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
Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it difficult to learn that system They ar
Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it difficult to learn that system They ar
admin
2022-07-08
41
问题
Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it difficult to learn that system They are thereby shut【C1】________from the world of books and newspapers, having to【C2】________on friends to read aloud to them.
A young scientist named Raymond Kurzweil has now designed a computer which is a major【C3】________in providing aid to the【C4】________. His machine, Cyclops, has a camera that【C5】________any page, interprets the print into sounds, and then delivers them orally in a robotlike【C6】________through a speaker. By pressing the appropriate buttons【C7】________Cyclops’s keyboard, a blind person can "read" any【C8】________document in the English language.
This remarkable invention represents a tremendous【C9】________forward in the education of the handicapped. At present, Cyclops costs $50,000.【C10】________, Mr. Kurzweil and his associates are preparing a smaller【C11】________improved version that will sell【C12】________less than half that price. Within a few years, Kurzweil【C13】________the price range will be low enough for every school and library to【C14】________one. Michael Hingson, Director of the National Federation for the Blind, hopes that【C15】________will be able to buy home【C16】________of Cyclops for the price of a good television set.
Mr. Hingson’s organization purchased five machines and is now testing them in Maryland, Colorado, Iowa, California, and New York. Blind people have been【C17】________in those tests, making lots of【C18】________suggestions to the engineers who helped to produce Cyclops.
"This is the first time that blind people have ever done individual studies【C19】________a product was put on the market, Hingson said." Most manufacturers believed that having the blind help the blind was like telling disabled people to teach other disabled people. In that【C20】________, the manufacturers have been the blind ones.
【C10】
选项
A、Likewise
B、Moreover
C、However
D、Though
答案
C
解析
上文说Cyclops costs $50,000,下文说新一代的Cyclops价格要便宜得多,显然,两句之间为转折关系。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Fo0O777K
本试题收录于:
CATTI二级笔译综合能力题库翻译专业资格(CATTI)分类
0
CATTI二级笔译综合能力
翻译专业资格(CATTI)
相关试题推荐
Anewcomputerprogram,knownastheKNFBReaderapp,willbeavailableformobiledevicessoon.Itcanhelpblindpeoplelisten
LatinAmericanandChineseofficialshaveopenedtwodaysoftalksontradeandinvestment.ThefirstChina/LatinAmericaand
【L1】______and【L2】______affecthowpeoplevaluepersonalcontrolindecisionmaking,accordingtoanewstudyinBiologicalPsy
Whatisthepurposeoftheprogram?
Whyissleepsoimportant?
Despitemajorchangesinthecausesofdeathsincethe1900s,theassociationbetweendeprivationand【C1】______remainsfirmlyen
Doctorsaretryingtofindsomethingpractical,somethingquickeryetnotnecessarilyperfect.
Uganda’seagernessforgenuinedevelopmentisreflectedinitsschoolchildren’ssmilesandinthefactthatsomanychildrenare
EversincetheeconomistDavidRicardoofferedthebasictheoryin1817,economicscripturehastaughtthatopentrade—freeoft
Bestofall,youcancycleonthoseroutesforlongdistanceswithouthavingtomakewayforcarsandtrucksatjunctionsandtr
随机试题
矩阵的秩是().
简述列宁关于物质的定义。
患者,男,56岁,缺失,深覆,缺牙区龈距0.5mm,可摘局部义齿修复时,基托应选择下列哪种类型
工业企业建设项目声环境影响评价中,厂界外敏感目标处夜间声环境质量评价量有()。
受国际国内政治、经济、法律等多方面因素的影响,世界各国商业银行的组织形式可以分为若干种,某一集团或某一人购买若干独立银行的多数股票,从而控制这些银行的体制,商业银行的这种组织形式被称为()。
Inrecentdecades,thereisaphenomenonwhichmakesusgivesomeattention,theso-calledSoutheastAsian"Tigers"haverivaled
违法对于()相当于()对于假想
某环卫所积极推行城市垃圾分类回收管理,他们在A社区放置了一些有分类标识的垃圾回收箱,结果却发现仍然有许多居民并没有将生活垃圾分类放置。造成这种现象的原因最不可能的是()。
简述表见代理须具备的条件?
Wheredoesthemanlivenow?
最新回复
(
0
)