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 between. As was discussed before, it was not until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre- electronic(61), following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the(62)of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution(63)UP, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading on 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(64). It is important to do so.
   It is generally recognized,(65), that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century,(66)by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, although its impact on the media was not immediately(67). As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became "personal" too, as well as(68), with display becoming sharper and storage(69)increasing. They were thought of, like people,(70)generations, with the distance between generations much(71).
   It was within the computer age that the term "information society" began to be widely used to describe the(72)within which we now live. The communications revolution has(73)both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been(74)view about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. "Benefits" have been weighed(75)"harmful" outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.

选项 A、institutional
B、universal
C、fundamental
D、instrumental

答案A

解析 (68)空所考查的形容词用来修饰they即computers,而在本题之前文章中已经有下列 3个形容词修饰了computers,本题只是前面3个形容词的延续:

实际上前面3个已知的形容词就是33题的对应成分,通过分析这3个已知形容词的特征就可以确定本题的答案。smaller/powerful/personal这3个词首先都是修饰计算机本身的变化,而且其导向都是指计算机变得越来越容易使用(easier to use):因此,(68)空也要选择一个具有此特征的词。选项C fundamental(根本的,本质上的)和选项B universal(普遍的)不能用来修饰computers,两者没有刊质性。选项D instrumental(仪器的)不具有前3个形容词的特征,没有表述出计算机变得好用这个概念。只有选项A institutional(制度化的)在此处形容计算机变得模块化了,因而有统一的装配和操作标准,也就意味着computers became easier to use.
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