【MyUncleDaveposedaninterestingquestiontomywifeandmewhenhecametovisitustheotherday.Heasked:“Whatdoyouthinktheworldwillbelikein50or100yearsintermsoftechnologyandsocietyandsoon?”Hesaysheasksma】
MyUncleDaveposedaninterestingquestiontomywifeandmewhenhecametovisitustheotherday.Heasked:“Whatdoyouthinktheworldwillbelikein50or100yearsintermsoftechnologyandsocietyandsoon?”
Hesaysheasksmanyofthepeoplehemeetsthisquestiontoseewhattheirthoughtsare.Hispointisthatnoonereallyknows.Imeanin1945couldpeoplehaveevenimaginedsurfingthenetorsendinge-mailsaswedo?Noway.Andthepaceoftechnologicalinnovation(创新)isincredible(难以置信的).We’reonamoredifferentcurvethanweusedtobe.
OnethingI’mlookingforwardtoisrealsoftwareagents.ThereissomuchinformationouttherebutIwantsomethingthatcanhelpmefindwhatIreallywant.ForinstanceinabouttenyearsIthinktherewillbenolongerrecordedmusicandtherewillbesomebigdatabasesfromwhichyoucandownloadmusicontoyourharddriveorwhatever.Atthatpointtherewillbesomuchmusictochoosefromandyou’llbeabletosamplethingsbeforeyoubuythem.ButthequestionwillbehowIfindwhatI’mlookingforandhowIdofindthemusicthatmightinterestme.OrmoregenerallyhowdoIfindinformationthatIwantwithoutspendingallthetimemyselfsurfingthenet?HowdoIfindpeoplewhoarelike-minded(具有相似目的)withwhomImightreallywanttocommunicate?Iwanttofindthosepeoplebutit’shardtodo.InthefutureIthinkthatonewillbeabletobuildacommunityoflike-mindedpeoplewholiveallovertheglobe.It’sgoingtobeveryinterestingIthink
1.Noonereallyknowswhatthefuturewillbelikebecause_____
A.thereistoomuchinformationforustochoosefrom
B.technologicaldevelopmentistoofast
C.peopleliveindifferentcountries
D.nooneisintelligentenoughtoanswersuchaquestion
2.Thefunctionofthefirstparagraphisto_____
A.explainthequestiongiveninthisparagraph
B.putforwardthetopicinthispassage
C.showDaveisafoolishmantoasksuchaquestion
D.describeapictureaboutwhatthefuturewillbelike
3.Thewriterislookingforwardtosomerealsoftwareagentssoasto_____
A.earnalotofmoney
B.communicatewithsomelike-mindedpeople
C.helpfindthecorrectinformationneeded
D.sparesome