首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext]M: Doctor Thomas? This is Keith Bradley from The Daily News. I’d
[originaltext]M: Doctor Thomas? This is Keith Bradley from The Daily News. I’d
游客
2024-02-23
73
管理
问题
M: Doctor Thomas? This is Keith Bradley from The Daily News. I’d like to ask you some questions about the new official standard weight that you purchased.
W: I’d be happy to help you. What would you like to know?
M: First of all, how is the standard weight used?
W: Well, the people in our department use it to check the scales all over the country. The Department of Weights and Measures-we’re a government agency-it’s our responsibility to see that all the scales measure a kilogram accurately. So this is the weight we use to adjust the scales.
M: How did you check the scales before?
W: We have an old standard weight that we used to use. It had to be replaced because it was imprecise. You see, it was made of poor quality metal that was too porous-it absorbed too much moisture.
M: Oh, so when the weather was humid, it weighed more. And when it was dry, it weighed less.
W: Exactly. And that variation can affect the standards of the whole country. So our department had the new weight made out of higher quality metal.
M: How much did it cost?
W: About forty-five thousand dollars.
M: Forty-five thousand dollars! For a one kilogram weight! That’s more expensive than gold. Is it really worth that much’?
W: I’m sure it is. Industries depend on our government agency to monitor the accuracy of scales, so that when they buy and sell their products there’s one standard. Think of the drug industry, for example: those companies rely on high-accuracy scales to manufacture and package medicine.
选项
A、A standard unit for measuring weight.
B、How to care for precious metals.
C、The value of precious metals.
D、Using the metric system.
答案
A
解析
主旨题。对话开头就点明了主题,从some questions about the new official standard weight that you purchased即可判断出对话是围绕“新的标准测重工具”展开的。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3476696.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]W:Hi.Tom.Howthingsgetalongwiththepreparationfortheann
[originaltext]W:Hi.Tom.Howthingsgetalongwiththepreparationfortheann
[originaltext]W:Hi.Tom.Howthingsgetalongwiththepreparationfortheann
[originaltext]W:Whataterrificdrawing,Mark!Ididn’tknowyoucouldpaint.
[originaltext]W:Whataterrificdrawing,Mark!Ididn’tknowyoucouldpaint.
[originaltext]W:Whataterrificdrawing,Mark!Ididn’tknowyoucouldpaint.
[originaltext]M:DidItoldyouwe’dfoundahouseatlast?W:Haveyou?Ithou
[originaltext]M:DidItoldyouwe’dfoundahouseatlast?W:Haveyou?Ithou
[originaltext](32)Theworld’sfirstcompletelyautomaticrailwayhasbeen
[originaltext](32)Theworld’sfirstcompletelyautomaticrailwayhasbeen
随机试题
He(didn’tdare)(toleave)thehouse(forfear)someonewould(recognizehim)s
Amisconceptionfrequentlyheldbynovicewritersisthatsentencestructuremir
A.工作B不影响工期,工作C影响工期1天 B.工作A.C均不影响工期 C.工
属于“四新”应用计划的是()。A.新规范B.新科技C.新工艺D.新制度
下列属于毒性中药品种的是A.何首乌B.赭石C.石膏D.轻粉E.细辛
A.糖耐量试验B.根据临床需要随时进行血浆葡萄糖浓度测定C.GHB测定D.尿糖测
低渗性脱水主要特征是A.失钠<失水 B.血钠<150mmol/L C.单纯失
张某用1000万元购买了一间商铺用于出租经营,其要求的投资收益率为10%,经营
社会消费品零售总额是反映经济景气程度的重要指标。()
根据优序融资理论,下列选择融资方式的先后顺序正确的是()。A.普通股、优先股、
最新回复
(
0
)