第21題單選修改

閱讀下列短文,回答{TSE}題目.

Sometime in the next century, the familiar early-newspaper on the front gate will disappear. And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you. You' 11 get up and turn on the computer newspaper just like switching on the TV. An electronic voice will distribute stories about the latest events, guided by a program that selects the type of news you want. You' 11 even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on the brief story? A simple touch makes the entire text appear. Save it in your own personal computer if you like. These are among the pre- dictions from communication experts working on the newspapers of the future. Pictured as part of broader home-based media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers would unite print and broadcast reporting, offering news and analysis with video images of news events.

Most of the technology is available ( 可用的 ) now, but convincing ( 說服 ) more people that they don' t need paper to read a newspaper is the next step. But resistance to computer newspapers may be stronger from within journalism.

Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of journalists and pub- fishers will have to die off before the next generation realize that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry. Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable.

Despite technological advances, it could take decades to replace newsprint with computer screens. It might take 30 to 40 years to complete the changeover because people need to buy com- pugers and because newspapers have established financial(財經(jīng)的) interests in the paper industry.

{TS} What is the best title for this passage?

A．Computer Newspapers Are Well Liked

B．Newspapers of the Future Will Likely Be on Computer

C．Newspapers Are out of Fashion

D．New Communication Technology

參考答案：B

參考解析：參考譯文

到了下個世紀的某個時候，前門門廊里的早報就會消失。你也不用自己讀報，報紙會自動把內(nèi)容讀給你聽。起床以后，你只需要像打開電視一樣地打開電子報，電腦中的系統(tǒng)就會把你選定的報紙內(nèi)容通過電子聲音讀出來。你還可以任意選擇自己想聽到的聲音，另外，如果你想了解更多的內(nèi)容，你只需要輕輕地點擊一下就可以看到完整的內(nèi)容了。如果你覺得內(nèi)容不錯，還可以把它保留到自己的電腦中。以上都是未來報業(yè)發(fā)展方面的專家們所做出的預(yù)言。為把報紙納入家庭媒體和娛樂系統(tǒng)當中，電子報將綜合打印和播報，在播放新聞的同時還利用新聞錄像加以分析。

人們現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)掌握了這方面的大部分技術(shù)，下一步需要做的工作就

是要讓人們改變閱讀紙張報紙的習慣。然而，對于電子報的反對呼聲可能更多地來自于新聞行業(yè)。

因為這個改變是一個文化傳統(tǒng)上的改變，它意味著新聞記者和出版商將會在下一代人意識到紙張報紙業(yè)已經(jīng)不是新聞業(yè)之前就逐漸消失。科技使得傳統(tǒng)報業(yè)不可避免地走到盡頭。

然而，盡管科學技術(shù)日新月異，要想完全用電腦屏幕取代新聞紙還需要好幾十年。這一過程大概還需要30到40年的時間，因為電腦的普及需要時間，另外，新聞紙帶給造紙業(yè)的豐厚利潤也是不可小覷的。

答案及解析

B【解析】主旨大意題。作者在本文中介紹了一種新型報紙。就是說在未來，人們可能不再從傳統(tǒng)意義上的報紙上獲得新聞，而是從電腦屏幕上。而且隨著科技的發(fā)展，新的技術(shù)不斷增加，這種技術(shù)會逐漸代替報紙。所以本文主要說了報紙的轉(zhuǎn)變，所以正確的答案為B。

第22題單選修改

It might take 30 to 40 years for computer newspapers to replace traditional newspapers, be-cause________

A． it is technologically impossible now

B．computer newspapers are too expensive

C．there is strong resistance from both the general population and professional journalists

D．traditional newspapers are easy to read

參考答案：B

參考解析：B【解析】事實細節(jié)題。從文章最后一句話，It might take 30 t0 40years to complete the changeover because people need to buy com—puters and because newspapers have…可知，人們購買電腦需要金錢，而且傳統(tǒng)意義上的報紙已經(jīng)在紙行業(yè)的利潤中占據(jù)了很大的比重。在短時間內(nèi)，人們很難達到從電腦上看報紙的水平。所以正確的答案為B。

第23題單選修改

Journalists are not eager to accept computer newspapers, because_________

A．they don' t know how to use computers

B．they think computer newspapers take too much time to read

C．they think the new technology is bad

D．they have been trained to write for traditional newspapers

參考答案：D

參考解析：D【解析】事實細節(jié)題。從文章第三段…it may be that the presentgeneration of journalists and publishers will have to die off before thenext generation realize that the newspaper industry…可知，現(xiàn)在的記者等感到很難接受電腦報業(yè)的發(fā)展，因為他們習慣了傳統(tǒng)意義的報紙消息。所以正確的答案為D。

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