Computers made in Japan are not always better than__________ made in our country.
A.these
B.those are
C.ones
D.they are
A.these
B.those are
C.ones
D.they are
Without computers, we ______ the tremendous medical advancement in the last few decades.
A.would not make
B.will not have made
C.could not make
D.couldn't have made
In recent years, computers are being made _______.
A.larger and more expensive
B.smaller and cheaper
C.more difficult to use
D.to work more slowly
Computers have been designed to store【24】and compute complex problems. Computers are used in【25】traffic in some cities. Stores use computers to keep records of their goods and to send【26】to their customers. Offices use computers to type letters, record business and communicate【27】other offices. People have been using computers in their homes to keep track of expenses and【28】their household appliances on and off.
One important new【29】for computers is for entertainment. Many new games which have been designed to be played on the computers have become very popular【30】.
(46)
A.soon
B.smoothly
C.Vividly
D.rapidly
A.work rapidly
B.be large and expensive
C.be easy to use
D.be used for fun
One important new use for computers is for entertainment. Many new games have been designed to be played, on the computers. People of all ages have been playing these games. They have been going to Arcades where the computer games can be played for a small cost. People also have been buying home computers ,to play computer games at home. They have become very popular indeed.
Computers in the United States ______.
A.used to be too small to use
B.used to be nice
C.used to be heavy
D.used to be large and expensive
A.work rapidly
B.be large and expensive
C.be easy to use
D.be used for fun
【B1】
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Much unfriendly feeling towards computers has been based on the fear of widespread unemployment resulting from their introduction. Computers are often used as part of automated(自动化的) production systems requiring a least possible number of operators, causing the loss of many jobs. This has happened, for example, in many steelworks.
On the other hand, computers do create jobs. They are more skilled and better paid, though fewer in number than those they replace. Many activities could not continue in their present form. without computers, no matter how many people are employed. Examples are the check clearing (交换) system of major banks and the weather forecasting system.
When a form. introduces computers, a few people are usually employed in key posts (such as jobs of operations managers) while other staff are w-trained as operators, programmers, and data preparation staff. After the new system has settled down, people in non-computer jobs are not always replaced when they leave, resulting in a decrease in the number of employees. This decrease is sometimes balanced by a substantial increase in the activity of the frim, resulting from the introduction of computers.
The attitudes of workers towards computers vary. There is fear of widespread unemployment and of the takeover of many jobs by computer-trained workers, making promotion for older workers not skilled in computers more difficult.
On the other hand, many workers regard the trend toward wider use of computers inevitable.They realize that computers bring about greater efficiency and productivity, which will improve the condition of the whole economy, and lead to the creation of more jobs. This view was supported by the former British Prime Minister, James Callaghan in 1954, when he made the point that new technologies hold the key to increased productivity, which will benefit the economy in the long ran.
The unfriendly feeling towards computers is developed from 查看材料
A.the possible widespread unemployment caused by their introduction
B.their use as part of automated production systems
C.the least possible number of operators
D.the production system in steelworks
Does this sound familiar? You have probably read something like it in magazines or books, or seen it in a film. Why is it so popular? One of the reasons is that it reflects the fears of many people; fear of the unknown fear of what is not understood or, at least, fear of something that is not completely understood.
The fact is that every day it seems that computers take control of another area of our lives. Some
factory jobs are now done by robots and the robots are controlled by computers. Our bank accounts are managed by computers. At the airport, our tickets are sold by a computer. Certainly, many of these operations are made more
efficient by computers, but our admiration is sometimes mixed with unsafe feelings. And this lack of safety is caused by the fact that we do not know how computers do these things, and we really don't know what they might do next. But we can find out how computers work, and once we understand them, we can use computers instead of worrying about being used by them. Today, there is a new generation of computer wizards who know exactly how computers get things done. These young men and women, usually university students, are happy to sit for hours, sometimes for days, designing programs, not eating, not sleeping, but discovering what can be done by these wonderful slaves which they have learned to control. These computer wizards have learned to use the computer and search for new tasks for their machines.
(1)、According to the passage, our present world is under the control of ______ .
A:mad scientists
B:men and women
C:the unknown fear
D:some super-inventions
(2)、The reason why many people are afraid of computers is that ______ .
A:they don't know anything about computers
B:they haven't really understood computers
C:there are so many computer games
D:computers are often down
(3)、The author mentions computer wizards in order to point out that ______ .
A:computers can be controlled by man
B:there should be more people devoted to computers
C:only young people are interested in computers
D:more time and energy is required to control computers
(4)、This passage is probably written to suggest that ______ .
A:some day computers can deal with all human problems
B:computers can be used in place of traveling to our jobs
C:people should not fear computers
D:computer technology will not meet people's needs in various situations
(5)、The author's attitude towards widely used computers is __.
A:positive
B:anxious
C:worried
D:serious
Feelings aren't usually associated with inanimate machines, but Rosalind Picard, a professor of computer technology at MIT, believes emotion may be just the thing computers need to work effectively. Computers need artificial emotion to understand their human users better and to achieve self-analysis and self-improvement.
The more scientists study the "wetware" model for computing—the human brain and nervous system—the more they conclude that emotions are a part of intelligence, not separate from it. Emotions are among the tools that we use to process the tremendous amount of stimuli in our environment. They also pay a role in human learning and decision making. Feeling bad about a wrong decision, for instance, focuses attention on avoiding future error. A feeling of pleasure, on the other hand, positively reinforces an experience.
"If we want computers to be genuinely intelligent, to adapt to us, and to interact naturally with us, then they will need the ability to recognize and express emotions, to have emotions, and to have what has come to be called 'emotional intelligence,'" Picard says.
One way that emotions can help computers, she suggests, is by helping keep them from crashing. Today's computers produce error messages, but they do not have a "gut feeling" of knowing when something is wrong or doesn't make sense. A healthy fear of death could motivate a computer to stop trouble as soon as it starts. On the other hand, self-preservation would need to be subordinate to service to humans. It was fear of its own death that prompted HAL, the fictional computer in the film 2002: A Space Odyssey, to kill most of its human associates.
Similarly, computers that could "read" their users would accumulate a store of highly personal information about us—not just what we said and did, but what we likely thought and felt.
"Emotions not only contribute to a richer quality of interaction, but they directly impact a person's ability to interact in an intelligent way," Picard says. "Emotional skills, especially the ability to recognize and express emotions, are essential for natural communication with humans."
In the future computers will tend to be made ______.
A.fictional
B.humanized
C.economical
D.operational