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The idea is as audacious as it altruistic: provide a personal laptop computer to every schoolchild—particularly in the poorest p
The idea is as audacious as it altruistic: provide a personal laptop computer to every schoolchild—particularly in the poorest p
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2020-08-21
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The idea is as audacious as it altruistic: provide a personal laptop computer to every schoolchild—particularly in the poorest parts of the world. The first step to making that happen is whittling the price down to $100. And that is the goal of a group of American techno-gurus led by Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the fabled MIT Media Lab. When he unveiled the idea at the World Economic Forum in January it seemed wildly ambitious. But surprisingly, it is starting to become a reality. Mr. Negroponte plans to display the first prototype in November at a UN summit. Four countries—Brazil, Egypt, Thailand and South Africa—have said they will buy over 1 m units each. Production is due to start in late 2006.
How is the group, called One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), able to create a laptop so inexpensively? It is mainly a matter of cleverly combining existing technologies in new ways. The laptop will have a basic processor made by AMD, flash memory instead of a hard disk, will be powered by batteries or a hand- crank, and will run open-source software. The $100 laptop also puts all the components behind the screen, not under the keyboard, so there is no need for an expensive hinge. So far, OLPC has got the price down to around $130.
But good news for the world’s poor, may not be such great news for the world’s computer manufacturers. The new machine is not simply of interest in the developing world. On September 22nd, Mitt Romney, the governor of Massachusetts, said the state should purchase one for every secondary-school student, when they become available.
Sales to schools are just one way in which the $100 laptop could change the computer industry more broadly. By depressing prices and fuelling the trend for "good-enough computing", where customers upgrade less often, it could eventually put pressure on the world’s biggest PC-makers.
It can be inferred from the text that______.
选项
A、South Africa has claimed that it will purchase over one million units
B、the idea is as audacious as it altruistic
C、the flash memory will be supplanted by a hard disk
D、the desired price of the laptop has not been reached yet
答案
D
解析
这是一道细节推导题,测试考生识别理解原文信息并且进行推导的能力。本题的答案信息来源在第二段尾句,该句大意是:“到目前为止,OLPC已经将电脑价格降低到130美元左右”。可见,本题的正确选项是D“The desired price of the laptop has not been reached yet”(还没有达到预期的电脑价格)。
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考研英语一
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