Are you a team person? Are you at your best as part of a small, tightly united group of dedicated workers? If so, the future may hold more for you than you think.
High technology, some predicted, would make team work a thing of the past. That’s happening in those areas of business and data processing where one person and a puter can replace a team of workers.
But, elsewhere, teamwork is very much alive. High technology has led to a new type of teamwork in a number of fields, including advertising, scientific research, engineering design, architecture and ocean exploration. Through puter networking, scientists, engineers and technicians at different locations---often thousands of miles apart---can work on the same project at once. They can exchange ideas, try out different designs and test their results.
Examples? An engineering team can now design and try out a robot system, a new manufacturing process, or an entire factory before it is built. An architectural team can do the same with a building or a bridge. A medical team can simulate (模拟) a dangerous operation before performing it on a patient.
Of course, puter–assisted team effort doesn’t end with investigation and simulation. It now usually continues into actual design, manufacturing and testing. “Computer–aided design (CAD) and puter–aided manufacture (CAM) are breaking down barriers between traditional design and manufacturing functions,” explains Dr. Prakash Rao, an engineering manager at General Electric. “Interdisciplinary teams and engineers follow a product from concept to production. Everything is interconnected like a network.”
Sometimes a puter–aided effort can extend beyond production. A team that produces robots may use them to explore space and ocean depth. For high–technology team work, the future seems limitless.
【小题1】The underlined part “hold more” most probably means to .A．maintain more chancesB．give more rights C．make more regulationsD．store more information【小题2】According to the passage, the writer believes that .A．teamwork requires more use of puters than that of human beingsB．teamwork will be pletely replaced by putersC．the concept of teamwork is still alive and no longer the same as the pastD．high technology would make teamwork a thing of the past【小题3】The examples given by the writer in Paragraph 4 serve .A．to prove high technology has a promising futureB．to explain his idea of new type of teamwork is reasonableC．to show that it tends to be an end to teamwork soonD．to indicate the puter—assisted team effort just means investigation and simulation.【小题4】Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A．Many fields of science and technology are now using puters effectively.B．No details are given in the passage about barriers between traditional design and manufacturing functions.C．Experts from different fields have to cooperate to develop a product from concept to production.D．High technology is nothing but a new type of teamwork plus CAD and CAM.【小题5】The author’s attitude to towards the introduction of the puter to teamwork is of .A．objectionB．indifferenceC．supportD．doubtA
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(答案→)A
解析：本文详细介绍了在现代的计算机领域中的团队合作的新的作用，作者对此是持有支持的态度的。
【小题1】A 推理题。根据本句If so, the future may hold more for you than you think.说明如果你是一个很好的团队合作的人，那么未来你得到发展的机会要比你想象的还要多。充分说明了团队合作的重要性，故A正确。
【小题2】C 推理题。根据第二段第一句High technology, some predicted, would make team work a thing of the past.和第三段第一句But, elsewhere, teamwork is very much alive.说明新技术让团队合作和以前不一样，但是仍然存在并发挥作用，故C项正确。
【小题3】B 推理题。根据第4段2,3,4行It now usually continues into actual design, manufacturing and testing. “Computer–aided design (CAD) and puter–aided manufacture (CAM) are breaking down barriers between traditional design and manufacturing functions,” explains Dr. Prakash Rao, an engineering manager at General Electric.说明现在团队合作仍然在发挥着重要的作用，所以说团队合作很重要的说法是合理的，故B正确。
【小题4】D 推理题。根据第四段第一行Of course, puter–assisted team effort doesn’t end with investigation and simulation.以及第四段其余内容都说明以高科技不仅仅是一种新型的团队合作，还有别的作用。故D项正确。
【小题5】C 态度意图题。在本文中作者详细第描述了在现代社会里，团队合作仍然在发挥着重要的作用，尤其是在计算机的领域，可以看出作者对此持支持的态度，故C正确。