首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Science writer Tom Standage draws apt parallels between the telegraph and the gem of late 20th century technology, the Internet.
Science writer Tom Standage draws apt parallels between the telegraph and the gem of late 20th century technology, the Internet.
admin
2015-06-27
45
问题
Science writer Tom Standage draws apt parallels between the telegraph and the gem of late 20th century technology, the Internet. Both systems grew out of the cutting edge science of their time. The telegraph’s land lines, underwater cables, and clicking gadgets reflected the 19th century’s research in electromagnetism. The Internet’s computers and high-speed connections reflect 20th century computer science, information theory, and materials technology.
But, while inventions make a global network possible, it takes human cooperation to make it happen. Standage’s insight in this regard adds depth to his technological history. It underscores the relevance to our own time of the struggles of Samuel Morse in America, William Cooke in England, and other telegraph pioneers. They made the technology work efficiently, sold it to a skeptical public, and overcame national and international bureaucratic obstacles. The solutions they found smooth the Internet’s way today.
Consider a couple of technical parallels. Telegrams were sent from one station to the next, where they were received and retransmitted until they reached their destination. Stations along the way were owned by different entities, including national governments. Internet data is sent from one server computer to another that receives and retransmits it until it reaches its destination. Again the computers have a variety of owners.
Then there is the social impact. The Internet is changing the way we do business and communicate. It makes possible virtual communities for individuals scattered around the planet who share mutual interests. Yet important as this may turn out to be, it is affecting a world that was already well connected by radio, television, and other telecommunications. The Associated Press, Reuters, and other news services would have spread the Star report quickly without the Internet. In this respect, the global telegraph network was truly revolutionary — the unprecedented availability of global news in real time gave birth to the Associated Press and Reuters news services. It gave a global perspective to newspapers that had focused on local affairs. A provincialism that geographical isolation had forced on people for millennia was gone forever. Some seers naively hailed this as a force for world peace. They predicted that tensions over cultural and ethnic differences would relax as people interacted in real time. Visionaries say the same about the Internet. While communications can smooth this process, they do not automatically make it happen. As the experience of the past century and a half has shown, peace takes the will to make it work and sustained effort by all parties.
Why is it that the global telegraph network was truly revolutionary?
选项
A、It has changed the way we do business and communicate.
B、It makes virtual communities possible.
C、It makes real-time global news service available.
D、It makes world peace.
答案
C
解析
由题干关键词,将信息定位于尾段第六句,In this respect…revolutionary…因此,要找到答案就要从上文中找出this指代的对象。由该段第四、五句可知,this即指全球电报网前所未有地使人类能够即时获得世界新闻报道。因此答案为[C]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/3FXK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
CheneysaidtheU.S.isstronglycommittedto
Whatarethestudentsmainlydiscussing?
WhatisMr.Johnson’smainreasonforfindinganewjob?
WaterPollutionWaterisveryimportanttous./Factoriesandplantsneedwaterforindustrialusesandlargepiecesoffar
Therecanbenodoubtthatthecomputerrevolutionhastouched【C1】______everypersoninthecountry【C2】______somewayorother
Peopletaking"doityourself"asawayoflifemaydothefollowingthingsEXCEPT
WhileAmericancitiesaresynchronizinggreenlightstoimprovetrafficflowandofferingapplicationstohelpdriversfindpark
WhichofthefollowingitalicizedpartsindicatesREASON?
Hislong-timedrugtakinghas______hishealthsomuchthathecouldn’teventakecareofhimselfnow.
Shereallywantedtosaysomethingatthemeeting,buteventually______fromit.
随机试题
下列细菌感染常见铁锈色痰的是
剩余法除适用于土地估价外,也可用来估测具体开发项目的预期利润。()
镇区用地规划布局的镇布局原则有()。
下列主体中,可以作为会计主体的有()。
下列说法中不正确的是()。
关于企业所得税,下列说法正确的是()。
根据材料回答下列问题。华尔街的金融海啸,将颠覆笼罩在世界许多人头脑中的一种根深蒂固的盲目崇拜和迷信,一种曾经被灌输给世界人民的历史观和文化观。那种弥漫全世界的迷信或思潮究竟是什么呢?简言之,它是一种“新蒙昧主义”,也就是一种“美国什么都好”、“代表了人类
假如一个人,从他的少年时代开始,就时刻地守住________,用它来学习、劳动,________决不容忍无聊的玩乐来剥夺任何一个早晨,也决不允许让缥缈的幻想来骗取任何一个夜晚,每迎接一个黎明都有的斗志,每送走一个黄昏,都有前进一步的喜悦,那么,他的生命将成
“批判的武器当然不能代替武器的批判,物质的力量只能用物质的力量来摧毁;但理论一经群众掌握,也会变成物质力量。”这一论断体现出的哲学思想有
Genesarethebiologicalinstructions______ineverycell.
最新回复
(
0
)