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2023年湖北省襄阳市宜城市中考一模英语试题
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Beep! (哔) Beep! Beep! The barcode (条形码) technology makes it faster and 61 (easy) to buy things in stores. Perhaps you 62 (see) the black-and-white stripe pattern on product packaging (包装) before. In 2023,one of the greatest 63 (invent) is 52 years old!
In 1971, 64 IBM engineer named George Laurer came up with a code (代码)that could be printed on food packages. Then, a complete code system-Universal Product Code came into being (形成) later. The system was used by many companies from 1973. Before this, shopkeepers had to record prices 65 hand which took much time and energy.
Actually, a barcode is really a simple idea: show information of each product in different numbers (just like the ID card number), then include these numbers into a code and print it for computers 66 (read). Today, barcodes are 67 (wide) used. They are scanned (扫描) over 6 billion times every day and used by 2 million companies worldwide.
What information does a barcode carry? It carries where the product comes from, 68 (it) price, production date and so on. It can also help stores always know about their products. For example, if there are 10 boxes of milk and a customer buys one, it 69 (record) so that the store owner knows there are nine boxes left on the shelf. In the 1980s, libraries started to use barcodes to follow their books in this way.
Inspired (启发) by the barcode, the more developed codes have been invented, such as QR codes (二维码). QR codes can hold more information They can tell customers what materials are used in a product or 70 the product is suitable for (适合) certain people. This keeps providing the customers with greater trust in the products they will buy.
2022年湖北省襄阳市宜城市中考一模英语试题
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