2. 外语
  3. A. daydream B. disagreement C. factually D. if E. inevitable F. inseparable G. lays H. making I. perspective J. resides K.

A. daydream B. disagreement C. factually D. if E. inevitable F. inseparable G. lays H. making I. perspective J. resides K.

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问题    A. daydream B. disagreement C. factually D. if E. inevitable
   F. inseparable G. lays H. making I. perspective J. resides
   K. that L. thinking M. thoughtfully N. ultimately O. wake
   To some thinkers, it is machines and their development that drive economic and cultural change. This idea is referred to as technological determinism. Certainly there can be no doubt that machines contributed to the Protestant Reformation and the decline of the Catholic Church’s power in Europe or【C1】______ television has changed the way family members interact. Those who believe in technological determinism would argue that these changes in the cultural landscape were the 【C2】______result of new technology.
   But others see technology as more neutral and claim that the way people use technology is what gives it significance. This 【C3】______ accepts technology as one of many factors that shape economic and cultural change: technology’s influence is 【C4】______ determined by how much power it is given by the people and cultures that use it.
   This 【C5】______about the power of technology is at the heart of the controversy surrounding the new communication technologies. Are we more or less powerless in the 【C6】______of advances such as the Internet, the World Wide Web, and instant global audio and visual communication? If we are at the mercy of technology, the culture that surrounds us will not be of our 【C7】______, and the best we can hope to do is make our way reasonably well in a world outside our own control. But if these technologies are indeed neutral and their power 【C8】______in how we choose to use them, we can utilize them responsibly and 【C9】______to construct and maintain whatever kind of culture we want. As film director and technophile Steve Spielberg explained, "Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or 【C10】______, to imagine something wonderful. "
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解析 副词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，空格位于句子的谓语部分，is determined已经构成了完整的被动语态，因此，空格处应填入一个副词来对谓语部分进行修饰。本段的观点认为科技是中立的，是人们使用科技的方式赋予了它不同的影响力。因此，科技的影响归根结底是人类给予的，因此，N项ultimately“最后地，终极地”为答案。
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