单选题Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and
mark A, B, C or D. 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 has happened {{U}} {{U}}
1 {{/U}} {{/U}}. As was discussed before, it was not {{U}} {{U}}
2 {{/U}} {{/U}}the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant
pre-electronic {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}, following in the
wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the {{U}} {{U}} 4
{{/U}} {{/U}}of the periodical. It was during the same time that the
communications revolution {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}up,
beginning with transport, the railways and leading {{U}} {{U}} 6
{{/U}} {{/U}}through the telegraph, the telephone, radio and motion pictures
{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}the 20th century world of the motor
car and the airplane. Not everyone sees that process in {{U}} {{U}}
8 {{/U}} {{/U}}. It is important to do so. It is
generally recognized, {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}, that the
introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, {{U}} {{U}}
10 {{/U}} {{/U}}by the invention of the integrated circuit during the
1960s, radically changed the process, {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}}
{{/U}}its impact on the media was not immediately {{U}} {{U}} 12
{{/U}} {{/U}}. As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful,
and they became personal too, as well as {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}}
{{/U}}, with display becoming sharper and storage {{U}} {{U}} 14
{{/U}} {{/U}}increasing. They were thought of, like people, {{U}}
{{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}generations, with the distance between
generations much {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}.
It was within the computer age that the term information society began to be
widely used to describe the {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}within
which we now live. The communications revolution has {{U}} {{U}}
18 {{/U}} {{/U}}both work and leisure and how we think and feel both
about place and time, but there have been {{U}} {{U}} 19
{{/U}} {{/U}}views about its economic, political, social and cultural
implications. Benefits have been weighed {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}}
{{/U}}harmful outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查考生对“it was not until...that...”句型的把握。until表示“直到…才”，在“it was not until+时间+that+句子”中，句中谓语动词用一般过去时。句意为直到十九世纪，报纸才成为主要媒介。如果用by，句子时态应改为完成时，故B错误。而选A、C均不符合历史事实，报纸就是在19世纪开始发展成为主要媒体的。
【答案解析】[解析] 该句从“the communications revolution”开始，主要的句子结构为：the revolution speeded up, beginning with..., and leading on through...into the world of...。故D正确。
单选题
A.concept
B.dimension
C.effect
D.perspective
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 短语in perspective=in the right perspective，意指“以正确的观点；正确地”。in concept“在概念上”，in effect则指“规则、法律仍在实施中，仍然有效”，或指“in fact, actually”，都与句意不符。
【答案解析】[解析] institutional与personal形成相对的关系，意指计算机不仅为个人广泛使用，也被机关单位广泛采用。从as well as推断，所填单词应与personal“个人化的”形成一种对应、比照的关系，而universal“普遍性的”；fundamental“基础性的”；instrumental“工具性的”，都不能满足这种关系。
单选题
A.ability
B.capability
C.capacity
D.faculty
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] ability一般指有生命的人、动物的能力；capability指人具体做某事的能力，含“能否胜任某项工作”的意思；而faculty则指人的才能，能力，如the faculty for learning languages“学习语言的才能”；而capacity可指非生命体的能力，有“容量”的意思。storage capacity指“存储容量，内存大小”。
单选题
A.by means of
B.in terms of
C.with regard to
D.in line with
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 这句话意思是说，人们认为，不同时代的电脑就像人一样，也分为一代、二代…，只是两代电脑之间的相隔时间相对要短得多。in terms of“依据”；by means of则是指“通过…的手段”；with regard to是“鉴于，考虑到”的意思；in line with则是“与…一致”的意思。
单选题
A.deeper
B.fewer
C.nearer
D.smaller
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 这里考查的是与distance的搭配问题，只有D项small能与其搭配，常用的还有a great distance，long/short distance等。