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.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】

试题分析：文章大意：本文为议论文，主要阐述了通讯技术的变迁与发展，尤其是电脑信息技术的迅速发展给人们的工作生活带来了改变，但同时对此人们也有不同的声音。

1. were drawn between…可以判断在二者之间早就有诸多的比较。故选A。

2. “It was not until that…”，故选D。

3.

4. the wake of…”以及and连接的并列结构上看所选的词与wake（痕迹）相同，所以选B，意思为 “陪伴，存在”。

5. “speed up”表示 “加紧，加快”符合这儿的意思要求。故选B。

6. on ”，表示“继续引领”。在结构上，两个and分别连接“beginning…”﹑“leding…”以及后面的 “motion…”做伴随状语。故选A。

7.

8. everyone sees that process in a right way”以及连接词“Nevertheless”可以看出通讯技术的发展还是对社会的推动起到重要的作用，这从下一段开头也加以了阐述，B项为“困难的”之意，C项为“诚实的”，而D选项表示“具体的”，所以选A。

9. everyone sees that process in a right way”相对应。B和D选项都是“因此”的意思。故选C。

10.

11. changed the process”而后面的句意上又为否定句，故这儿表示的是“尽管其对媒体的影响并没有立刻显现”，也正好与下面的“As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful”相呼应。故选D。

12.

13.

14.

15. were thought of, like people…”应该表示的是“与人一样，一代一代，更新换代”，故选B。A项表示“通过…方式”，C项“关于”，D项表示“与…相符合、一致”。

16. became smaller and more powerful”可以得出此处选D。

17.

18.

19. everyone sees that process in a right way”以及此处用but进行转折判断对于电脑等通讯技术对于经济政治社会文化方面的影响看法还是不一致的，所以选B：有争议的。A项表示“竞争的”，C项表示“有条件的”，D表示“笨拙的”。

20.

考点：考查议论文