人邮第四辑真题 TEST 4 READING PART 5
) s; @* M1 K2 U% Y! J! D: T5 Z5 U" a The Myth of the Paperless Office ' S8 c& V7 O# U* [ E8 e& V+ F; ~
0 The concept of a paperless office grew with the advance of technology. It was / q9 K: y/ G& j5 D) E6 `
00 widely been claimed that as email became commonplace, people would stop 0 q$ J% R) a6 }$ t1 y
34 writing memos, keeping bulky files and bringing piles of paper to the meetings. ' H( e. z+ }3 ~+ _! H) n) x% _# }4 e
35 But the reality has in fact been quite the reverse, and paper, having already 7 q# Q! S3 t3 @) _ @2 G7 a
36 survived five thousand years of technological change, and has proved remarkably u, }' Z2 j$ ]& Z
37 resilient. Worldwide, the amount of paper used for each year continues to
% V2 x6 R: P4 ^( K- j% z2 P 38 rise up, although statistics now show a slight reduction in the amount
" y! b v+ W4 s6 a. n( k 39 it consumed in the UK. So, has technology failed in its aim to end the use of
7 e* I7 e/ a, E# B! h 40 paper? Max Bray, a business lecturer, thinks office workers still distrust computers. 4 |) Y( e0 i! ]: J& y8 M- K
41 ‘Technology is unreliable in most of people's eyes,’ he says. 'If you are sent an + |+ m- b/ D5 k( G4 g2 u
42 important email, you are likely to print it, because there is always the t% E( Z6 E; C, x
43 fear that it might have get deleted.’ In contrast, Paul Blunt, a marketing
% G' ^& T9 c' o7 y 44 manager for desktop products, who says there has been significant progress in
# w0 s- G z* p# e2 { `( a2 T 45 automating a wide range of tasks, even though the transition between has been more of an evolution than a revolution. - p$ L* x2 d% s( y) @
《The Myth of the Paperless Office》,无纸化办公室神话。讲的是新技术对现代办公的影响。 ! B8 ]; w- t8 k
34题,meeting在这里不是特殊指代,只是叙述的一般情况。不需要使用定冠词the。0 R9 M1 N7 [; H
35题,正确的来自www.Examw.com
7 ]9 h8 y& [0 q v) K4 t8 D 36题,和上面的部分联系起来作为一个整体来考虑。paper, having already survived five thousand years of technological change, and has proved remarkably resilient.中间的部分是插入语,可以不考虑,所以完整的应该是paper has proved remarkably resilient。主谓宾非常齐全,and是多余的。resilient是适应力强的,有弹力的。0 w/ U9 s! z! U% t6 N! p# W( r# `- ?
37题,used在这里是后置定语,修饰前面的paper,意思是每年使用的纸的总数,不需要for。
7 Y5 `. `* S9 R, w 38题,持续增长,用rise,rise up是起义的意思。
1 M" K: g. S$ S+ s, ?( d 39题,the amount consumed in the UK,consumed也是后置定语,表示英国的消费总量。it多余。
& ?0 @2 M* {/ b" L 40题,正确的7 B$ k! S- }$ L
41题,in most people’s eyes在大多数人的眼里,of多余。
7 W* m) b" d9 W \, Q9 y 42题,正确的. t6 M) w9 L! P/ ~) K
43题,might have done表示可能已经做了某事,而这里的意思是指电子邮件等可能会被删除,不用have,去掉。8 ^) M& e- Y( @% h9 W& E$ p
44题,Paul Blunt, a marketing manager for desktop products, who says there has been significant progress。中间的部分是插入成分,不予考虑。完整的是Paul Blunt (who) says there has been significant progress.主语是人,谓语是says,后面是宾语,成分齐全,who是多余的。* I- @, C d) Q* F
45题,the transition between has been more of an evolution than a revolution.依然是一个完整的句子,成分齐全,transition是主语,has been是谓语,between是多余的。 |