後期でも出題の可能性があるnanotechnology。確認しておきましょう。[以下の文は抜粋です。最後の部分の意味が不明な場合は出題番号2全体を読んでみてください。
So, what is the solution to these technological problems[one of them is the physical limit of semiconductor industry]? Perhaps the most exciting alternative comes in the form of nanotechnology. Basically, nanotechnology will allow humans to control matter on a tiny scale. The smallest possible scale is the atomic level and if humans could control atoms we would be able to make incredibly small chips and computers. This is what nanotechnology is all about: the control of matter at the atomic level.
In 1981 IBM took the first practical step toward making nanotechnology a reality by making a new microscope. The microscope was so powerful it allowed researchers to see atoms and molecules for the first time. Scientists had talked and written about working at this atomic level before, but they had to wait until IBM's invention to make it possible. Now that scientists can see at this atomic level it may be possible to control atoms, move them around and build products from the atomic level. This would allow humans to make virtually perfect materials and products, atom by atom. Many scientists believe that nanotechnology will become as important as electricity, that it will allow the creation of new materials and products and great advances in electronics, energy and medicine. It would certainly allow chips to become smaller and more powerful than Gordon Moore ever imagined and get his law beyond "the wall."
Question:
According to the text, what is likely to happen with the development ofnanotechnology? Choose THREE of the responses below.
(A) Chip makers like Intel will be able to make considerable profits from it.
(B) IBM will have a virtual monopoly in the field of nanotechnology.
(C) It will be possible to make new materials which do not currently exist.
(D) The "law" Gordon Moore put forward in 1965 will be ignored as inaccurate.
(E) Less energy will be required to produce new medicine.
(F) Making chips which are much faster than they are now will be possible.
(G) Matter will be able to be controlled at the atomic level.
(H) The need for electricity will be reduced.
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