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
Computers The initial impact of computers was in the area of entertainment. If you walked by a video arcade in the early 19
Computers The initial impact of computers was in the area of entertainment. If you walked by a video arcade in the early 19
admin
2010-01-13
80
问题
Computers
The initial impact of computers was in the area of entertainment. If you walked by a video arcade in the early 1980s, you could not have failed to notice that the use of video games was growing at what some considered an alarming rate. In 1981 the movie industry grossed $ 3 billion, video games took in an estimated $ 6 billion. That gives you some idea of just how big the computer industry had become. Video games employ the same technology as personal computers, and indeed many who bought personal computers did so primarily for playing games at home, thus saving their quarters. Though video games are not as popular as they were a few years ago, they did provide consumer with their first real reason to buy PCs.
A more recent computer innovation, desktop publishing, supplies one good reason for those who write for a living to buy a PC. Desktop publishing is a deceptively simple description for an extremely complex group of hardware and software tools. You can now write text, edit text, draw illustrations, incorporate photographs, design page layouts, and print a finished document with a relatively inexpensive computer and laser printer. Although the new technology offers new freedom, there is a price to be paid for this freedom. With total control comes total responsibility. In fact, the issue of social responsibility in our new computer age has long been a topic of debate among computer enthusiasts. Some people are concerned with the long-term social effects of the so-called computer revolution. Ironically, many PC pioneers who built and marketed the first machines were 60s-style advocates of social change. They claim that while personal computer technology has the potential to make society more equal, it’s having the opposite effect since upper-middle-class people can afford them and lower-class people cannot.
In addition, the ways that computers are used to monitor the activities of their users have evoked anxiety about the machine. Over 7 million Americans now have their work paced, controlled, and monitored by computers. A computer is more restrictive and powerful in the way it controls people than the old-fashioned assembly line. This can lead to what some have called "tech-stress". Irritated eyes, back problems, and other physical symptoms have also been associated with the extensive use of computers. Although the personal computer may not have had the impact some predicted a decade age, the combination of computer technology with satellites and cable does promise innovations in the mass media that would have seemed astonishing just a few short years ago.
The consumers’ first motivation in buying personal computer is to______.
选项
A、play video games
B、make writing easier for themselves
C、facilitate their entrance into the stock market
D、transmit printed information
答案
A
解析
根据文章第一段的第一句话,“尽管电子游戏不像几年前那样流行了,但它确实是消费者购买个人电脑的第一个原因。”因此此题正确答案应当为A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/NJGd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语综合类基础题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语综合类基础
职称英语
相关试题推荐
Thenextmorningshetoldusthatthelastquestiondidn’tdeparttillwellaftermidnight.
RecyclingAroundtheWorldRecyclingisoneofthebestenvironmentalsuccessstoriesofthelate20thcentury.Butwecoul
CaptainCookArrowLegendItwasagreatlegendwhileitlasted,butDNAtestinghas(1)endedatwo-century-oldstoryoftheH
Bydescribingatypicalsituationofalostdriverontheroad,theauthorintendto______.Withoutsignalsfromnavigationsa
Peopleknewlongagohowanearthquakestarts.ThousandsofpeoplewerekilledduringanearthquakeinTurkey.
ThepassagetellsusthatLondon’sfirstLightRailSystemItappearsthatthePoplartoStratfordsectionoftheDLRroutewas
"Othercountrieshaveaclimate;inEnglandwehaveweather".ThisstatementsuggeststhatWhatmakestheEnglishmancautious,
CropProblemAdvancesintechnologyhavehelpedmoreoftheworld’spopulationlivebetterandlonger,andthatispartofo
LookAfterYourVoiceOftenspeakersatameetingexperiencedrymouthsandaskforaglassofwater.Youcansolvetheprob
WaterFromthebeginning,waterhasfurnishedmanwithasourceoffoodandahighwaytotravelupon.Thefirstcivilizationsar
随机试题
A、Mr.Simpson’sspeeding.B、Thetwopedestriansatthejunction.C、Theotherdriver’sdrunkdriving.D、Mr.Simpson’sdrunkdrivi
共同参与型护患关系模式的特点包括()。
A.以激素调节为主B.以神经调节为主C.以代谢物反馈调节为主D.受靶腺激素和下丘脑调节肽双重调节雌激素分泌
急性重症胆管炎的治疗原则是
A.温肾健脾,化气行水B.益气健脾,宣肺利水C.活血化瘀,清热利水D.益气养阴,化湿清热E.滋阴补肾,平肝潜阳小儿肾病综合征肺脾气虚证的治法是
女性,5岁,尿少、水肿2天,颜面与下肢非凹陷性水肿,血压130/90mmHg,尿常规:蛋白(+),红细胞20个/HP,白细胞2个/HP。首先考虑的诊断是
我国《证券投资基金法》中明确规定,经批准设立的基金,应当委托国有独资的商业银行作为托管人托管基金资产。()
下列金融资产不属于基础资产的是()。
Newmeasuresareintroducedtoensurethatthebusinessruns______.
刘老师正准备制作家长会通知,根据考生文件夹下的相关资料及示例,按下列要求帮助刘老师完成编辑操作。将通知最后的蓝色文本转换为一个6行6列的表格,并参照考生文件夹下的文档“回执样例.png”进行版式设置。
最新回复
(
0
)