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.
    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
    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
    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