资料:It seems simple enough. Take all the

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问题 资料:It seems simple enough. Take all the line-forming and paper-filling busy work of the government, and put it all up on the Internet. Now, in order to report a pot-hole, pay your property tax, complain to an official or cast a vote, just log on and hit a few buttons. Goodbye bureaucracy, hello e-cracy?However, the shift to e-government is turning into one giant pain in the neck — technology isn't the problem, money is. The Gartner Group estimated that project spending for e-government will grow from $6.5 billion in 2010 to more than $16.8 billion by 2025.The cost worldwide over the next 15 years, however, is thought by some to reach or even exceed $600 billion.Citizens are of two minds — they like the convenience and flexibility of e-government, but they have shown no great interest in coughing up extra tax dollars for this purpose. E-government is turning out to be much more expensive than its early champions envisioned. Just because that a state's department of motor vehicles allows online auto registration doesn't mean it can shut down its physical stations. The cost of creating and maintaining an Internet presence must be added to the existing cost structure.Why so expensive? It's cheap enough for a regional forest service to put up a fire alert website. But mounting a comprehensive system of inputs and outputs that mirrors and in some instances supersedes off-line government structures is a mammoth expenditure, conducted with little assurance that emerging technological standards won't leave your effort in the dust.If this sounds eerily similar to the confidence wall dot-com businesses piled into last year, good for you, because it’s the same wall, the wall of reality, where money is still money, and because a thing is virtual doesn’t mean it’s free. It is a really big problem. We all know it is going to cost a ton of money, but no one knows where to go for the money.What’s the author’s purpose of mentioning a state’s department of motor vehicles?A.To show that e-government will add new costs.B.To show that the e-government is useless in some cases.C.To show that physical stations are not functioning well.D.To show that the e-government will replace physical stations.

选项 A.To show that e-government will add new costs.
B.To show that the e-government is useless in some cases.
C.To show that physical stations are not functioning well.
D.To show that the e-government will replace physical stations.

答案 A

解析 本题考查的是细节理解和同义转换。
【关键词】purpose;department of motor vehicles
【主题句】 第3自然段 Just because that a state’s department of motor vehicles allows online auto registration doesn’t mean it can shut down its physical stations. The cost of creating maintaining an Internet presence must be added to the existing cost structure.仅仅因为一个州的机动车部门允许在线自动登记并不意味着它可以关闭它的物理站。在现有的成本结构中,必须增加维护网络存在的成本。
【解析】本题的问题是“作者提到一个州的机动车部门的目的是什么?”。根据主题句可知,作者的目的是想表明电子政府会增加额外的花费,故选A。
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