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.
【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. 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
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”。