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
考研
The idea is as audacious as it altruistic: provide a personal laptop computer to every schoolchild—particularly in the poorest p
The idea is as audacious as it altruistic: provide a personal laptop computer to every schoolchild—particularly in the poorest p
admin
2019-05-30
33
问题
The idea is as audacious as it altruistic: provide a personal laptop computer to every schoolchild—particularly in the poorest parts of the world. The first step to making that happen is whittling the price down to $100. And that is the goal of a group of American techno-gurus led by Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the fabled MIT Media Lab. When he unveiled the idea at the World Economic Forum in January it seemed wildly ambitious. But surprisingly, it is starting to become a reality. Mr. Negroponte plans to display the first prototype in November at a UN summit. Four countries—Brazil, Egypt, Thailand and South Africa—have said they will buy over 1 m units each. Production is due to start in late 2006.
How is the group, called One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), able to create a laptop so inexpensively? It is mainly a matter of cleverly combining existing technologies in new ways. The laptop will have a basic processor made by AMD, flash memory instead of a hard disk, will be powered by batteries or a hand- crank, and will run open-source software. The $100 laptop also puts all the components behind the screen, not under the keyboard, so there is no need for an expensive hinge. So far, OLPC has got the price down to around $130.
But good news for the world’s poor, may not be such great news for the world’s computer manufacturers. The new machine is not simply of interest in the developing world. On September 22nd, Mitt Romney, the governor of Massachusetts, said the state should purchase one for every secondary-school student, when they become available.
Sales to schools are just one way in which the $100 laptop could change the computer industry more broadly. By depressing prices and fuelling the trend for "good-enough computing", where customers upgrade less often, it could eventually put pressure on the world’s biggest PC-makers.
Based on the last paragraph, which of the following is true?
选项
A、Every secondary-school student will be granted a $100 laptop in no time.
B、A $100 laptop for the poor could affect the computer industry.
C、The computer industry could be changed within a restricted range.
D、The world’s biggest PC-makers could be exempted from pressur
答案
B
解析
本题是一道细节题,测试考生识别理解原文主要信息的能力。本题的答案信息来源在尾段,尤其是尾段的第一句和第二句的主句。尾段首句的大意是:“向学校销售电脑只是百元电脑更广泛地改变电脑行业的一种方式”。尾段第二句主句的大意是:“向学校销售百元电脑能够最终给世界最大的个人电脑生产商以压力”。可见,本题的正确选项是B“A $100laptop for the poor could affect the computer industry.”(为贫困地区的人们生产的百元电脑可能会影响电脑行业)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/gUnZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Backwhenwewerekids,thehoursspentwithfriendsweretoonumeroustocount.Thereweremarathontelephoneconversations,al
[A]Whattodoasastudent[B]Variousdefinitionsofplagiarism[C]Ideasshouldalwaysbesourced[D]Ignorancecanbeforgiv
YourclassisgoingtoholdavisittoBeijing.Writeanoticetoinformyourclassmatesoftheinformationrelatedtothetrip.
In2016,manyshoppersoptedtoavoidthefreneticcrowdsanddotheirholidayshoppingfromthecomfortoftheircomputer.But
RobertF.Kennedyoncesaidthatacountry’sGDPmeasures"everythingexceptthatwhichmakeslifeworthwhile."WithBritainvot
Havetherealwaysbeencities?Thetrendiscitiesareincreasinglybecomingthedominantmodeofman’ssocialexistence.【F1】It
Markdecidedtogoonalong,longtripawayfromthesetroubles.
BilledastheSiliconValleyRobotBlockPartyandheldduringNationalRoboticsWeek,thepartyyesterdaywasacelebrationof
BilledastheSiliconValleyRobotBlockPartyandheldduringNationalRoboticsWeek,thepartyyesterdaywasacelebrationof
Someinternationalsstudentsarecomingtoyouruniversity.WritethemanemailinthenameoftheStudents’Unionto1)extend
随机试题
________是英文UniversalSerialBus(递用串行总线)的缩写,是一个外部总线标准,用于规范计算机与外部设备的连接和通信。
能“上行头目,下调经水,中开郁结”的药物是
患者,女,48岁。突发性恶心、头晕,随之呕吐鲜红色血液约1000ml。查体:BP8/6kPa,P110次/分,面色苍白,神志淡漠,巩膜无黄染,心肺未见异常,腹软,无压痛,肝脾未触及,移动性浊音阴性。下列哪项支持肝硬化食管静脉曲张破裂出血的诊断
不属于人工管理阶段会计核算软件的特点的是()。
盘龙藻井变身雨伞,飞檐角上的瑞兽蹲踞在铅笔上,朝珠成了时尚耳机……北京故宫博物院一改人们印象中的“正襟危坐”,以馆藏文物和古典建筑为元素创作了多款热销产品。这说明()。
王老师上课时,小班的学生轩轩比较好动,时而玩弄自己带过来的机器人,时而扯前面女同学的头发,时而用脚踢前面同学的屁股,王老师发现这一情况,把轩轩叫出来,在全班同学前面进行指责,“你原本就比较笨,还不好好学习,怎么能够赶上别人?”并不让轩轩上这门课,站到门外去
简述教学的任务与过程。
邓小平提出的社会主义两大原则是( )
打开考生文件夹下的演示文稿yswg.ppt,按照下列要求完成对此文稿的修饰并保存:(1)在演示文稿开始处插入一张“标题幻灯片”,作为演示文稿的第一张幻灯片,输入主标题为:“计算机世界”;输入副标题:“IT应用咨询顾问”,设置字体字号为:楷体GB23
Englishisoneoftheworld’smostwidelyspokenlanguages.ThisispartlybecauseitwasthelanguageoftheBritishEmpire.T
最新回复
(
0
)