2001年下半年自考全国卷 高级英语试题（附答案）

79. 另外两台机器使用含有彩色代码的纸片和木片来表达信息。

80. 这一成功使赫勒瑞斯能够把他的制表机公司的业务扩展到海外市场。

Ⅷ. 回答问题

【答题要点】

There are four points to the answer:

1. What his invention was.(a tabulating machine)

2. What led to the invention.(It took too long to compile the census results.)

3. What advantages the invention had.(It recalled, manipulated and compiled census much faster.)

4. How the invention served its purpose.(It compiled the census results in merely six weeks. It also saved $5 million in staff costs for the Census Bureau.)