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.brought
B.followed
C.stimulated
D.characterized
参考答案:B
解析: 空格所在部分100一by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s是插入成分,插在that引导的主语从句的主语the introduction of the computer和谓语radically changed之间,修饰从句的主语。从选项可看出空格处将填入过去分词,关键要判断主语计算机在20世纪早期问世和插入成分集成电路在20世纪60年代发明之间是什么联系,显然这两件事是时间先后关系。从词义上来看,只有follow表示时间先后关系,符合题意。本题最具干扰的选项是brought,但注意20世纪初期出现的电脑不可能由比它还晚(20世纪60年代)出现的集成电路所带来。