题目
16. What does a "multitasker" originally refer to?A. An operating system capable of doing several tasks at once.B. A skilled worker executing more than one task at the same time.C. A sophisticated technology doing several tasks effectively at once.D. An efficient person able to perform multiple tasks at the same time.
16. What does a "multitasker" originally refer to?
A. An operating system capable of doing several tasks at once.
B. A skilled worker executing more than one task at the same time.
C. A sophisticated technology doing several tasks effectively at once.
D. An efficient person able to perform multiple tasks at the same time.
题目解答
答案
A. An operating system capable of doing several tasks at once.
解析
本题考查对“multitasker”这个词汇原始含义的理解。解题思路是根据对该词汇来源和发展的知识储备，分析每个选项与原始含义的匹配度。
- 选项A：“multitasker”最初是计算机领域的术语，指的是能够同时执行多个任务的操作系统。在计算机发展早期，为了提高系统资源的利用率和处理效率，开发出了可以同时运行多个程序或任务的操作系统，“multitasker”就是用来描述这种具有多任务处理能力的操作系统的。所以选项A符合其原始含义。
- 选项B：“一个能同时执行多个任务的熟练工人”，这并不是“multitasker”的原始所指。虽然现在“multitasker”可以用来形容人具备同时处理多项任务的能力，但这是该词后来的引申义，并非最初的意思。
- 选项C：“一种能同时有效完成多项任务的先进技术”，“multitasker”主要强调的是具备多任务处理能力的主体，而不是技术本身，所以该选项不符合原始含义。
- 选项D：“一个能同时执行多项任务的高效的人”，同样，这是“multitasker”的引申用法，不是其最初的指代对象。