The Myth of the Paperless Office 7 a4 \4 V6 }0 W% l$ K% E& S
0 The concept of a paperless office grew with the advance of technology. It was
8 V9 N: H* d2 U8 j 00 widely been claimed that as email became commonplace, people would stop
5 O" w7 M0 |" h( K 34 writing memos, keeping bulky files and bringing piles of paper to the meetings.
! f7 i# n! f/ D 35 But the reality has in fact been quite the reverse, and paper, having already
- q1 H' G0 k( [. y8 Q0 U0 g 36 survived five thousand years of technological change, and has proved remarkably
2 i' [+ y( T5 O" t3 ~6 x 37 resilient. Worldwide, the amount of paper used for each year continues to
[" U9 ~( I" B 38 rise up, although statistics now show a slight reduction in the amount 中 华 考 试 网
& P- r* q9 H5 P 39 it consumed in the UK. So, has technology failed in its aim to end the use of
0 m/ J, N ~ T2 d) B 40 paper? Max Bray, a business lecturer, thinks office workers still distrust computers.
4 K. @7 ]5 }# Y' v$ |- I# Z 41 ‘Technology is unreliable in most of people’s eyes,’ he says. ’If you are sent an 8 G* Z2 g" P2 y+ q3 [( H
42 important email, you are likely to print it, because there is always the 5 I6 B3 r' \8 C( \" d0 _6 q% T6 X
43 fear that it might have get deleted.’ In contrast, Paul Blunt, a marketing 4 `1 x: y( r: W0 M2 P0 N8 \# x# q
44 manager for desktop products, who says there has been significant progress in
7 B# ~$ ?9 W& m% i0 L, H0 s# I 45 automating a wide range of tasks, even though the transition between has been more of an evolution than a revolution.
8 I1 B! c. ^3 b4 d- J+ h1 g* U 《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。
. C5 U" I5 d8 m. q$ _ 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。 3 s7 N( \1 R- \) d) [8 z
35题,正确的
0 Z E7 p+ Z( @6 L3 d4 k6 [3 _ 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。
1 @; \' | { u7 e. h 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。 9 p2 U. X9 w& A' [7 \
38题,持续增长,用rise,rise up是起义的意思。 6 W& V9 ^6 A5 N3 \- \# e
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。
- m+ W1 b* A: r4 W 40题,正确的 来自www.Examw.com
2 h. _6 r9 G, [: w- G 41题,in most people’s eyes在大多数人的眼里,of多余。 2 J5 \0 M# `2 |) N% S: Q
42题,正确的
; g( m3 {% u4 [& _ 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。
6 _6 I! }- C" I; a& N* F 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。 8 F& }& i; u0 p( u' f% E
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。 |