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
Narrator Listen to a talk on home automation in a mechanical engineering class. Now get ready to answer the questions. Y
Narrator Listen to a talk on home automation in a mechanical engineering class. Now get ready to answer the questions. Y
admin
2013-04-25
49
问题
Narrator
Listen to a talk on home automation in a mechanical engineering class.
Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer.
How does home automation benefit disabled people?
Today I would like to talk about automated home facilities. Current advances in home automation offer homeowners comfort, convenience, security and energy saving. In a fully automated house, you would be able to pick up phone, call your house and instruct it to stop the security system, turn on lights, turn on the compact disc player and start cooking the food in the oven, etc. , all while you were away from home.
These and other advances in home automation are fast becoming available to people nowadays, thanks to the ongoing efforts of scores of consumer electronics companies.
During the last decade, consumers have readily accepted such technological wonders as microwave ovens, fax machines and cellular phones. Cars are computerized, automated teller machines are widely used in banks and many people have access to personal computers. The interest in home automation, however, is not born of a desire to create a space-age home. It stems from a genuine interest in finding new ways to make a house safe, energy-efficient and comfortable.
Take security for example. If there is a fire, an automated house will detect it, turn off the gas, turn on the lights, unlock the doors, set off an alarm and call the fire department. If someone tries to enter your home, a triggered motion detector can turn on floodlights in the yard and instruct your stereo set to produce the sound of a barking dog in order to frighten the person away. If you want to avoid unwelcome guests, you can mount a video camera at the front door, and view visitors on a TV screen. If the caller is someone with a clipboard and a hopeful expression, you can skip that trip to the door. But if it is a friend, you could tap a couple of buttons on the remote control, unlock the door and welcome him in.
With home manager, one of several automation systems being sold on the market, you can warm up the master bedroom, kitchen and bathroom in the morning before the alarm goes off. Or you can program it to keep your children’s room at a constant temperature. In midsummer, you can even instruct sensors in the house to open skylights, turn on the ceiling fans and close the curtains when the house reaches a certain temperature. The increase of working couples and single people living alone means there is less time for and interest in menial tasks. Why not automate these tasks whenever possible?
Home control systems also offer a lot of conveniences. First of all, you can program your house to do certain things at different times of the day or for different scenarios. A "wake-up mode", for instance, might turn off the security alarm, turn on the kitchen lights, turn up the furnace, heat water and start the coffee pot. A "romantic mode" might allow you, with the flip of a switch, to dim the lights, play romantic music and light the fireplace. And an "unoccupied mode" will arm the security system and randomly turn lights on and off in different rooms. All of these functions can be controlled while in the house or remotely from a phone or computer.
In addition, home automation offers tremendous lifestyle improvements for elderly and disabled people. For those who can’t push a button or flip a switch, a voice command can be used to activate security cameras, turn on the stereo volume or drop the room temperature a few degrees. The click of remote control could turn on the oven, close the window or open the door. So, what is home automation exactly? In short, it is actually a combination of several things including microprocessors, enhanced power line transmission, computer chips, telephone and cable wiring, infrared sensors and radio frequency waves.
选项
A、It helps them to perform impossible tasks at home.
B、It allows them to use voice commands.
C、It keeps them safe from fire.
D、It makes their life more enjoyabl
答案
BC
解析
本题为细节多选题。题目问:家庭自动化对残疾人有何好处?从原文“For those who can’t push a button or flip a switch, a voice command can be used to activate security cameras, turn on the stereo volume to drop the room temperature a few degrees. The click of remote control could turn on the oven, close the window or open the door (对于那些不能按动按钮或开关的残疾人,声控命令可以启动安全防卫监控录像机……)”可知B项正确,综合考虑第三段,可知C项正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/vdyO777K
0
托福(TOEFL)
相关试题推荐
Questions26-30Identifywhichspeakerisbeingreferredtoineachstatement.Writethecorrespondingletteronyouranswershe
Theprofessorwantsthestudentstopretendthattheyare______.
Theprofessorwantsthestudentstopretendthattheyare______.
Decidewhichmobilephonepackage(s)is/arebeingdescribed.Writetheappropriateletter(s)onyouranswersheet.Notethatmor
Matchthesoundswiththeircorrectmeanings.Writetheappropriateletteronyouranswersheet.A.continuoushigh-pitchedhum
Questions21-25AnswerthefollowingquestionsusingNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.
Qusetions11-15AnswerthefollowingquestionsusingNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSAND/ORANUMBERforeachanswer.
Completethesummarybelow.UseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.PROJECTMANAGENTLastweek’sdefinitionofpro
Completethesummarybelow.UseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.PROJECTMANAGENTLastweek’sdefinitionofpro
随机试题
下列选项中,实现了理想的引力实力平衡的是【】
朱砂安神丸中泄火除烦的药物是
不抵抗主义我向来很赞成,不过因为有些偏于消极,不敢实行。现在一想,这个见解实在是太谬,为什么?因为不抵抗主义面子上是消极,骨底里是最经济的积极,我们要办事有成效,假使不实行这主义,就不免消费精神于无用之地。我们要保存精神,在正当的地方用,就不得不在可以不必
《关于进一步推进检验检测机构资质认定改革工作的意见》鼓励检验检测机构通过自我声明,对有关质量体系的有效运行、技术能力的变更、分支机构的设立和运行等进行自我承诺,资质认定部门可以先期信任此类承诺,但还需进行现场评审。()
[2009年第29题]为混凝土小型空心砌块砌体浇筑芯柱混凝土时,其砌筑砂浆强度最低应大于:
在下列现象中,可以成为地球自转证据的是()。
在公共场合演讲,有的人长篇大论,滔滔不绝;有的人则把自己的意思浓缩成一句话,而这句话犹如一粒沉甸甸的石子,在听众平静的心湖里激起层层波浪,让人称道与回味。1936年10月19日,在上海各界人士公祭鲁迅先生的大会上,我国著名新闻记者、政治家、社会活动家邹韬奋
存储容量1GB等于()。
“鹰比人看得远得多,但是人的眼睛识别东西却远胜于鹰,狗比人具有锐敏得多的嗅觉,但是它不能辨别在人看来是各种东西的特定标志的气味的百分之一。”对上述现象原因的最合理的解释是
HassanK,TürkeiIchbin39Jahrealtundschonseit15JahreninDeutschland.VerheiratetwarichschonvormeinerAbreiseaus
最新回复
(
0
)