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
The three biggest lies in America are: (1) "The check is in the mail." (2) "Of course I’ll respect you in the morning." (3) "It
The three biggest lies in America are: (1) "The check is in the mail." (2) "Of course I’ll respect you in the morning." (3) "It
admin
2010-01-15
40
问题
The three biggest lies in America are: (1) "The check is in the mail." (2) "Of course I’ll respect you in the morning." (3) "It was a computer error."
Of these three little white lies, the worst of the lot by far is the third. It’s the only one that can never be true. Today, if a bank statement cheats you out of $900 that way, you know what the clerk is sure to say. "It was a computer error." Nonsense. The computer is reporting nothing more than what the clerk typed into it.
The most irritating case of all is when the computerized cash register in the grocery store shows that an item costs more than it actually does. If the innocent buyer points out the mistake, the checker, bagger, and manager all come together and offer the familiar explanation. "It was a computer error."
It wasn’t, of course. That high-tech cash register is really nothing more than an electric eye. The eye reads the Universal Product Code—that ribbon of black and white lines on the package—and then checks the code against a price list stored in memory. If the price list is right, you’ll be charged accurately.
Grocery stores update the price list each day—that is, somebody sits at a keyboard and types in the prices. If the price they type in is too high, there are only two explanations, carelessness or dishonesty. But somehow "a computer error" is supposed to excuse everything.
One reason we let people hide behind a computer is the common misperception that huge, modern computers are "electric brains" with "artificial intelligence." At some point there might be a machine with intelligence, but none exists today. The smartest computer on Earth right now is no more "intelligent" than your average screwdriver. At this point in the development of computers, the only thing any machine can do is what a human has instructed it to do.
Which of the following describes the main idea of the passage?
选项
A、Computers are stupid and inefficient.
B、Computer errors are basically human errors.
C、Computers can help department stores update the price list.
D、Supermarket price errors are often made through dishonesty.
答案
B
解析
本题询问全文的主要内容。原文说明常人所说的computer errors实质上是human errors。计算机本身谈不上聪明与否,因此A项有误;C项的内容是正确的,但不足以成为全文中心;D项中的“often”过分夸大事实,而D项也不足以成为全文的中心。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/OUnK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
FiveCommonMistakesinConversationsandTheirSolutionsI.NotlisteningA.Problem:mostpeople【T1】________
Let’sNotHideHealthCosts Weareawashinhealth-careproposals.PresidentBushhasone.SodoesCalifor
HowtoBeRespectfulofYourParentsChangingyourthoughtsandfeelingsaboutyourparent
(1)Whichwouldyouprefertobe:amedievalmonarchoramodernoffice-worker?Thekinghasarmiesofservants.Hewearsthe
PeoplewhogrewupinAmericaandWesternEuropehavebecomeusedtotheideathattheWestdominatestheworldeconomy.Inf
PassageFourWhyisthegenderpaygapnarrowingdownaccordingtoeconomists?
PassageOneWhatwordswouldyouusetodepictthesentimentsoftheTimeTravelerbeforehestartedhisstorytelling?
PassageThreeWhyarethecontrolsofamoderncarcriticized?
Therearetimeswhenyourchildproudlypresentsyouwiththeirscribbleofastickfigurewithcrazyhair.Itmightworthacl
Inatimenotsolongagoorfaraway,eatingfamilydinner,connectingwithyourspouseaftertuckingthechildrenintobedor
随机试题
人工破膜的适应证正确的是
早期宫颈癌是通过以下哪项确诊的
致痫的病因中,历代医家以何者立论最多
由于承包人原因造成工期拖期,业主向承包人提出工程拖期索赔时应考虑的因素有()
下列各项中,影响长期股权投资账面价值增减变动的是()。
某校化学实验兴趣小组进行实验室制取氯气并验证氯气的某些化学性质的实验,甲同学没计了如下图所示的实验装置(支撑用的铁架台省略),请按要求回答问题。制取氯气时在烧瓶中加入一定量的MnO2,通过______(填仪器名称)向烧瓶中加入适量的浓盐酸,该反应的离
社会主义核心价值观的基本内容概括为24个字:富强、民主、文明、和谐;自由、平等、公正、法治;爱国、敬业、诚信、友善。其中,对公民个人层面的价值准则的要求是()。
阅读以下叙述,回答问题【说明】某单位甲建设数据中心管理系统,与乙公司签订了单价建设合同,与丙公司签订了监理合同。建设合同中规定:系统提供的网络宽带不低于2Mb/s,操作响应时间不超过5秒,可支持的最大并发用户数不少于5000个。乙公司项目
Globalwarming?Youmayacceptorrejectthosewhosayitisadangerousphenomenon.Butiftheplanetiswarming,andhumanity
In1970psychologistWalterMschelplacedacookieinfrontofagroupofchildrenandgavethemachoice:theycouldeattheco
最新回复
(
0
)