单选题 The Internet can make the news more democratic, giving the public a chance to ask questions and seek out facts behind stories and candidates, according to the head of the largest US on-line service. "But the greatest potential for public participation is still in the future," Steven Case, chairman of America On-line, told a recent meeting on Journalism and the Internet sponsored by The Freedom Forum, though some other speakers say the new technology of computers is changing the face of journalism, giving reporters access to more information and their readers a chance to ask questions and turn to different sources. "You don"t have to buy a newspaper and be confined to the four corners of that paper anymore," Sam Meddis, on-line technology editor at USA Today, observed about the variety of information available to computer users. But the speakers noted the easy access to the internet also means anyone can post information for others to see. "Anyone can say anything they want, whether it"s right or wrong," said Case. Readers have to determine for themselves whom to trust. "In a world of almost infinite voices, respected journalists and respected brand names will probably become more important, not less," Case said. "The internet today is about where radio was 80 years ago, or television 50 years ago or cable 25 years ago," he said. But it is growing rapidly because it provides people fast access to news and a chance to comment on it.

单选题 The main topic of passage is______.

单选题 It can be inferred from this passage that______may NOT be regarded as the advantages of the internet.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：这是一道判断题，注意题干中的NOT。选项A是文章第一句话的同义表达，因此不是正确答案。选项C和选项D是第二段最后一句后半句的同义表达，也不是答案。选项B中“anything”太绝对，因此是正确答案。本题可以根据本书中讲到的排除原则立即找出正确答案为B。

单选题 The correct order for the appearance of the four technologies is______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：这是一道事实细节题，对应文章最后一段第一句话：The internet today is about where radio was 80 years ago，or television 50 years ago or cable 25 years ago．从这句话中我们不难发现它们的顺序为radio—television—cable—internet，因此答案为C。

单选题 Which of the following statements is true?

A、 Only respected journalists can post information on the internet for others to see.
B、 Respected journalists will probably become more important than before.
C、 When people read newspapers, they have to stay in the corners of the street.
D、 The greatest potential of public participation of the internet is in the near future.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：这是一道判断题。根据常识我们就知道A是错误的，任何人都可以在网上发布信息，这也正是网络的便捷之处，所以A(只有受人尊重的记者才能在网上发布信息)与原文不符。选项C是对第三段中的“confined to the four corners of that paper”的误读，原文中的corner并非指“街角”，而是指“报纸的四角”。选项D乍看与原文第二段首句相同，但第二段首句中有个but，D还多了一个“near”，因此和原文不一致。选项B对应原文的第四段段末，句中的probably也体现了用词的严谨，因此是正确答案。

单选题 On the whole, the attitude Steven Case holds for the internet"s future development is______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：一般来讲，这类表示观点态度的题都应该选积极向上的词，在本题中只有选项D(乐观的)体现这种出题原则，因此是正确答案。第四段段末“In a world of almost infinite voices，respected journalists and respected brand names will probably become more important，not less”也体现了这一态度。