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
(1)Some products respond to consumers’ needs; others, like Sony’s airboard, seek to create them. Like sending e-mails from the p
(1)Some products respond to consumers’ needs; others, like Sony’s airboard, seek to create them. Like sending e-mails from the p
admin
2016-12-06
25
问题
(1)Some products respond to consumers’ needs; others, like Sony’s airboard, seek to create them. Like sending e-mails from the pool, or curling up in bed with your favorite sitcom. This futuristic apparatus combines the functions of a television, a DVD player and the Internet into a portable tablet the size of a place mat. If it catches on, it could change the concept of being digital at home.
(2)At 1.5 kg, the airboard is light enough to carry anywhere in the house, and can send and receive data wirelessly from a base station hooked up to home-entertainment equipment. A 10.4-inc.(26-cm)LCD screen delivers vivid moving images or can serve as a digital photo album, and a touch-panel display eliminates the need for a keyboard. Sony, which began selling the device in Japan late last year, praises it as the Walkman of the information age. "It is amazing," says company president Kunitake Ando, who loftily describes the device as a gateway connecting the home to the outside world and eventually linking all appliances within. "The wireless environment will become quite common pretty soon."
(3)I tried out the airboard in my Tokyo apartment, and I have to admit: it’s way cool. First of all, airboarding is easy. I didn’t crack the instruction manual once to get the thing set up—and this is from someone who has trouble finding the "record" button on the VCR. Relaxing on my balcony, I could call up the airboard’s on-screen remote control and start playing video. By pressing another button, I could Net surf or check my e-mail account, while a split screen let me simultaneously watch my movie. The airboard’s base station—the size of a shoe box—doubles as a stand and battery charger. There is a slot for inserting a Sony memory stick, the gum-stick-sized cassette used to store photos and other digital files.
(4)But the airboard is not for everybody. At $1,065, it costs as much as a laptop but isn’t meant for serious computing. Checking e-mail is easy, but a 56-kbps modem makes for pretty slow surfing. The touch panel is fine for sending quick messages, but pushing the on-screen buttons is tedious for anything longer.
The last paragraph is intended to point out ______.
选项
A、the airboard’s advantages and disadvantages
B、the conditions of using the airboard
C、critics’ comments on the airboard
D、the limitations of the airboard
答案
D
解析
文章开头三段在介绍airboard这个新产品时,用的词句都表明它们是强调airboard的优点的,而最后一段用了四个but,强调与前三段相反,强调的是airboard的使用局限性,可见本题应选D。最后一段的内容不能支持A中的advantages,C中的critics’comments也没有原文依据。最具干扰性的是B,虽然最后一段提到了airboard不能用于serious computing,上网速度不快,只能用于发送quick messages,这些看起来都像是一些条件,但解题时关键要注意段落中的4个but,注意这一段与前三段行文的对比关系。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/GnnMFFFM
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Americansoftensaythatthereareonlytwothingsapersoncanbesureofinlife:deathandtaxes.Americansdonothaveacor
IhaveanunclewhowasforyearsaChicagopublicschoolteacher.Passionateandarticulateabouthissubject,biology,Arniec
DaveWalsh,webeditoronboardtheRainbowWarrioragainthisyear,gavethefollowingaccountofthe2004expeditionthatfoll
Veryfewpeoplecouldunderstandthelecturetheprofessordeliveredbecauseitssubjectwasvery______.
Mostpeoplewhogoonlinehavemainlypositiveexperience.But,【C1】______anyendeavor—traveling,cooking,orattendingschool—t
ImmigrantstotheUKarebeingtestedontheirEnglishskillsbeforebeingabletoclaimincome-relatedbenefitsunderanewsch
ImmigrantstotheUKarebeingtestedontheirEnglishskillsbeforebeingabletoclaimincome-relatedbenefitsunderanewsch
Toerrishumanandtoforgivedivine,accordingtotheoldadage.Humanswhoforgiveare【C1】______toexperiencesignificantph
ThelatePresidentoftheschoolgraduatedfromafamousuniversity.Theunderlinedwordmeans______.
Shehadto______inthehotelroomfortheSpringFestivalholiday.
随机试题
调质的过程是怎样的?
根据加工条件选用合适的可转位铣刀,能提高切削效率和降低成本。通常在强力间断铣削铸铁、碳钢和易产生加工硬化的材料时,应选用__________。
()是指材料在高温下能保持其硬度的性能。
患者男性,30岁,近半年总觉得有人跟踪他,常听见有人在议论如何对付他,继而出现闷闷不乐,整天闭门不出,写信到公安局要求保护。该患者诊断最可能是
外汇敞口主要来源于银行表内外业务中的货币金额和期限错配。()
一般来说,美式期权的期权费比欧式期权的期权费要高一些。()
某公司是一家高新技术企业,目前正在进行股份制改造。公司高层决定以此为契机,对公司进行重新设计,并着力进行组织文化建设,以形成鼓励创新和民主参与的文化。为此,公司决定聘请某著名管理咨询公司帮助公司进行变革。双方商定,在组织结构设计中,应重点考虑公司战略、管理
2013年1月1日某企业所有者权益情况如下:实收资本200万元,资本公积17万元,盈余公积38万元,未分配利润32万元。当年实现净利润80万元,假定企业当年未进行利润分配,则该企业2013年12月31日留存收益为()万元。
存货模式和随机模式是确定最佳现金持有量的两种方法。对这两种方法的以下表述中,正确的有()。
在考生文件夹下打开文档WORD.DOCX,按照要求完成下列操作并以该文件名(WORD.DOCX)保存文件。按照参考样式“word参考样式.jpg”完成设置和制作。具体要求如下:设置第一段落文字“中国网民规模达5.64亿”为标题;设置第二段落文字“互
最新回复
(
0
)