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Section II Use of English(满分10分) Directions: Read the following text.
Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A] [B] [C] or [D] on
ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
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 (21)[]. As was discussed before, it was not (22)[] the 19th century
that the newspaper became the dominant preelectronic (23)[], following in the
wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the (24)[] of the periodical. It was
during the same time that the communications revolution (25)[] up,beginning with
transport, the railway, and leading (26)[] through the telegraph, the telephone,
radio, and motion pictures (27)[] the 20thcentury world of the motor car and
the airplane. Not everyone sees the process in (28)[]. It is important to do so.
It is generally recognized, (29)[], that the introduction of the computer in the
early 20th century, (30)[] by the invention of the integrated circuit during the
1960s, radically changed the process, (31)[] its impact on the media was not
immediately (32)[]. As time went by, computers became smaller and more
powerful,and they became “personal” too. as well as (33)[], with display
becoming sharper and storage (34)[] increasing. They were thought of, like
people, (35)[] generations, with the distance between generations much (36)[].
It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be
widely used to describe the (37)[] within which we now live. The communications
revolution has (38)[] both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about
place and time, but there have been (39)[] views about its economic ,political,
social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have been weighed (40)[] “harmful”
outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.
21、
[A]between
[B]before
[C]since
[D]later
22、
[A]after
[B]by
[C]during
[D]until
23、
[A]means
[B]method
[C]medium
[D]measure
24、
[A]process
[B]company
[C]light
[D]form
25、
[A]gathered
[B]speeded
[C]worked
[D]picked
26、
[A]on
[B]out
[C]over
[D]off
27、
[A]of
[B]for
[C]beyond
[D]into
28、
[A]concept
[B]dimension
[C]effect
[D]perspective
29、
[A]indeed
[B]hence
[C]however
[D]therefore
30、
[A]brought
[B]followed
[C]stimulated
[D]characterized
31、
[A]unless
[B]since
[C]lest
[D]although
32、
[A]apparent
[B]desirable
[C]negative
[D]plausible
33、
[A]institutional
[B]universal
[C]fundamental
[D]instrumental
34、
[A]ability
[B]capability
[C]capacity
[D]faculty
35
[A]by means of
[B]in terms of
[C]with regard to
[D]in line with
36、
[A]deeper
[B]fewer
[C]nearer
[D]smaller
37、
[A]context
[B]range
[C]scope
[D]territory
38、
[A]regarded
[B]impressed
[C]influenced
[D]effected
39、
[A]competitive
[B]controversial
[C]distracting
[D]irrational
40、
[A]above
[B]upon
[C]against
[D]with
答案:Section II: Use of English (10 points)
21. [A] 22. [D] 23. [C] 24. [B] 25. [B]
26. [A] 27. [D] 28. [D] 29. [C] 30. [B]
31. [D] 32. [A] 33. [A] 34. [C] 35. [B]
36. [D] 37. [A] 38. [C] 39. [B] 40. [C] |
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