单选题
In our society, we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person (1) by the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses, stand in football match (2) , we are likely to have conversations (3) we give information or opinions, and sometimes have our views (4) by other members of society. Face-to-face contact is (5) the only form of communication, and during the last two hundred years the (6) of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society. Two things, (7) others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has (8) advances in printing, photography and so on. Secondly, speed has revolutionized the (9) and reception of communications so that local news often (10) a back seat to national news. No longer is the possession of information (11) to a privileged minority. Forty years ago people used to (12) to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a program that (13) into millions of houses. Communication is no longer merely concerned (14) the transmission of information. The modern communications industry influences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing (15) to information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all (16) with informing, educating and entertaining. (17) a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very valuable to the individual and to the society (18) which he is a part, the vast modern network of communications is (19) to abuse. However, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, and there is no turning (20) .
单选题
[A] basis [B] base [C] level [D] ground
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[A]basis意为“根据,基础”,常用作on/upon the basis of“以……为基础”;basis之前也可用修饰语,on a person-to-person basis意为“以人与人为基础”。其他选项不合文意。[B]base意为“底座;根基;根据地”,在此不合文意;[C]level意为“水平;平地”;[D]ground意为“地面;场地”,用作复数时表示“理由,根据”,如:on the grounds of“因为”。
单选题
[A] lines [B] queues [C] rows [D] files
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】queues意为“(排队等候的)一队人”,stand in a(1ueue意为“排队”,其他选项不合文意。[A]lines和[C]rows均可指列成一行、一列或一排的人或物,如:sit in a row(坐成一排);[D]files意为“成纵列的人或物”。只有queues有排队等候的意思,故排除其他选项。
单选题
[A] whereas [B] which [C] that [D] where
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】根据语法要求,该处应选用能引导定语从句的关系副词,首先排除连词[A]whereas;[B]which和[C]that在定语从句中作关系代词指代句中的主语或宾语,在该句中也不合语法要求,故排除。where在句中引导一个限制性定语从句,其含义为in the conversation。
【答案解析】对信息的拥有曾经局限于少数特权阶层,而不是[A]prohibited“禁止”,也不是[B]provided“提供”或者[C]allowed“允许”,而是[D],confined与to连用表示“限制,限于”。prohibit常用为“prohibit sb. from sth ./doing”;provide常用作provide sth. for sb. 或者provide sb. with sth.; allow的常用表达为allow sb .to do sth.或者allow for sth.。
单选题
[A] is being channeled [B] is broadcasting [C] is being discharged [D] is transmitting
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】电视节目是被播送到于家万户的,[A]is being channeled意为“(正在)被播送,被传递”。[B]is broadcasting“在广播”和[D]is transmitting“正在输送……”为主动语态,在此不合语法;[C]is being discharged意为“(正在)被排出”,在此不合文意。