2015同等学力申硕英语练习题及解析(4)

　　Cloze Test (10 minutes, 10 points)

　　Directions: In this part, there is a passage with ten blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.

　　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 until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic___2___, 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 speeded up, beginning with transport , the railway , and leading___4___through the telegraph , the telephone , radio , and motion pictures into the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in___5___.It is important to do so .

　　It is generally recognized ,___6___, 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 ,___7___its impact on the media was not immediately___8___. As time went by , computers became smaller and more powerful , and they became "personal”too , as well as___9___，with display becoming sharper and storage capacity increasing . They were thought of ,like people,___10___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 context within which we now live .

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

　　2. A. means B. method C. medium D. measure

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

　　4. A. on B. out C. over D. of

　　5. A. concept B. dimension C. effect D. perspective

　　6. A. indeed B. hence C. however D. therefore

　　7. A. unless B. since C. lest D. although

　　8. A. apparent B. desirable C. negative D. plausible

　　9. A. institutional B. universal C. fundamental D. instrumental

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

　　答案解析：

　　1. 【答案】 A

　　2. 【答案】C

　　【解析】 medium

　　意为“在其间”，这里指时间，但是也可用来指位置、距离。意为“媒介，传媒”A 项means 意为“方法，手段”; B 项method 意为“方法”; D 项measure 意为“措施”。

　　3. 【答案】B

　　【解析】company 意为“伙伴”, in the company of 意为“与……-起”; A 项process 意为“过程” ; C 项light 意为“角度，眼光”; D 项form 意为“形式”。

　　4. 【答案】 A

　　【解析】 on 意为“继续”, leading on 意为“继续领导，继续领先”。

　　5.【答案】D

　　【解析】perspective 意为“视角，观点”。in perspective 意为“正确地”; A 项concept 意为“概念”; B 项dimension 意为“尺寸，空间”; C 项effect 意为“效果，后果”。

　　6. 【答案】C

　　【解析】A 项indeed 意为“真正地”; B 项hence 意为“因此，所以”; C 项however 意为“然而”; D 项therefore 意为“因此”。

　　7. 【答案】D

　　【解析】A 项unless 意为“除非”; B 项Since 意为“既然，由于，自从” ; C 项lest 意为“以防，以免” ; D 项although 意为“虽然”。

　　8. 【答案】 A

　　【解析】A 项apparent 意为“明显的”; B 项desirable 意为“令人满意的”; C 项negative 意为“反面的，消极的”; D 项plausible 意为“合理的，似乎可信的”。

　　9. 【答案】 A

　　【解析】A 项institutional 意为“机构的，团体的”; B 项universal 意为“广泛的，普遍的”; C 项fundamental 意为“根本的，基本的”; D 项instrumental 意为“工具性的，有作用的”。

　　10. 【答案】B

　　【 解析】 A 项by means of 意为“通过… … 方式，通过… … 手段”; B 项in terms of 意为“用… … 的方式来表达，根据… … ，按照… … ”; C 项with regard to 意为“关于…… ，鉴于…… ”; D 项in line with 意为“与…..致”。

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