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 (91) . As was discussed before, it was not (92) the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pree-leetronie (93) , following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the (94) of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution (95) up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading (96) through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures (97) the 20th-eentury world of the motor ear and the airplane. Not everyone sees that process in (98) . It is important to do so.
It is generally recognized, (99) , that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, (100) by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, (101) its impact on the media was not immediately (102) . As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became "personal" too, as well as (103) , with display becoming sharper and storage (104) increasing. They were thought of, like people, (105) generations, with the distance between generations much (106)
It was within the computer age that the term" information society" began to be widely used to describe the (107) within which we now live. The communications revolution has (108) both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been (109) views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. "Benefits" have been weighed (110) "harmful" outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.
A.by means of
B.in terms of
C.with regard to
D.in line with
参考答案:B
解析: 空格所在句子是They were thought of, like people, (105) generations, 其中主语they指的仍然是computers,插入语意为像人一样,谓语是被动语态形式were thought of,指被考虑、被想,可见,空格和generations(一代人,世代,衍生代)一起作状语,修饰谓语,说明电脑是怎样被看待考虑的。因此重点要区分A,B选项,A选项by means of强调用某种方式或手段,而B选项in terms of可以强调用某个字眼、措辞及它所传达的概念,如:Give the answer in terms of a percentage.(用百分比来回答)。根据文章,计算机与人一样,都可以按照代(generations)来划分,这里使用generation更多的是借用这个词和它的概念,因此正确选项为B。