问题 单项选择题

通信在农业社会所处的地位是( )。

A.国家的统治工具
B.生活资源
C.社会生产的一般过程
D.基础设施

答案

参考答案:A

解析: 从通信的起源来看,通信主要是为国家统治服务,在漫长的农业社会中,通信也基本上是为国家统治服务。由于农业社会的经济形式是“自给自足”的自然经济,商品的交换和经济交往极少,基本上很少涉及通信的应用。因此,通信即邮政主要作为国家统治工具,传递军情,下达政令。

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Events Calendar

TUESDAY

Landscape Pests (害虫)

Learn to identify, control and prevent seasonal landscape-disease and landscape-pest problems at the workshop, 3:30 pm. – 5 pm. Tuesday at the US National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave NE, Washington. $15; registration required.

202-245-4521 or www.usna.usda.gov.

THROUGH AUGUST 3

Horticultural(园艺的) Art

Watercolors, pen-and-ink drawings and colored-pencil pieces by the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical (植物学的) Art and Illustration will be on display at the exhibit Botanic 2007: The Art and Science of Plants at Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, 1800 Glenallan Ave, Wheaton, through Aug. 3. Free. 301-962-1400 or www.brooksidegardens.org.

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9

Botanical Art

Visit Patterns in Nature, an exhibit by Amy Lamb featuring photographs of flowers, leaves and other botanical life, at the US Botanic Garden Conservatory (温室),West Orangerie, 100 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, through Sept. 9. The conservatory is open 10 am. – 5 pm. Daily. Free. 202-225-8333.

THROUGH OCTOBER 8

Botanic Garden Exhibit

Celebrating America’s Public Gardens is on view through Oct. 8 at the US Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave SW, Washington. The exhibit, on the Conservatory Terrace and in the National Garden, features displays of 20 public botanic gardens across the country. Hours are 10 am. – 5 pm. Daily. Free. 202-200-8956.

小题1:If you want to record your name for an event in advance, you may call _____.

A.202-225-8333

B.202-245-4521

C.301-962-1400

D.202-200-8956小题2: If you go to Botanic Garden Exhibit, you _____.

A.can enjoy drawings and coloured-pencil pieces

B.can learn how to kill pests living on the plants

C.can find displays of 20 botanic gardens across the country

D.will enjoy the photographs of flowers and leaves小题3: From the advertisement, we learn _____.

A.the first event is about growing healthy plants

B.all of the events are free of charge

C.there is no time limit to all the events

D.you can find the information of all the events either by phone or by e-mail