全国攻读工商管理硕士学位研究生入学考试英语预测试题参考答案及详细解答(4-4)
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Question 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Hardly a week goes by without some advance in
technology that would have seemed incredible 50years. And
we can expect the rate of change to ~ccelerate rather than
slow down within our lifetime.The development in technology
is bound to have a dramatic effect on the future of work.
By 2010, new technology will have revolutionized
communications. People will be transmitting message down
telephone lines that previously would have been sent by tx)
st. Not only postmen but also clerks and secretaries will
vanish in a paper-free society. All the routine tasks they
perform will be carried on a tiny silicon chip so that they
will be as obsolete as the horse and cart after the
invention of the motor car. One change will make thousands,
if not millions, redundant.
Even people in traditional professions, where expert
knowledge has been the sky, are unlikely to escape the
effects of new technology. Instead of going to a solicitor,
you might go to a computer which is programmed with all the
most up-to-date legal information. Doctors, too, will find
that an electronic competitor will be able to carry out a
much quicker and more accurate diagnosis and recommend more
efficient courses of treatment. In education, teachers will
be largely replaced by teaching machines far more
knowledgeable than any human being. Most learning will take
place in the home via video conferencing. Children will
still go to school though, until another place is created
where they can make friends and develop social skills.
What can we do to avoid the threat of unemployment?
We shouldnt hide our heads in the sand. Unions will try to
stop change but they will be fighting a losing battle.
People should get computer literate as this just might save
them from professional extinction. After all, there will be
a few jobs left inlaw, education and programming the
software ofthe future. Strangely enough, there will still
be jobs like rubbish collection and cleaning as it is tough
to programme tasks which are largely unpredictable.
26. According to the writer, the rate of change in
technology
A. will remain the same B. will slow down
C. will speed up D. can not be predicted
27. The writer expects that by 2010 new technology
will have revolutionized communications and
A. bookshops will not exist
B. the present postal system will have disappeared
C. people will no longer send letters
D. the postmen will have been replaced by the motor
car
28. From the passage, we can infer that
A. professionals wont be affected by new technology
B. doctors wont be as efficient as computers
C. computers can not replace lawyers
D. experts will know less in the future
29. The passage tells us that in the future
A. children will not be taught in schools
B. no teachers will be needed
C. teachers will be less knowledgeable
D. children will learn life skills at school
30. In the writers view,
A. people should be prepared for the future
B. there exists no threat of unemployment
C. Unions can stop the unfavorable change
D. people had better become cleaners
参考答案:
26.C 第一段第二句谈到技术变革将越来越快,而不是越来越慢。accelerate加速。
27.B 第一段第四行提到,人们将通过电话线,而不是邮政,传递信息。未来世界是无纸世界,不再需要邮递员、办事员和秘书。如同汽车取代马车,芯片将取代邮局的一切日常工作。the horse and cart马车;obsolete淘汰、过时;silicon chip芯片。
28.B 第二段第三行说,电子医生诊断更迅速准确,能开出更有效的处方。diagnosis处方。
29.D 第二段最后一句指出,除非找到其他场所,否则学校仍将是学生交友和锻练社会技能的地方。
30.A 文章最后一段提到,我们不可避免地面临失业的威胁,工会也无力回天。我们应当学一些电脑知识以备急用,甚至应做好当清洁工的心理准备。fightalosingbattle打一场明显要输的战争。computer literate电脑知识。professional extinction职业的灭绝。
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