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1、臺(tái)上十分鐘，臺(tái)下十年功，考研英語(yǔ)也是如此，考場(chǎng)的180分鐘，全是平時(shí)的學(xué)習(xí)、閱讀、練習(xí)一點(diǎn)一滴積累起來(lái)。圣才考研網(wǎng)收集了考研英語(yǔ)的模擬試題，以下是2017考研英語(yǔ)（二）閱讀模擬試題及答案04?！ 癟hecreationofthePCisthebestthingthateverhappened，”saidBillGatesataconferenceon“digitaldividends”in2000.Heevenwonderedifitmightbepossibletomakecomputersforthepoorincountrieswi
2、thoutanelectricpowergrid.Theanswerisyes，andthingsaregoingevenfurther.VillagersinaremoteregionofLaosthathasneitherelectricitynortelephoneconnectionsarebeingwireduptotheInternet. LeeThorn，theheadoftheJhaiFoundation，anAmerican-Laoorganisation，hasbeenworkingfornearlyfiveyears
3、intheHinHeupdistrict.Thefoundationhashelpedvillagersbuildschools，installwellsandorganiseaweavingco-operative.ButthosevillagerstoldMrThornthatwhattheyneededmostwasaccesstotheInternet.Tohaveanyhopeofmeetingthatneed，inanenvironmentwhichisbothphysicallyharshandfarremovedfromte
4、chnicalsupport，MrThornrealisedthatarobustcomputerwasthefirstrequirement. HethereforeturnedtoengineersworkingwiththeJhaiFoundation，whodevisedamachinethathasnomoving，andfewdelicate，parts.Insteadofaharddisk，theJhaiPCreliesonflash-memorychipstostoreitsdata.Itsscreenisaliquid-
5、crystaldisplay，ratherthananenergy-guzzlingglasscathode-raytube——anexceptiontotherulethatthecomponentsusedareold-fashioned，andthereforecheap.(NoPentiums，forexample，justa486-typeprocessor.)MrThornestimatesthat，builtinquantity，eachJhaiPCwouldcostaround$400.Furthermore，because
6、ofitssimplicity，aJhaiPCcanbepoweredbyacarbatterychargedwithbicyclecranks——thusremovingtheneedforaconnectiontothegrid. WirelessInternetcardsconnecteachJhaiPCtoasolar-poweredhilltoprelaystationwhichthenpassesthesignalsontoacomputerintownthatisconnectedtoboththeLaophonesyste
7、m(forlocalcalls)andtotheInternet.Meanwhile，theLinux-basedsoftwarethatwillrunthecomputersisinthefinalstagesofbeing“l(fā)ocalised”intoLaobyagroupofexpatriatesinAmerica. Onethingthatthenewnetworkwillallowvillagerstodoisdecidewhetheritisworthgoingtomarket.PhonHong，thelocalmarkett
8、own，is30kmaway，soitisworthknowingthepriceofricebeforeyousetofftosellsomethere.Linksfarthe
