(山东省聊城市2008年高三年级模拟(四)B篇)
Areyouateamperson?Areyouatyourbestaspartofasmalltightlyunitedgroupofdedicatedworkers?Ifsothefuturemayholdmoreforyouthanyouthink.
Hightechnologysomepredictedwouldmaketeamworkathingofthepast.That’shappeninginthoseareasofbusinessanddataprocessingwhereonepersonandacomputercanreplaceateamofworkers.
Butelsewhereteamworkisverymuchalive.Hightechnologyhasledtoanewtypeofteamworkinanumberoffieldsincludingadvertisingscientificresearchengineeringdesignarchitectureandoceanexploration.Throughcomputernetworkingscientistsengineersandtechniciansatdifferentlocations–oftenthousandsofmilesapart–canworkonthesameprojectatonce.Theycanexchangeideastryoutdifferentdesignsandtesttheirresults.
Examples?Anengineeringteamcannowdesignandtryoutarobotsystemanewmanufacturingprocessoranentirefactorybeforeitisbuilt.Anarchitecturalteamcandothesamewithabuildingorabridge.Amedicalteamcansimulate(模拟)adangerousoperationbeforeperformingitonapatient.
Ofcoursecomputer–assistedteameffortdoesn’tendwithinvestigationandsimulation.Itnowusuallycontinuesintoactualdesignmanufacturingandtesting.“Computer–aidedesign(CAD)andcomputer–aidedmanufacture(CAM)arebreakingdownbarriersbetweentraditionaldesignandmanufacturingfunctions”explainsDr.PrakashRaoanengineeringmanageratGeneralElectric.“Interdisciplinary(跨学科的)teamsandengineersfollowaproductfromconcepttoproduction.Everythingisinterconnectedlikeanetwork.”
Sometimesacomputer–aidedeffortcanextendbeyondproduction.Ateamthatproducesrobotsmayusethemtoexplorespaceandoceandepth.Forhigh–technologyteamworkthefutureseemslimitless.
61.Theunderlinedpart“holdmore”mostprobablymeansto .
A.maintainmorechances B.givemorerights
C.makemoreregulations D.storemoreinformation
62.Accordingtothepassagethewriterbelieversthat .
A.teamworkrequiresmoreuseofcomputersthanthatofhumanbeings
B.teamworkwillbecompletelyreplacedbycomputers
C.