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  3. Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 years ago. And we can expect the r

Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 years ago. And we can expect the r

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问题     Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 years ago. And we can expect the rate of change to accelerate rather than slow down within our lifetime. The developments in technology are bound to have a dramatic effect on the future work. By 2020, new technology will have revolutionized communications. People will be transmitting more messages down telephone lines that previously have been sent by post. Not only postmen but also clerks and secretaries will vanish in a paper-free society. All the routine tasks they perform will be carried on a tiny silicon chip so that they will be as obsolete (已废弃的) as the horse and cart after the invention of the motor car. One change will make thousands, if not millions, redundant.
    Even people in traditional professions, where expert knowledge has been the key, are unlikely to escape the effects of new technology. Instead of going to a solicitor, you might go to a computer which is programmed with all the most up-to-date legal information. Doctors, too, will find that an electronic competitor will be able to carry out a much quicker and more accurate diagnosis and recommend more efficient courses of treatment. In education, teachers will be largely replaced by teaching machines far more knowledgeable than any human being. Most learning will take place in the home via video conferencing. Children will still go to school though, until another place is created where they can make friends and develop social skills.
According to the writer, the rate of change in technology ______.
选项 A、will remain the same
B、will slow down
C、will speed up
D、cannot be predicted
答案C
解析 事实细节题。只要知道第1段第2句中的关键词accelerate意为speed up“加速，加快”，就可以排除其他选项。
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