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
2012-06-10
60
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.
What is the relevance to our own time of the struggles of telegraph pioneers?
选项
A、They made today’s technology work efficiently.
B、They smooth the way for the popularity of today’s technology.
C、They made the Internet a global network.
D、They overcame national and international bureaucratic obstacles.
答案
B
解析
根据题干关键词,将信息定位于文章第二段。该段后两句都在说电报先驱们所作出的努力的影响;但仔细阅读题干,the relevance to our own time只可能是该段尾句提到的smooth the Internet’s way today,故[B]正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/MNmK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Thegovernmentistobanpaymentstowitnessesbynewspapersseekingtobuyuppeopleinvolvedinprominenteases【C1】______the
RobertSpring,a19thcenturyforger,wassogoodathisprofessionthathewasabletomakehislivingfor15yearsbyselling
"Accordingtothemost______records,mydearchildren,"saidGrandfather,"thechair,aboutthistime,hadthemisfortunetob
What’sthetopicdiscussedinthispassage?
Ihopealltheprecautionsagainstairpollution,______suggestedbythelocalgovernment,willbeseriouslyconsideredhere.
ComeSeptember,thecampusesofAmericawillbeswarmingnotjustwithreturningundergraduates,butalsowithemployersseton
Themanissurprisedatthefactthat
WheredoestheSyrianradarstationliesin?
Beforereturningtohisoffice,Joehasto
随机试题
成年男性,3个月来双下肢无力、双下肢麻木逐渐发展到腰部,后背疼痛且咳嗽时加剧。查体:左半侧T8下痛、温觉消失;右下肢肌力3级,腱反射亢进,Babinski征阳性,右下肢足趾振动觉、位置觉消失。可能的诊断为
多发性硬化应与哪种疾病鉴别
教室自然采光的卫生要求,单侧采光的光线应自学生座位何侧射人,双侧采光也应将主要采光窗设在何侧?()
关于律师担任刑事案件被告人的辩护人,下列哪些选项是正确的?(2007年试卷2第66题)
某施工项目有四个工艺过程,每个过程按五段依次进行施工,各过程在各段的持续时间依次为:4d、3d、5d、7d、4d;5d、6d、7d、3d、2d;3d、5d、4d、8d、7d;5d、6d、2d、3d、4d,其工期应为(
发行人发行可转换公司债券,保荐人的职责包括( )。
某企业创立时需筹资500万元,通过长期借款获得80万元,发行普通股300万元,发行债券120万元,三种筹资方式的个别资本成本率分别为7%、14%和8%,该企业筹资的加权平均资本成本率为()。
“雁过也,正伤心,却是旧时相识”是()的名句。
阅读下列说明,回答问题1至问题4,将解答填入答题纸的对应栏内。【说明】某汽车租赁公司建立汽车租赁管理系统,其数据库的部分关系模式如F:用户:LISERS(Userld,Name,Balance),各属性分别表示用户编号、姓名、余额;
Astothesupportingactress,shehasa(beautiful)______facethantheheroine(女主角)inthemovie.
最新回复
(
0
)