首页
登录
职称英语
Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind p
Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind p
游客
2023-11-10
12
管理
问题
Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it difficult to learn that system. They are thereby shut(1)_____ from the world of books and newspapers, having to(2)_____ on friends to read aloud to them.
A young scientist named Raymond Kurzweil has now designed a computer which is a major (3)_____ in providing aid to the(4)______. His machine, Cyclops, has a camera that(5)_____ any page, interprets the print into sounds, and then delivers them orally in a robot-like(6)_____ through a speaker. By pressing the appropriate buttons (7)_____ Cyclops’s keyboard, a blind person can "read" any(8)_____ document in the English language.
This remarkable invention represents a tremendous(9)_____ forward in the education of the handicapped. At present, Cyclops costs $50,000. (10)______, Mr. Kurzweil and his associates are preparing a smaller(11)_____ improved version that will sell(12)_____ less than half that price. Within a few years, Kurzweil(13)_____ the price range will be low enough for every school and library to (14)_____ one. Michael Hingson, Director of the National Federation for the Blind, hopes that (15)_____ will be able to buy home(16)_____ of Cyclops for the price of a good television set.
Mr. Hingson’s organization purchased five machines and is now testing them in Maryland, Colorado, Iowa, California, and New York. Blind people have been(17)_____ in those tests, making lots of(18)_____ suggestions to the engineers who helped to produce Cyclops.
"This is the first time that blind people have ever done individual studies(19)_____ a product was put on the market, Hingson said." Most manufacturers believed that having the blind help the blind was like telling disabled people to teach other disabled people. In that(20)______, the manufacturers have been the blind ones. [br] (9)
选项
A、stride
B、trail
C、haul
D、footprint
答案
A
解析
空格所在处的意思为“这项非凡的发明代表了残疾人教育事业上的巨大 ”,stride“进展,进步”代人空格,句意通顺。trail“小路”:haul“拉”;footprint“脚印”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3175236.html
相关试题推荐
AlthoughAsiancountriesaregenerallymore______insocialcustomsthanWestern
PeopleinYemenwentouttoprotestagainst[br][originaltext]Thousandsof
PeopleinYemenwentouttoprotestagainst[originaltext]Thousandsofpeopl
Sick______shewas,shehastopreparefoodforthewholefamily.A、althoughB、a
Although______Americanliterature,hefailedtorememberthewriterofthemas
Althoughhemadeabigfortuneinthelottery,heisstillvery______ofhismo
Sick______shewas,shehastopreparefoodforthewholefamily.A、althoughB、as
Althoughhehasbecomerich,heisstillvery______ofhismoney.(2001年考试真题)A、e
ThroughouttheUnitedStates,insurancelawsfollowageneralpatternalthough__
Although______Spanish,heattendedthecourse.A、hewasknowingB、heisknowingC
随机试题
Coupledwiththegrowingquantityofinformationisthedevelopmentoftechn
[originaltext]NicaelHoltisaphilosophystudentfromthesoutherncoastal
关于批发对出版物发行的作用,下述表述正确的有()。A.对出版单位,批发商能够沟
以下关于肘关节的描述错误的是:A.肱桡关节,是肱骨小头和桡骨头窝相关节 B.肱
培育马铃薯脱毒苗所采用的生物学技术主要是()。A.组织培养 B.体细胞杂交
根据《城镇企业职工基本养老保险关系转移接续暂行办法》,参保人员跨省流动就业转移基
(2016年真题)某企业最近安全事故频发,调查发现,其原因是员工对工作过程中存在
简述现代企业人力资源管理各个历史发展阶段的特点。
我国进口设备时,若采用装运港船上交货价方式,卖方的责任是()。A:负责租船和订舱
下列关于插入图表的说法不正确的有()。A:插入的图表可以根据需要可以输入标题B
最新回复
(
0
)