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
As the editor of a science magazine--a fanny one--I was continually besieged by people who wanted ray help in winning a Nobel Pr
As the editor of a science magazine--a fanny one--I was continually besieged by people who wanted ray help in winning a Nobel Pr
admin
2014-03-21
53
问题
As the editor of a science magazine--a fanny one--I was continually besieged by people who wanted ray help in winning a Nobel Prize.
I always explained that I had no influence on these matters, but they invariably told me in great detail what they’d done and why they deserved a prize. In some cases, they were correct. They deserved a prize all right, but not a Nobel Prize. And so, with the help of some friends and colleagues, I started the annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony.
The first was held in October 1991. Now each year the science humor magazine I currently edit, Annals of Improbable Research, awards ten Ig Nobel Prizes to people whose achievements, though not precisely ignoble, "cannot or should not be reproduced." Genuine Nobel Prize winners present the Ig Nobel Prizes to the winners at Harvard. A friendly, standing-room-only audience of 1,200 gives a warm welcome with wild applause and paper airplanes.
Here are a few especially memorable Ig Nobel Prize winners:
In Computer Science Chris Niswander of Tucson, Ariz., was honored in 2002 for inventing PawSense, software that detects when a cat is walking across your computer keyboard. "Cats can enter random commands and data, damage your files and even crash your computer," explained Niswander, a computer scientist. When PawSense detects a cat on the keyboard, it emits a blast of loud harmonica music, or a recording of someone hissing.
The inventor says that in addition to the sounds, once a cat has been recognized, PawSense blacks the cat’s keyboard input. It puts up a giant message on the computer screen: "Catlike typing Detected." To unlock the screen, the program requests that you type the word human. A cat might beat the system through a lucky combination of paw blows, but its odds of doing so are low.
In Environmental protection When businessmen come home to their wives after a hard night of drinking and smoking for professional purposes, they can, though no fault of their own, smell bad. Hyuk-ho Kwon of Kolon Company in Seoul, South Korea, was awarded an Ig Nobel Prize in 2003 for inventing the self-perfuming business suit. The fabric is soaked in micro-encapsulated peppermint scent; even a slight motion releases the flagrance.
Kwon traveled from Seoul at his company’s expense to attend the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. The Kolon
Company generously made serf-perfuming business suits for the five Nobel laureates who participated in the event, as well as for the master of ceremonies.
Which of the following is NOT true?
选项
A、Kwon’s invention can solve the problems of some businessmen.
B、Kwon was supported financially by his company to attend the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.
C、The self-perfuming suit can release a pleasing scent without any movement.
D、Drinking and smoking are not avoidable on some business occasions.
答案
C
解析
细节理解题。注意题目要求选出错误的表述。A,B,D都可在最后两段找到。原文even a slight motion releases the fragrance 与C相反。at one’s expense 由某人负担费用
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/akUK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Manypeoplebelievethatsciencehelpssocietytoprogressthrough______.Whatdoesthepassagemainlydiscuss?
Accordingtothespeakerwhatdopeopleoftenthinkaboutastronomers
Whatisthelecturemainlyabout?
TheBritishCourtofAppealhascutlibeldamagesawardedtoMcDonald’s,theworld’slargestfast—foodchain,againsttwopennil
Whyiseverycompanysomuchinterestedintheprocessofcustomersatisfaction?Theanswerisrathersimple—thecustomerpurcha
Nepal’sgovernmentdeployedairpatrolsandpoliceofficerstoguardagainst
IntheUnitedStatesthefirstdaynurserywasopenedin1854.Nurserieswereestablishedinvariousareasduringthe【C1】______
Inatelephonesurveyofmorethan2,000adults,21%saidtheybelievedthesunrevolvedaroundtheearth.An(1)_____7%didnot
Inatelephonesurveyofmorethan2,000adults,21%saidtheybelievedthesunrevolvedaroundtheearth.An(1)_____7%didnot
Thetruckdriverwasfinedforexceedingthespeed______.
随机试题
请问糖化血红蛋白可以反映多长时间血糖控制情况()
关于左侧忽略的病人,下列哪一项不正确
工资按支付手段可分为()。
若某项目的动态投资回收期恰好等于该项目的计算期,则()。
在国内设备购置费的构成中,不含有()。
背景资料:某承包人承接了一座大桥工程,该桥采用的桩基础,桩长约25~32m;桥住处地层均为天然砂砾,地下水位在原地面下约1.5m处。其桩基主要施工过程如下。平整场地、用水准仪进行桩位放样、埋设钢护筒、选用正循环回旋钻机作为成孔钻机,终孔
期货交易应当在依法设立的期货监督管理机构批准的其他交易场所进行。()
()是社会工作最主要的承载者和表现者。
设动点P(χ,y)在曲线9y=4χ2上运动,且坐标轴的单位长是1cm.如果P点横坐标的速率是30cm/s,则当P点经过点(3,4)时,从原点到P点间距离r的变化率是_______.
构成计算机信息系统的部件有很多。Ⅰ.数据库子系统Ⅱ.模型库子系统Ⅲ.知识库子系统Ⅳ.对话子系统以上部件中,在传统的决策支持系统结构中,必不可少的三个部件是
最新回复
(
0
)