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Do you know the indispensable part of your computer that is more than a century old? The modern typewriter was born in the back of Kleinsteuber's Machine Shop in Milwaukee. That's where Christopher Sholes took some piano wire and a telegraph key and built a crude typing device in 1868. It could type only one letter, a rather fuzzy- looking w, but it was still pretty amazing for its time. Sholes and his partners designed a more ambitious model with all the letters in the alphabet.
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on it, and the type bars banged into one another and got stuck. The solution to that problem resulted in the keyboard we know today.
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the most common pairings of letters in the English language. He then split up those letters so that their type bars were farther apart and less likely to jam. That in turn dictated the layout of the keyboard - known as QWERTY, for the first five letters in the upper row. In a manner of speaking, he slowed down the typists to prevent jamming, and thus speed the typing.
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to be mass-produced, and its keyboard layout was soon standard on all typewriters. The original Sholes & Glidden typed only capitals and was designed in an awkward fashion that prevented the typist from looking at the paper while typing. Ads trumpeted its value to clergymen and lawyers, but it sold quite poorly at first. One reason: it was expensive. It cost $125, the equivalent of more than $ 1,700 today.
What is NOT mentioned about the original Sholes & Glidden typewriters?
A. They were widely advertised.
B. The design was inconvenient for the users.
C. Only capital letters could be typed on it.
D. All the letters were in the upper row.
Do you know the indispensable part of your computer that is more than a century old? The modern typewriter was born in the back of Kleinsteuber's Machine Shop in Milwaukee. That's where Christopher Sholes took some piano wire and a telegraph key and built a crude typing device in 1868. It could type only one letter, a rather fuzzy- looking w, but it was still pretty amazing for its time. Sholes and his partners designed a more ambitious model with all the letters in the alphabet.
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on it, and the type bars banged into one another and got stuck. The solution to that problem resulted in the keyboard we know today.
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the most common pairings of letters in the English language. He then split up those letters so that their type bars were farther apart and less likely to jam. That in turn dictated the layout of the keyboard - known as QWERTY, for the first five letters in the upper row. In a manner of speaking, he slowed down the typists to prevent jamming, and thus speed the typing.
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to be mass-produced, and its keyboard layout was soon standard on all typewriters. The original Sholes & Glidden typed only capitals and was designed in an awkward fashion that prevented the typist from looking at the paper while typing. Ads trumpeted its value to clergymen and lawyers, but it sold quite poorly at first. One reason: it was expensive. It cost $125, the equivalent of more than $ 1,700 today.
What is NOT mentioned about the original Sholes & Glidden typewriters?
A. They were widely advertised.
B. The design was inconvenient for the users.
C. Only capital letters could be typed on it.
D. All the letters were in the upper row.
Điều gì KHÔNG được đề cập về máy đánh chữ Sholes và Glidden ban đầu?
A. Chúng được quảng cáo rộng rãi.
B. Thiết kế gây bất tiện cho người dùng.
C. Chỉ có thể gõ chữ in hoa trên đó.
D. Tất cả các chữ cái đều ở hàng trên.
Thông tin:
+ Ads trumpeted its value to clergymen and lawyers, but it sold quite poorly at first.
(Các quảng cáo đã thổi phồng giá trị của nó đối với các giáo sĩ và luật sư, nhưng ban đầu nó bán khá kém.)
→ A được đề cập
+ The original Sholes and Glidden typed only capitals and was designed in an awkward fashion that prevented the typists from looking at a paper while typing.
(Thiết kết của Sholes và Glidden ban đầu chỉ gõ được chữ hoa và được thiết kế theo kiểu khó sử dụng khiến người đánh máy không thể nhìn vào giấy khi gõ.)
→ B và C được đề cập
A. Chúng được quảng cáo rộng rãi.
B. Thiết kế gây bất tiện cho người dùng.
C. Chỉ có thể gõ chữ in hoa trên đó.
D. Tất cả các chữ cái đều ở hàng trên.
Thông tin:
+ Ads trumpeted its value to clergymen and lawyers, but it sold quite poorly at first.
(Các quảng cáo đã thổi phồng giá trị của nó đối với các giáo sĩ và luật sư, nhưng ban đầu nó bán khá kém.)
→ A được đề cập
+ The original Sholes and Glidden typed only capitals and was designed in an awkward fashion that prevented the typists from looking at a paper while typing.
(Thiết kết của Sholes và Glidden ban đầu chỉ gõ được chữ hoa và được thiết kế theo kiểu khó sử dụng khiến người đánh máy không thể nhìn vào giấy khi gõ.)
→ B và C được đề cập
Đáp án D.