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、brought
B、followed
C、stimulated
D、Characterized

答案B

解析 (66)空正确解出本题的关键,是把握清楚本填空所连接前后两部分的逻辑关系,而且由于前后两部分的信息都配有明确的时间阶段,时间就成为最有利的线索了。通过时间线索马上明确了“计算机的发明”早于“集成电路的发明”,4个选项中只有 followed能够正确表达这种时间关系,其他3个选项都将“集成电路的发明”表达成早于“计算机的发明”。
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