Question

【题目】阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

We see them everywhere — on boxes of food, on packages and on CDs. They, of course, are bar codes. The invention of bar codes has changed the way we shop and how companies learn where their products are.

It was two university students from America, Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland, who first got theidea of bar codes. In 1948, they heard that the president of a food company was looking for a way to easily get information about what was being sold to customers. They tried to help by using a code system. They invented a large electronic reader to read the codes. However, computers couldn’t easily record the data that was read.

Then, in the 1960s, David Collins made important developments in bar codes. He developed a system for recognizing train carriages. In order to develop the recognition system for other kinds of businesses, Collins started his own company. In 1969, Collins’s company put a bar code reading system in a car factory, showing that bar codes could be useful.

Shortly after Collins started his company, an American electronic company called RCA also saw the potential (潜力) of bar codes to help businesses. RCA’s

system, which recorded how much of a product was sold, was not perfect. Since bar codes were not common, not all products had them and different companies used different codes. Then, Woodland helped develop the Universal Product Code (UPC), which gave every product a code that included information about the manufacturer and the kind of product being sold. This made bar codes much more practical.

In addition to shops, hospitals use bar codes to recognize patients by giving them cards with bar codes on them. Libraries use bar codes to record which books have been lent, and airports use them to find out where bags are going. Bar codes have made life much easier and simpler.

【1】What changed the way we shop?

【2】Who first got the idea of bar codes?

【3】Why did Collins start his own company?

【4】What do hospitals use bar codes to do?

【5】What is the passage mainly about?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】The invention of bar codes has changed the way we shop./The invention of bar codes./Bar codes.

【2】It was two university students from America, Bernard Silver and Norman

Woodland./Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland.

【3】In order to develop the recognition system for other kinds of businesses./ Because he wanted to develop the recognition system for other kinds of businesses.

【4】Hospitals use bar codes to recognize patients (by giving them cards with bar codes on them).

【5】The development of bar codes and the effect on life./How bar codes have developed and how they help people in life. (两个点)（达意可得分）

【解析】

试题这是一篇说明文，文章讲述了条形码的发展历程以及其在各个领域带来的便利。

【1】题意：是什么改变了我们购物的方式？考查细节理解题。根据The invention of bar codes has changed the way we shop，可知填The invention of bar codes has changed the way we shop./The invention of bar codes./Bar codes.。

【2】题意：谁最先想到条形码的？考查细节理解题。根据It was two university students from America, Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland, who first got the idea of bar codes.，可知填It was two university students from America, Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland./Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland.。

【3】题意：Collins为什么要创办自己的公司？考查细节理解题。根据In order to develop the recognition system for other kinds of businesses, Collins started his own company.，可知填In order to develop the recognition system for other kinds of businesses./ Because he wanted to develop the recognition system for other kinds of businesses.。

【4】题意：医院使用条形码做什么？考查细节理解题。根据In addition to shops, hospitals use bar codes to recognize patients by giving them cards with bar codes on them.，可知填Hospitals use bar codes to recognize patients (by giving them cards with bar codes on them).。

【5】题意：文章的主要内容是什么？考查综合理解题。根据短文内容，介绍了条形码的发展及其对生活的影响。可知填The development of bar codes and the effect on life./How bar codes have developed and how they help people in life.。