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Why do we invest so much hope in new technology and why are we so disapp
Why do we invest so much hope in new technology and why are we so disapp
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2023-09-02
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Why do we invest so much hope in new technology and why are we so disappointed when the Next Big Thing turns out to be just a new computer? This is what I’m asking myself after Apple’s 【C1】______ over hyped product introduction. This time around the Next Big Thing is called an iPad. It’s 【C2】______ an oversize iPod Touch, and it will be great for watching movies, reading books, and browsing the Web.
【C3】______ for some of us who sat in the audience watching Steve Jobs introduce the device, the whole thing felt like a 【C4】______ . The iPad is a perfectly good product. It’s reasonably 【C5】______ , and after spending a few minutes with one, I’m pretty sure I’ll buy one for myself and probably 【C6】______ second one for my kids to watch movies on road trips.
Then why are we so【C7】______? The case is that at the very 【C8】______ , we had hoped a tablet from Apple would do something new. Jobs and his 【C9】______ kept using words like "breakthrough" and "magical", but the iPad is 【C10】______ It might turn out to be magical for Apple, because 【C11】______ Jobs is really doing here is trying to【C12】______the personal computer with a closed appliance that runs software only from Apple’s online App Store. So instead of selling you a(n) 【C13】______ and never hearing from you again, Apple gets a(n) 【C14】______ revenue stream with iPad as you keep【C15】______more apps. That really is "magical" for Apple’s bottom line, anyway.
And that’s 【C16】______ . What’s wrong, or at least interesting, is why some of us 【C17】______ so much more from a new gadget. I suspect this is because for some people, myself 【C18】______ , technology has become a kind of 【C19】______ . We may not believe in God anymore, but we still need mystery and wonder. We need the magic 【C20】______ . [br] 【C17】
选项
A、expect
B、long
C、desire
D、want
答案
A
解析
形容词辨析题[考频:26] 。本句大意为:真正不对头的是,或者至少让人感兴趣的是,为什么我们中的一些人从这个新玩意儿______很多呢?两句之间是转折关系。B)long指极殷切地盼望着,这种盼望侧重于很难或不可能得到的东西,而且搭配为long for;C)desire语气较正式庄重,常含有强烈的意图和目的,此处与“新玩意儿”那略带戏谑的口吻不搭配;D)want一般指所想要的东西是切望得到的东西。能弥补实际需要;只有A)expect为预料或预计某事或某行动的发生,含“指望”之意,且搭配为expect sb.of sth.因此为答案。
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