The Californian coastline north and south of Silicon Valley is a trend-setting sort of place. Increasingly, the home interiors of the well-heeled there tend toward one of two (1) . Houses are (2) light flooded, sparse and vaguely Asian in (3) , with perhaps a Zen fountain in one corner, a Yoga area in another. Or they resemble electronic control rooms with all sorts of (4) , computers, routers, antennae, screens and remote controls. Occasionally, both elements are (5) . "She" may have the living room and’public areas, (6) "he" is banished with his toys up or down the stairs.Currently, the gadget lovers have powerful allies. Many of the largest companies in the consumer-electronics, computer, telecoms and internet industries have made a strategic decision to (7) visions of a "digital home", "eHome", or "connected home". Doubting that (8) from corporate customers will ever (9) to the boom levels of the late 1990s, Microsoft, Intel, Sony, Verizon, Comcast, Hewlett-Packard, Apple and others see the consumer (10) their best chance for growth and will be throwing a bewildering (11) of home "solutions" at (12) in the coming months and years.To understand what the (13) ultimately have in (14) it is best to visit the (15) homes that most have built on their campuses or at trade shows. (16) cosy and often intimidating, these feature flat screens almost everywhere, (17) electronic picture frames in the bedroom from the large TV-substitute in the living room. Every (18) has a microchip and can be (19) to, typed into or clicked onto. Everything is (20) to a central computer through wireless links. 5()
A. detrimental
B. imaginative
C. present
D. illusive
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A. 尿蛋白电泳
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It needs a long time to be used to (drive) ______ on the left after you arrive in Britain.
Every business has trouble sooner or later, it is the chief executive officer’s responsibility to set tNngs right.Good executives keep themselves in touch with their companies-they know (62) is going on at every level.Yes, they delegate. (63) they also follow up to make certain (64) each delegated task has been completed.No major (65) should be made in a company without the president’s (66) . (67) the president or CEO is ultimately responsible for the failure or success of his company, a smart CEO (68) himself with competent workers at all levels, especially at the (69) level.He then consults with his executives and supervisors (70) he has to make an important decision:He (71) their input and creates an open atmosphere (72) all may feel comfortable to share their ideas. (73) following this practice, a president knows that (74) a decision has been made, his administrators will feel (75) if they have had a part in it, or at least they will understand (76) the decision was made.He can then expect them to support the decision at their level. (77) is considered poor practice for an administrator to complain about all executive decision (78) it has been discussed openly and decided upon in committee.The time to express disagreement is during committee discussion or with the president privately. (79) , an administrator is expected to support the president (80) the company has become involved in an illegal activity.Americans consider this (81) support another form of professional behavior.
A. when
B. how
C. why
D. whether
As we know, it is not easy to build a satellite. Building a traditional satellite normally takes years. The costs can be as high as $ 250 million or more. Most members of the design teams have worked in the field for a long time. They hold advanced degrees in math, science, or engineering.But things are changing. High costs, unusual educational requirements and long start-up times are no longer an obstacle to space exploration. The scientists at Stanford University have developed a new type of tiny, inexpensive earth-orbiting satellites that go from ideas to launch in a year.So far, college students have built and launched several cube-shaped satellites, or CubeSats. At least 15 more are ready to go. Those already in orbit take pictures, collect information and send it back to the earth, just as regular satellites do.But you might not even have to wait until you get to college to start designing and building your own satellite. A new program called KatySat aims to get teenagers to take part. Once kids understand what satellites can do, says Ben Yuan, an engineer at Lockheed Martin in Menlo Park, Calif., the kind of applications they’ll come up with may be countless."We’d like to put this technology in your hands," he tells kids. "We’re going to teach you how to operate a satellite. Then we want to turn it over to you as a sandbox for you to play in. We want you to take the technology into new directions that we haven’t thought of yet."Education isn’t the only goal of CubeSats. Because these tiny, technology-filled boxes are relatively inexpensive to build and can be put together quickly, they’re perfect for testing new technologies might one day be used on major tasks.The biggest challenge now is to find ways to bring the satellites back to the earth after a year or two. Otherwise, major highways of space junk could gradually increase as CubeSats become more common.Nowadays, college and high school students are getting a chance to learn what it takes to explore in space. Someday--perhaps a lot sooner than you imagine--you might get to design, build and launch your own satellite. If you do, you’re sure to have fun. And you might also get crazy about science for life. What’s the purpose of the author writing the passage ()
A. To show that high technology brings a big change in kids’life.
B. To show that kids lead the space research into a new direction.
C. To tell us that satellite technology can also be learned by kid.
D. To tell us kids must study hard to learn satellite technology.