Question

Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened _____. As was discussed before, it was not _____ the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic _____, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the _____ of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution _____ up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading _____ through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures _____ the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in a right way. Nevertheless, it is _____ to do so.

It is generally recognized, _____, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, _____ by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, _____ its impact on the media was not immediately _____. As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well as institutional, with display becoming _____ and storage capacity _____. They were thought of, like people, _____ generations, with the distance between generations much _____.

It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the _____ within which we now live. The communications revolution has _____ both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been _____ views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have been weighed _____ “harmful” outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.

1.A. betweenB. beforeC. sinceD. later

2.A. afterB. byC. duringD. until

3.A. meansB. methodC. mediumD. measure

4.A. processB. companyC. lightD. form

5.A. gatheredB. speededC. worked D. picked

6.A. onB. outC. overD. off

7.A. ofB. forC. beyond D. into

8.A. importantB. difficultC. honestD. concrete

9.A. indeedB. henceC. howeverD. therefore

10.A. broughtB. followedC. stimulated. D. characterized

11.A. unlessB. sinceC. lestD. although

12.A. apparentB. desirableC. negativeD. believable

13.A. sharperB. darkerC. heavierD. higher

14.A. decreasingB. increasingC. decliningD. flowing

15.A. by means ofB. in terms ofC. with regard toD. in line with

16.A. deeperB. fewerC. nearerD. smaller

17.A. environmentB. distanceC. skyD. state

18.A. regardedB. impressedC. influencedD. effected

19.A. competitiveB. controversialC. conditionalD. clumsy

20.A. aboveB. uponC. againstD. with

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：本文為議論文，主要闡述了通訊技術(shù)的變遷與發(fā)展，尤其是電腦信息技術(shù)的迅速發(fā)展給人們的工作生活帶來了改變，但同時(shí)對此人們也有不同的聲音。

1. were drawn between…可以判斷在二者之間早就有諸多的比較。故選A。

2. “It was not until that…”，故選D。

3.

4. the wake of…”以及and連接的并列結(jié)構(gòu)上看所選的詞與wake（痕跡）相同，所以選B，意思為 “陪伴，存在”。

5. “speed up”表示 “加緊，加快”符合這兒的意思要求。故選B。

6. on ”，表示“繼續(xù)引領(lǐng)”。在結(jié)構(gòu)上，兩個(gè)and分別連接“beginning…”﹑“l(fā)eding…”以及后面的 “motion…”做伴隨狀語。故選A。

7.

8. everyone sees that process in a right way”以及連接詞“Nevertheless”可以看出通訊技術(shù)的發(fā)展還是對社會(huì)的推動(dòng)起到重要的作用，這從下一段開頭也加以了闡述，B項(xiàng)為“困難的”之意，C項(xiàng)為“誠實(shí)的”，而D選項(xiàng)表示“具體的”，所以選A。

9. everyone sees that process in a right way”相對應(yīng)。B和D選項(xiàng)都是“因此”的意思。故選C。

10.

11. changed the process”而后面的句意上又為否定句，故這兒表示的是“盡管其對媒體的影響并沒有立刻顯現(xiàn)”，也正好與下面的“As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful”相呼應(yīng)。故選D。

12.

13.

14.

15. were thought of, like people…”應(yīng)該表示的是“與人一樣，一代一代，更新?lián)Q代”，故選B。A項(xiàng)表示“通過…方式”，C項(xiàng)“關(guān)于”，D項(xiàng)表示“與…相符合、一致”。

16. became smaller and more powerful”可以得出此處選D。

17.

18.

19. everyone sees that process in a right way”以及此處用but進(jìn)行轉(zhuǎn)折判斷對于電腦等通訊技術(shù)對于經(jīng)濟(jì)政治社會(huì)文化方面的影響看法還是不一致的，所以選B：有爭議的。A項(xiàng)表示“競爭的”，C項(xiàng)表示“有條件的”，D表示“笨拙的”。

20.

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