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
Productivity is the yardstick by which socioeconomic revolutions are measured. Plows initiated the agrarian revolution by greatl
Productivity is the yardstick by which socioeconomic revolutions are measured. Plows initiated the agrarian revolution by greatl
admin
2010-05-05
63
问题
Productivity is the yardstick by which socioeconomic revolutions are measured. Plows initiated the agrarian revolution by greatly improving the productivity of farmers. Engines, and (1)_____ electricity, (2)_____ the industrial revolutions by (3)_____ improving the productivity of workers in manufacturing and transportation. If there is to be a true in formation revolution, then computers will have to (4)_____ the pattern with information and information work.
Information technology has (5)_____ begun to improve productivity, and it has even hurt it in some cases; it takes longer to wade (6)_____ those endless automated phone answering menus (7)_____ it does to talk to a human operator. (8)_____, productivity will rise (9)_____ computers and communications are used in the Information Marketplace to relieve people of brain work (10)_____ industrial machinery relieved us of physical work.
The Information Marketplace will give (11)_____ to two great new forces that will drive (12)_____ in the twenty-first century. (13)_____, most people and companies buy new computers because the hardware has faster processors or more storage capacity, or because it is fashionable to own a new model, (14)_____ because competitors have bought them and "we can’t afford to fall behind." Imagine the (15)_____ of a company buying a new device be cause the motor turns at a higher (16)_____, or because it’s in vogue to do so, or because the competition just bought that model (17)_____ of whether the machine can move any more earth in an hour!
Let’s explore how the Information marketplace might help us in the (18)_____ quest to get more results for less (19)_____. To do this, we will first examine a series of "faults"—ways in which computer technology is (20)_____ today, because of either technological or human weaknesses. Correcting these faults will be the first step toward increasing our productivity. Making the Information Marketplace easier to use will be the second step.
选项
A、motion
B、measure
C、means
D、labor
答案
D
解析
labor"劳动"。该词在概念上与上文中的"brain work"和"physical work"形成关联,故为正确选项。而选项motion"(物体的)运动",measure"措施,办法"和means"方法,手段"填入后均不符合文意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/x344777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
TheaverageBritishpeoplegetsix-and-a-halfhours’sleepanight,accordingtotheSleepCouncil.Ithasbeenknownforsomet
TheaverageBritishpeoplegetsix-and-a-halfhours’sleepanight,accordingtotheSleepCouncil.Ithasbeenknownforsomet
HowdoyouexplaineconomicsinplainEnglish?TheFederalReserveBankofNewYorkhasbeenansweringthequestionwithaneven
Universitiesareinaseeminglyself-contradictoryposition.AsStefanCollinipointsoutinhisbook,theseancient【C1】________
WhenIaskexperiencedcollegeteachersandadministratorstodescribehowcollegestudentshavechangedovertheyears,Ioften
Intoday’sworld,racial,ethnic,andnationalcategoriesnolongerimposefixedbarriersorunbendingtraditions.Thisisnott
Shortstoriesareduearevival.Inrecentyears,therehavebeencritically【C1】________collectionsbyAmericanwriterssuchas
Shortstoriesareduearevival.Inrecentyears,therehavebeencritically【C1】________collectionsbyAmericanwriterssuchas
TherewasyetanothermassdemonstrationagainstglobalizationinJune,thistimeinBarcelona.AlthoughtheWorldBankhaddeci
Thetechnologyrevolutionmaybecomingtopoorcountriesviathemobilephone,notthepersonalcomputer,asitdidinrichone
随机试题
关于踝部骨折,下列叙述正确的有
JSJ型晶体管时间继电器整个电路可分为________、________、________及其________等几部分。
症见大便干结,欲便不得出,肠鸣矢气,腹中胀痛,嗳气频作,纳食减少,胸胁痞满,舌苔薄腻,脉弦,治法为
当结构的基本自振周期T1=1.24s,风荷载脉动增大系数最接近______项数值。若楼顶处的风振系数β40=1.55,则屋面高度处的风荷载标准值wk(kN/m2)与______项数值最为接近。
甲工程咨询单位受乙企业委托,为某核准类工程项目开展前期咨询服务,进行风险分析时发现该项目主要风险发生的概率和影响为:(1)房屋征收风险发生的概率较高,发生后会严重影响项目按计划实施;(2)恶劣天气风险发生的可能性中等,发生后会导致较高的索赔;(3)承保单位
必须参加工程竣工验收的有()单位。
失眠症患者常感觉()。
不知从何时起,“亚历山大”成为人们自嘲和调侃的流行语。不少人感叹,有压力时觉得身心疲惫,没压力时又觉得恐惧可怕。“最近很忙”似乎成为“成功人士”身份的象征。因此许多原本十分悠闲的人却不甘寂寞,以没有“压力”为耻,甚至刻意标榜自己的“忙碌”。虚荣和攀比反而加
•Readthememosbelow.•Completetheclaimformontheoppositepage.•Writeawordorphrase(inCAPITALLETFERS)oranumbe
Baby-NamingTrendsA)Overthelastfiftyyears,Americanparentshaveradicallyincreasedthevarietyofnamestheygivetheirc
最新回复
(
0
)