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 __1__. As was discussed before, it was not __2__ the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic medium, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the __3__ of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution __4__ up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading __5__ through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures __6__ the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in __7__. It is important to do so.

　　It is generally recognized, __8__, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, __9__ by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process.

　　As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well as institutional, with display becoming sharper and storage __10__ increasing. They were thought of, like people, __11__ generations, with the distance between generations much __12__.

　　It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the context within which we now live. The communications revolution has __13__ both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been __14__ views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have been weighed __15__ “harmful” outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.

　　1、A.between　　B.before　　C.since　　D.later

　　2、A.after　　B.by　　C.during　　D.until

　　3、A.process　　B.company　　C.light　　D.form

　　4、A.gathered　　B.speeded　　C.worked　　D.picked

　　5、A.on　　B.out　　C.over　　D.off

　　6、A.of　　B.for　　C.beyond　　D.into

　　7、A.concept　　B.dimension　　C.effect　　D.perspective

　　8、A.indeed　　B.hence　　C.however　　D.therefore

　　9、A.brought　　B.followed　　C.stimulated　　D.characterized

　　10、A.ability　　B.capability　　C.capacity　　D.faculty

　　11、A.by means of　　B.in terms of　　C.with regard to　　D.in line with

　　12、A.deeper　　B.fewer　　C.nearer　　D.smaller

　　13、A.regarded　　B.impressed　　C.influenced　　D.effected

　　14、A.competitive　　B.controversial　　C.distracting　　D.irrational

　　15、A.above　　B.upon　　C.against　　D.with

　參考答案：

　　1、A　2、D　3、B　4、B　5、A　6、D　7、D　8、C

　　9、B　10、C　11、B　12、D　13、C　14、B　15、C