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Deo：

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankand

markA,B,CORDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)

Comparisonsweredrawnweenthedevelopmentoftelevisioninthe20thcentury

andthediffusionofprintinginthe15thand16thcenturies.Yetmuchhadhappened

1.Aswasdiscussedbefore,itwasnot2the19thcenturythatthenewspaper

becamethedominantpre-electronic_3_，followinginthewakeofthepamphlet

andthebookandinthe4oftheperiodical.Itwasduringthesametimethat

thecommunicationsrevolution5up,beginningwithtransport,therailway,and

leading6throughthetelegraph,thetelephone,radio,andmotionpictures7

th

the20centuryworldofthemotorcarandtheairplane.Noteveryoneseesthat

Processin8.Itisimportanttodoso.

Itisgenerallyrecognized,9,thattheintroductionofthecomputerinthe

early20thcentury,10bytheinventionoftheintegratedcircuitduringthe

1960s,radicallychangedtheprocess,11itsimpactonthemediawasnot

immediately12.Astimewentby,computersbecamesmallerandmorepowerful,

andtheybecame“al”too,aswellas13,withdisplaybecomingsharper

andstorage14increasing.Theywerethoughtof,likepeople,15

generations,withthedistancweengenerationsmuch16.

Itwaswithinthecomputeragethattheterm“informationsociety”beganto

bewidelyusedtodescrihe17withinwhichwenowlive.Thecommunications

revolutionhas18bothworkandleisureandhowwethinkandfeelbothabout

placeandtime,buttherehavebeen19viewaboutitseconomic,political,social

andculturalimplications.“Benefits”havebeenweighed20“harmful”

outcomes.Andgeneralizationshaveproveddifficult.

1.［A］ween［B］before［C］since［D］later

2.［A］after［B］by［C］during［D］until

3.［A］means［B］method［C］medium［D］measure

4.［A］process