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     One day a rich man met Tom. The rich man asked,“I hear you are very clever and     1    is difficult
for you. Can you tell me why you are so clever?"
     Tom answered with      2    , "Oh, I am not clever. Instead, you are too foolish (愚蠢的)." The rich
man became     3    .
     Tom said, “Sir, please     4     unhappy. If you don’t agree     5    what I said, now let me      6     you
a very easy question: If you have a group of sheep, I send you     7    group. Then, you say, how many
groups of sheep do you have?”
    "Why! That’s the easiest question in the world. One and one is two.     8     knows that. I have two
groups of sheep, of course.”
    Tom laughed and laughed and said, “You are quite       9   , sir. Two groups of sheep put together is
still one group. That’s the      10    question in the world, isn’t it?
( )1. A. something  
( )2. A. smile      
( )3.A. happy      
( )4.A. don’t      
( )5.A. with        
( )6.A. say         
( )7.A. other      
( )8. A. People      
( )9. A. right       
( )10. A.more difficult
B. nothing
B. smiles
B. sad    
B. don’t be
B. to    
B. speak  
B. the other
B. Anybody
B. clever
B. easier
C. everything    
C. smiling    
C. unhappy    
C. not be      
C. for        
C. ask        
C. one        
C. Somebody    
C. wrong      
C. most difficult
D. anything  
D. a smile  
D. sorry                          
D. isn’t    
D. about    
D. tell      
D. another  
D. Nobody    
D. difficult
D. easiest  
答案

1-5 BDCBA    6-10 CDBCD

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It is generally recognized, however, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, (48) by the invention of the integrated circuit daring the 1960s, radically changed the process, although its impact on the media was not immediately (49) . As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became "personal" too, as well as (50) , with display becoming sharper and storage (51) increasing. They were thought of, like people, (52) generations, with the distance between generations much (53) .

It was within the computer age that the term "information society" began to be widely used to describe the (54) within which we now live. The communications revolution has (55) both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been (56) view about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. "Benefits" have been weighed (57) "harmful" outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.

48()

A.brought

B.followed

C.stimulated

D.characterized