单选题 Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. (31) much had happened between. As was discussed before, the newspaper did not become the (32) pre-electronic medium until the 19th century, (33) in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the (34) of the periodical. It was during the same time (35) the communications revolution speeded up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading on through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures (36) the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in (37) . It is important to do so.
It is generally recognized, (38) , that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, followed by the (39) of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, (40) its impact on the media was not immediately (41) . As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became "personal" too, as well as (42) , with display becoming sharper and storage (43) increasing. They were thought of, like people, (44) generations, with the distance between generations much (45)
It was within the computer age that the (46) "information society" began to be widely used to describe the (47) within which we now live. The communications revolution has (48) both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been (49) view about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. "Benefits" have been (50) against "harmful" outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.

单选题 A. Yet B. And C. Then D. So
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查逻辑衔接。前文提到人们经常将20世纪电视的发展和15、16世纪印刷品的传播进行对比。此处应该是说“但是在此之间也发生了很多事情”,前后有转折,故yet为正确答案。
单选题 A. prominent B. prevalent C. domestic D. dominant
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查形容词词义的辨析。此处句意为:直到19世纪报纸才成为电子时代之前的主流媒体,dominant意为“支配的,占统治地位的”,符合句意,故选D。domestic意为“国内的;家用的”,prevalent意为“流行的,普遍的”,prominent意为“卓越的,杰出的”。
单选题 A. backing B. considering C. following D. followed
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查动词词义的辨析和非谓语动词用法。此句中逗号之前为一个完整的句子,逗号之后为非谓语动词短语作状语,指报纸成为主流媒体是出现在书籍之后,根据句意可以将A、B两项排除,答案初步锁定为C、D两项,而follow和其逻辑主语the newspaper之间为主动关系,所以使用现在分词,故排除D,答案为C。
单选题 A. form B. company C. light D. process
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。根据上下文,此处指报纸的出现和杂志是同时的,故选company,固定搭配in the company of意为“在……的陪伴下”。in the form of意为“以……的形式”,in the light of意为“按照,根据”,in the process of意为“在……的过程中”,均不符合句意。
单选题 A. which B. that C. when D. in which
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查强调句式。句意为“就在此期间通信革命开始加速”,故选that。
单选题 A. of B. for C. beyond D. into
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查介词的使用。根据上下文,此处描述通信革命的进程,从一开始的交通工具到后来的电报、电话直到20世纪的汽车、飞机等。空格中需要填入一个有“直到,进入……领域”含义的介词,故选into。
单选题 A. perspective B. effect C. dimension D. concept
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查介词短语的辨析。in perspective意为“正确地”,放入句子中,句意为“并非每个人都能正确地看待这一进程”,符合文意,故选A。in effect意为“实际上”。
单选题 A. hence B. therefore C. however D. indeed
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查逻辑衔接。此段开始介绍电脑的出现改变了通信革命的进程,和上文是转折关系,故选however。
单选题 A. creation B. invention C. discovery D. finding
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查名词词义的辨析。此处指集成电路的“发明”,故用invention。creation一般用于艺术创造;discovery指“发现”,如自然规律等;finding则指某项研究的发现。
单选题 A. unless B. since C. lest D. although
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查逻辑衔接。上文提到电脑的出现改变了通信革命的进程,此句显然和上文为让步关系,表示退一步说,以示强调,句意为“虽然它对媒体的影响并没有立刻显现出来”,故选although。
单选题 A. apparent B. transparent C. plausible D. distinguishable
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查形容词词义的辨析。根据上下文语意关系选apparent(明显的)。transparent意为“透明的”,plausible意为“貌似可信的”,distinguishable意为“可区别的,可辨别的”。
单选题 A. institutional B. intellectual C. fundamental D. instrumental
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查形容词词义的辨析。as well as连接的形容词personal和空格处所填的形容词作并列表语,用来说明计算机的发展趋势。as well as连接的两个形容词在语意关系上应相互呼应、相互对照。四项中只有institutional“公共机构的”可与personal“个人的”在语义上形成对应,表示“计算机不仅普遍用于公共机构,也普及到了个人”,故选A。
单选题 A. ability B. capability C. capacity D. faculty
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查名词的惯用搭配。此处指电脑的存储容量,使用固定的词语搭配storage capacity。
单选题 A. in view of B. in terms of C. with regard to D. by means of
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查介词短语的辨析。此处说电脑也和人一样按照generation(代)来分,in terms of意为“根据,按照”,符合句意,故选B。by means of意为“依靠”,with regard to意为“关于”,in view of意为“鉴于”。
单选题 A. deeper B. closer C. narrower D. smaller
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查形容词的用法。根据上下文,此处说电脑一代和一代之间的距离较小(指间隔期短),修饰distance,只能使用形容词small,故选D。
单选题 A. clich6 B. label C. term D. title
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查名词词义的辨析。“information society”(信息社会)是一个“术语”,所以要用term。cliche意为“陈词滥调”,label意为“标签”,title意为“标题”,均不符合句意。
单选题 A. context B. condition C. scope D. territory
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查名词词义的辨析。此处说“信息社会”这个词是用来描绘我们的生存背景的。context含有“生活背景”之意,符合句意,故选A。condition意为“条件”,scope意为“范围”,territory意为“领土”,均不符合句意。
单选题 A. modified B. impressed C. influenced D. effected
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查动词词义的辨析。该句意为:信息革命影响了我们的工作和休闲,故influence(影响)正确。modify意为“修改”,impress意为“留下印象”,effect意为“起作用”,均不符合句意。
单选题 A. distracting B. controversial C. irrational D. competitive
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查形容词词义的辨析。前文说信息革命影响了我们的工作和休闲,此处笔锋一转,说有关它的经济、政治、社会和文化影响存在着______的观点。distracting意为“转移注意力的”,controversial意为“引起争议的,有争议的”,irrational意为“无理性的”,competitive意为“具有竞争性的”,只有controversial符合句意。
单选题 A. counted B. evaluated C. weighed D. numbered
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查动词词义的辨析。该处意为:权衡信息革命的利弊,weigh含有“权衡”的意思,故选C。count意为“计算”,一般用于具体的数字;evaluate意为“评估”,但是一般说evaluate sth.,而不说evaluate the benefits of sth.;number作动词时,表示“将……编号”。