2020年大学英语四级仔细阅读习题及答案(3)
What has thetelephone done to us, or for us, in the hundred years of its existence? A feweffects suggest themlves at once. It has saved lives by getting rapid word ofillness, injury, or fire from remote places. By joining with the elevator tomake possible the multi-story residence or office building, it has madepossible for better or wor -- the modem city. By bringing about a great leapin the speed and ea with which information moves from place to place, it hasgreatly accelerated the rate of scientific and technological changes and growthin industry. Beyond doubt it has riously weakened if not killed the ancientart of letter writing. It has made living alone possible for persons withnormal social impuls (冲动) ; by so doing, it has played a role in one of thegreatest social changes of this century, the breakup of the multi-generationalhouhold. It has made the war chillingly more efficient than助学感谢信
formerly.Perhaps, though not provably, it has prevented wars that might have arin outof intemational misunderstanding caud by written communication. Or perhaps―again not provably―by magnifying (扩大) and extendingirrational personal conflicts bad on voice contact, it has caud wars.Certainly it has extended the scope of human conflicts, since it impartially (不偏不倚) disminates (传播)the uful knowledge of scientists andthe nonn of the ignorant, the affection of the affectionate and the malice (恶意) of the malicious.
1. What is the main idea of this passage?
A) Thetelephone has helped to save people from illness and fire.
B) Thetelephone has helped to prevent wars and conflicts.
C) Thetelephone has made the modern city neither better nor wor.
D) Thetelephone has had positive as well as negative effects on us.
2. According to the passage, it is the telephonethat
_______ .
A) has madeletter writing an art
B) hasprevented wars by avoiding written communication
C) has madethe world different from what it was
D) hascaud wars by magnifying and extending human conflicts电脑耳机麦克风没声音怎么设置
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3. The telephone hasintensified conflicts among people becau ______ .
A) itincreas the danger of war
B) itprovides rvices to both the good and the malicious
C) it makesdistant communication easier
D) it breaksup the multi-generational houhold
4. The author describes thetelephone as impartial becau it _______ .
A) saveslives of people in remote places
B) enablespeople to live alone if they want to
C) spreadsboth love and ill will
D) replacesmuch written communication
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is _______
A) affectionate B)disapprovinghungry的反义词>腊肉炒土豆
闭上你的嘴打一字C) approving D)neutral
1.D 本文主要讲了电话的发展对人类生活与活动所产生的正负两
方面的影响。
2.C 本题问及电话的作用。A项与原文意思相反，B、D两项虽然
在文中提及，但仅仅是作者的猜测，还无法得到证实(not provably)。
3.B 本题问电话加深人们冲突的原因是什么。设题区在本文后半
部分。真正的原因是，作为一种通讯工具，电话既可服务于好人，也
可为坏人所利用，这样才使人们之间的冲突的加深成为可能。C项并不是加深冲突的真正原因，因为电话的便捷虽然使加深冲突有可能，但
同时也为救人性命提供了便利。
4.C 答案依据在本文最后一句。该句的大意是，电话不偏不倚地番薯干热量
传播着科学家的学问，无知者的胡言，仁者的善心，坏人的恶意。只
有C项与原文意思最贴近。
5.D 作者的态度显然是客观而中立的。因为作者在文中对电话给
人类带来的利弊都有所陈述。
