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考研英语核心词汇速成胜经Unit 33 一、 真题文章（1995年text 3） In such a changing , complexsociety formerly simple solutions to informational needs become complicated. Many of life s problems which were solved by asking family members, friends or colleagues are beyond the capability of the extended family to resolve. Where to turn for expert information and how to determine which expert advice to accept are questions facing many people today. 　　In addition to this, there is the growing mobility of people since World WarⅡ. As families move away from their stable community, their friends of many years, their extended family relationships, the informal flow of information is cut off, and with it the confidence that information will be available when needed and will be trustworthy and reliable. The almost unconscious flow of information about the simplest aspects of living can be cut off. Thus, things once learned subconsciouslythrough the casual communications of the extended family must be consciously learned . 　　Coupled with the growing quantityof information is the development of technologies which enable the storageand delivery of more information with greater speed to more locations than has ever been possible before. Computer technology makes it possible to store vast amounts of data in machine-readable files, and to program computers to locate specific information. Telecommunicationsdevelopments enable the sending of messages via television, radio, and very shortly, electronic mail to bombard people with multitudesof messages. Satellites have extended the power of communications to report events at the instantof occurrence. Expertise can be shared world wide through teleconferencing, and problems in dispute can be settled without the participants leaving their homes and/or jobs to travel to a distant conference site. Technology has facilitated the sharing of information and the storage and delivery of information, thus making more information available to more peo