Comparisons were drawn¹ between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion² 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 dominant³ 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, radically⁴ 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 generalizations⁵ 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

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　　文章前几句的大概内容是说，人们总是把20世纪电视的发展与15世纪和16世纪印刷术的传播相比较。然而其间有很多的事情发生。直到19世纪，伴随着小册子、书籍以及期刊的兴起，报纸才成为前电子时代主要的媒体。

　　21.［A］根据句子前后逻辑关系和前一句时间状语的提示。between这里意思指20世纪与15世纪和16世纪之间。［B］before、［C］since和［D］later三项显然都不能全面表达这个意思
。
　　22.［D］根据是词组固定搭配。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.
　　强调句型常和until混在一起
　　直到早上九点商店才开门。The shop is not open until 9 o'clock.
　　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 媒体media 媒体的总称

　　24.［B］根据词义和搭配。in the company of伴随着，和……一起。［A］process过程，进程，后面搭配多是表示行动的词。［C］light用在短语in a new light以新的见解，come to light出现，显露。［D］form形式，形状。

　　25.［B］gather up 聚集  work up 逐步建立
　　pick up 接某人，捡…… speed up 加速
　　25题以后是分述，采用的是分词形式。

　　26.［A］根据句子意思和词语搭配。on这里表示持续性，这句话意思是交通和通讯技术革命一直占据领先位置。

　　27.［D］根据句子意思和词语用法。into表示时间进入20世纪