____ in the coming months and years.

To understand what the (13)_____ ultimately have in (14)_____ it is best to visit the (15)_____ homes that most have built on their campuses or at trade shows. (16)_____ cosy and often intimidating, these feature flat screens almost everywhere, (17)_____ electronic picture frames in the bedroom from the large TV-substitute in the living room. Every (18)_____ has a microchip and can be (19)_____ to, typed into or clicked onto. Everything is (20)_____ to a central computer through wireless links.

A．extremes

B．spheres

C．hazards

D．loopholes

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