Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 1

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问题     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【C1】______.AS was discussed before. it was not【C2】______the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic【C3】______,following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the【C4】______of the periodical.It was during the same time that the communication  revolution【C5】______up,beginning with transport,the railway,and leading【C6】______through the telegraph,the telephone,radio,and motion pictures【C7】______the 20th century world of the motor car and the airplane.Not everyone sees that process in【C8】______.It is important to do so.
    It is generally recognized.【C9】______that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century,【C10】______by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s,radically changed the process,【C11】______its impact on the media was not immediately【C12】______. As time went by,computers became smaller and more powerful,and they became“personal”too,as well as【C13】______,with display becoming sharper and storage【C14】______increasing.They were thought of,like people,【C15】______generations,with the distance between generations-much【C16】______.
    It was within the computer age that the term“information society”began to be widely used to describe the【C17】______within which we now live.The communications revolution has【C18】______both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time,but there have been【C19】______views about its economic,political,social and cultural implications.“Benefits”have been weed【C20】______“harmful” outcomes.and generalizations have proved difficult.
【C5】

选项 A、gathered
B、speeded
C、worked
D、picked

答案B

解析 词语搭配题。本题主要考查动词短语的含义,这是考查的一个重点。选项B)speed up表示“加速”,不难看出本句的含义是“在十五世纪到二十世纪之间,从火车、电报、电话到汽车、飞机,交通、通信业的变革速度是越来越快”,因此选B)。选项A)gather up表示“收集”;选项C)work up表示“逐步发展”;选项D)pick up表示“捡起,学会”。
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