It looks we re on the leading edge of another new technology. This one is unlike many in the past. So many of yesterdays techniques seemed to come from engineers with no idea of what would make life more interesting or easier for the consumer. This time it&39;s different. The technology that provided beeps and booings for thousands of personal computer games and brought animation to children&39;s educational software is invading the desk-tops of Corporate America. Its called Multimedia and it combines work with something everyone enjoys, playing games. Multimedia is usually defined as the combination of computer data. sound. animation (动画片)and video. A typical setup includes a CD-ROM,CD-ROM player, sound equipment and special hardware, which allows the display of sophisticated graphics. Once everything is in place, this is more than a toy technology." What we re seeing is that people are taking technology they already feel comfortable with an audiotape recorder or a video camcorder and they are combining it with the power of the computer. "said Rick Segal, with Microsoft Corp. Companies using the new technology for almost every communication need to be imaginable. Mead Corp, a paper-products company, uses it to publish its annual reports and stock exchange filings, information is put on computer”disk in multimedia versions that include photographs and graphic images such as charts and maps. The use just go on and on. They are as varied as the business themselves. In Atlanta, Georgia,Holiday Inn has created a multimedia training programme.It teaches people how to work at the reception billing and information desks in its hotels. One part of the video includes actual situations of the hotel. With so many companies using it the employee number of multimedia-equipped personal computers is on the rise. It is estimated that there were about 200,000 in 1991. That number rose to one million in 1992. By 1996,predictions are for 4.5 million. The new technology of multimedia is different from many technologies in the past because___. A.we’re on the leading edge of the new technology B.there are beeps and booing C.it makes life more interesting or easier D.the engineers don’t know what to do with the new technology Once everything is in place this is more than a toy technology, it means____.A.that it needs a toy technology to put CD-ROM,CD-ROM player sound equipment and special hardware into a proper order B.that if you put CD-ROM,CD-ROM player, sound equipment and special hardware into a proper order,you need not only toy technology C.that whether it is a toy depends on the technology you need D.that a toy technology can make a better multimedia The exmples given in the passage show____.A.how complex multimedia is B.how people multimedia C.how many users multimedia has D.how multimedia teachers people to use it The number of multimedia equipped personal computer is on the rise,because____.A.it can perform almost everything perfectly B.can produce chairs and maps full of bright colours and fancy drawings C.it is needed by an increasing number of people D.it more useful than slide shows