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 has happened 21. As was discussed before, it was not 22 the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic 23, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the 24 of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution 25 up, beginning with transport, the railways and leading 26 through the telegraph, the telephone, radio and motion pictures 27 the 20th century world of the motor car and the airplane. Not everyone sees that process in 28. It is important to do so.
　　It is generally recognized, 29, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, 30 by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, 31 its impact on the media was not immediately 32. As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became personal too, as well as 33 , with display becoming sharper and storage 34 increasing. They were thought of, like people, 35 generations, with the distance between generations much 36.

　　It was within the computer age that the term information society began to be widely used to describe the 37 within which we now live. The communications revolution has 38 both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been 39 views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. Benefits have been weighed 40 harmful outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.來源：考試大

　　21.［A］between［B］before［C］since［D］later
　　22.［A］after［B］by［C］during［D］until
　　23.［A］means［B］method［C］medium［D］measure
　　24.［A］process［B］company［C］light［D］form
　　25.［A］gathered［B］speeded［C］worked［D］picked
　　26.［A］on［B］out［C］over［D］off
　　27.［A］of［B］for［C］beyond［D］into
　　28.［A］concept［B］dimension［C］effect［D］perspective來源：考試大
　　29.［A］indeed［B］hence［C］however［D］therefore
　　30.［A］brought［B］followed［C］stimulated［D］characterized
　　31.［A］unless［B］since［C］lest［D］although
　　32.［A］apparent［B］desirable［C］negative［D］plausible
　　33.［A］institutional［B］universal［C］fundamental［D］instrumental
　　34.［A］ability［B］capability［C］capacity［D］faculty
　　35.［A］by means of［B］in terms of［C］with regard to［D］in line with
　　36.［A］deeper［B］fewer［C］nearer［D］smaller
　　37.［A］context［B］range［C］scope［D］territory
　　38.［A］regarded［B］impressed［C］influenced［D］effected
　　39.［A］competitive［B］controversial［C］distracting［D］irrational
　　40.［A］above［B］upon［C］against［D］with

　　精解來源：考試大

　　文章前幾句的大概內(nèi)容是說，人們總是把20世紀(jì)電視的發(fā)展與15世紀(jì)和16世紀(jì)印刷術(shù)的傳播相比較。然而其間有很多的事情發(fā)生。直到19世紀(jì)，伴隨著小冊(cè)子、書籍以及期刊的興起，報(bào)紙才成為前電子時(shí)代主要的媒體。

　　21.［A］根據(jù)句子前后邏輯關(guān)系和前一句時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)的提示。between這里意思指20世紀(jì)與15世紀(jì)和16世紀(jì)之間。［B］before、［C］since和［D］later三項(xiàng)顯然都不能全面表達(dá)這個(gè)意思
。
　　22.［D］根據(jù)是詞組固定搭配。It was not until...直到……才……
　　It is I that have lunch with my wife.
　　It is lunch that I have sith my sife.
　　It is with my wife that I have lunch.
　　強(qiáng)調(diào)句型常和until混在一起
　　直到早上九點(diǎn)商店才開門。The shop is not open until 9 o'clock.來源：考試大
　　It is until 9 o'clock that the shop is not open.
　　It is not until 9 o'clock that the shop is open.

　　23.［C］medium 媒體media 媒體的總稱

　　24.［B］根據(jù)詞義和搭配。in the company of伴隨著，和……一起。［A］process過程，進(jìn)程，后面搭配多是表示行動(dòng)的詞。［C］light用在短語(yǔ)in a new light以新的見解，come to light出現(xiàn)，顯露。［D］form形式，形狀。

　　25.［B］gather up 聚集 work up 逐步建立
　　pick up 接某人，撿…… speed up 加速
　　25題以后是分述，采用的是分詞形式。

　　26.［A］根據(jù)句子意思和詞語(yǔ)搭配。on這里表示持續(xù)性，這句話意思是交通和通訊技術(shù)革命一直占據(jù)位置。

　　27.［D］根據(jù)句子意思和詞語(yǔ)用法。into表示時(shí)間進(jìn)入20世紀(jì)