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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
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2011-04-12
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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)。
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