A. apparent B. increasing C. influenced D. desirable E. speeded up F. into G. widening H. medium I. institutional J. gathered up K. context L. however M. entertainment N. therefore O. controversial 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 had happened between. As was discussed before, it was not until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre- electronic【C1】______, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the company of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution【C2】______, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading on through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures【C3】______ the 20th-century world of the motor car and the airplane. Not everyone sees that process in perspective. It is important to do so. It is generally recognized,【C4】______, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, followed by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, although its impact on the media was not immediately【C5】______. As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became "personal" too, as well as 【C6】______, with display becoming sharper and storage capacity【C7】______. They were thought of, like people, in terms of generations, with the distance between generations much smaller. It was within the computer age that the term "information society" began to be widely used to describe the【C8】______ within which we now live. The communications revolution has【C9】______ both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been 【C10】______ views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. "Benefits" have been weighed against "harmful" outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.
The couple had no sooner got to the station_____the coach left.(2009)
Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?
She once made a(n)______ appearance on television before she decided to step away from the entertainment industry.
Which of the following reflexive pronouns(反身代词)functions as an appositive(同位语)?
Paul found it increasingly difficult to hear, ______ his hearing was beginning to fail.
He hesitated for a moment before kicking the ball, otherwise he ______ a goal.
Mary was ______to tears by their criticism.
Children as young as four will study Shakespeare in a project being launched today by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The RSC is holding its first national conference for primary school teachers to encourage them to use the Bard's plays imaginatively in the classroom from reception classes onwards. The conference will be told that they should learn how Shakespearian characters like Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream are "jolly characters" and how to write about them. At present, the national curriculum does not require pupils to approach Shakespeare until secondary school. All it says is that pupils should study "texts drawn from a variety of cultures and traditions" and "myths, legends and traditional stories". However, educationists at the RSC believe children will gain a better appreciation of Shakespeare if they are introduced to him at a much younger age. "Even very young children can enjoy Shakespeare's plays, " said Mary Johnson, head of the learning department. "It is just a question of pitching it for the age group. Even reception classes and key stage one pupils(five- to seven-year-olds)can enjoy his stories. For instance, if you build up Puck as a character who skips, children of that age can enjoy the character. They can be inspired by Puck and they could even start writing about him at that age. " It is the RSC's belief that building the Bard up as a fun playwright in primary school could counter some of the negative images conjured up about teaching Shakespeare in secondary schools. Then, pupils have to concentrate on scenes from the plays to answer questions for compulsory English national-curriculum tests for 14-year-olds. Critics of the tests have complained that pupils no longer have the time to study or read the whole play—and therefore lose interest in Shakespeare. However, Ms. Johnson is encouraging teachers to present 20-minute versions of the plays—a classroom version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Complete Works of Shakespeare(Abridged)which told his 37 plays in 97 minutes—to give pupils a flavour of the whole drama. The RSC's venture coincides with a call for schools to allow pupils to be more creative in writing about Shakespeare. Professor Kate McLuskie, the new director of the University of Birmingham's Shakespeare Institute—also based in Stratford—said it was time to get away from the idea that there was " a right answer" to any question about Shakespeare. Her first foray into the world of Shakespeare was to berate him as a misogynist in a 1985 essay but she now insists this should not be interpreted as a criticism of his works—although she admits: "I probably wouldn't have written it quite the same way if I had been writing it now. What we should be doing is making sure that someone is getting something out of Shakespeare, " she said. "People are very scared about getting the right answer. I know it's difficult but I don't care if they come up with a right answer that I can agree with about Shakespeare. "
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Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?
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Bacteria are sometimes _____ too small to be seen without a microscope.
He has been up to his chin in his research. The underlined part means ______.
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The newly built school offers courses in every subject ______.