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
To live in the Untied States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf’ s assertion that social change exists everywhere.
To live in the Untied States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf’ s assertion that social change exists everywhere.
admin
2009-06-15
71
问题
To live in the Untied States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf’ s assertion that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change.
Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation; it does not exist naturally. A spear or a robot is as much a cultural as a physical object. Until humans use a spear to hunt game or a robot to produce machine parts, neither is much more than a solid mass of matter. For a bird looking for an object on which to rest, a spear or robot serves the purpose equally well. The explosion of the Challenger space shuttle(挑战者号航天飞机) and the Russian nuclear accident at Chernobyl drive home the human quality of technology; they provide cases in which well-planned systems suddenly went haywire(变得混乱)and there was no ready hand to set them right. Since technology is a human creation, we are responsible for what is done with it. Pessimists worry that we will use our technology eventually to blow our world and ourselves to pieces. But they have been saying this for decades, and so far we have managed to survive and even flourish. Whether we will continue to do so in the years ahead remains uncertain. Clearly, the impact of technology on our lives deserves a closer examination.
Few technological developments have had a greater impact on our lives than the computer revolution. Scientists and engineers have designed specialized machines that can do the tasks that once only people could do. There are those who assert that the switch to an informationbased economy is in the same camp as other great historical milestones, particularly the Industrial Revolution. Yet when we ask why the Industrial Revolution was a revolution, we find that it was not the machines. The primary reason why it was a revolutionary is that it led to great social change. It gave rise to mass production and, through mass production, to a society in which wealth was not confined to the few.
In somewhat similar fashion, computers promise to revolutionize the structure of American life, particularly as they free the human mind and open new possibilities in knowledge and communication. The industrial Revolution supplemented and replaced the muscles of humans and animals by mechanical methods. The computer extends this development to supplement and replace some aspects of the mind of human beings by electronic methods. It is the capacity of the computer for solving problems and making decisions that represents its greatest potential and that poses the greatest difficulties in predicting the impact on society.
选项
A、is used both as a cultural and a physical object
B、serves different purposes equally well
C、is utilized by man
D、can be of use to both man and animal
答案
C
解析
本题问:只有在什么情况下机器人有技术的特性。C项的意思是“当它被人类使用时”。文章第二段提到,“Until humans use a spear to hunt game or a robot to produce machine parts,neither is much more than a solid mass of matter”因此C项为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/eDLd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语理工类A级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语理工类A级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
AbecauseoftheirsimilarityBthatwewouldnotbeabletounderstanditatallCtothepopularizationofEnglishasaworld
WhatIsMarket?Thewordmarketisusedinanumberofways.Thereisastockmarketandanautomobilemarket,aretailmark
Hearingproblemsmaybealleviatedbychangesindietandexercisehabits.
A.becostlyB.harmfulC.savealifeD.stillopentodebateE.reducetheriskofradiationtriggeringacancerF.reducedto
ProlongingHumanLife1Prolonginghumanlifehasincreasedthesizeofthehumanpopulation.Manypeoplealivetodaywouldhave
FluShotsOrNot?ItsoundedlikeagoodideawhenNewYorkCity’smayor,RudollphGiuliani,advisedNewYorkersrecentlyto
ProlongingHumanLife1Prolonginghumanlifehasincreasedthesizeofthehumanpopulation.Manypeoplealivetodaywouldhave
Accordingtothepassage,howcanyoulearnthatmanypeopleareuneasyaboutinformationtechnology?Theconfusioncausedbyw
Accordingtothepassage,howcanyoulearnthatmanypeopleareuneasyaboutinformationtechnology?Accordingtothepassage,
EconomicReforminChinaMoreUSsinologistshaveexpressedconfidenceinChina’seconomicreformandtheprospectsforChina’s
随机试题
勤俭节约是中华民族的传统美德。在不同的历史时期,勤俭节约具有不同的要求。这是因为()。①价值选择具有社会历史性②社会存在决定社会意识③社会意识具有直接现实性④社会意识具有相对独立性
常用于焊缝内部质量检测的方法有________和________两种。
如图标志的含义是什么?
预激综合征者频繁发作阵发性心房颤动,最佳的治疗方案是
下列属于小细胞低色素贫血的是
下列消费品中,应征收消费税的有()。
根据消费税的有关规定,委托加工的特点是()。
中国建设银行深圳分行的“女子特色银行”“汽车银行”和“口岸银行”,体现了银行市场定位原则中的()原则。
工资率的上升导致()增加。
“家庭学校”(homeschool)是一种()
最新回复
(
0
)