In accordance with the passage, the individuals
in the art world who were most strongly
affected by the recession ..............
A) were young artists and the small galleries
B) tried to balance their losses by buying up the work
of young artists
C) were the well-established art dealers
D) decided to stop holding exhibitions altogether
E) resorted to all sorts of methods of attracting large
crowds to their
7. Computers should never have received the
significant status they now have. Fascinating and
invaluable as they are, even the most developed
ones have less brain power than a three-year-old.
They do, however, score on single-mindedness. The
three-year-old uses her brain not only to think but
also to do certain tasks, like seeing, hearing and
cunning, which need incredibly fast and sophisticated
electromechanical interactions. But the computer just
sits there and sends spacecraft to the moon or re-
arranges the world banking system which is very
much easier. That's why man's dream of robot maids
is still a long way off.
The main point shown by the passage is that
the human brain .........
A) is much inferior to any known computer
B) is infinitely more complex and powerful than any
computer
C) is not as complicated and mysterious as has
usually been thought
D) reaches its maximum efficiency at the age of
three
E) has been entirely reproduced in computer form
8. Computers should never have received the
significant status they now have. Fascinating and
invaluable as they are, even the most developed
ones have less brain power than a three-year-old.
They do, however, score on single-mindedness. The
three-year-old uses her brain not only to think but
also to do certain tasks, like seeing, hearing and
cunning, which need incredibly fast and sophisticated
electromechanical interactions. But the computer just
sits there and sends spacecraft to the moon or re-
arranges the world banking system which is very
much easier. That's why man's dream of robot maids
is still a long way off.
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