2019年6月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)閱讀練習(xí)及答案(三)Hardlyaweekgoesbywithoutsomeadvanceintechnologythatwouldhaveseemedincredible50yearsago.Andwecanexpecttherateofchangetoaccelerateratherthanslowdownwithinourlifetime.Thedevelopmentsintechnologyareboundtohaveadramaticeffectonthefutureofwork.By2010,newtechnologywillhaverevolutionizedcommunications.Peoplewillbetransmittingmessagesdowntelephonelinesthatpreviouslywouldhavebeensentbypost.Notonlypostmenbutalsoclerksandsecretarieswillvanishinapaper-freesociety.Alltheroutinetaskstheyperformwillbecarriedonatinysiliconchipsothattheywillbeasobsolete(已廢棄的)asthehorseandcartaftertheinventionofthemotorcar.Onechangewillmakethousands,ifnotmillions,redundant.Evenpeopleintraditionalprofessions,whereexpertknowledgehasbeenthekey,areunlikelytoescapetheeffectsofnewtechnology.Insteadofgoingtoasolicitor,youmightgotoacomputerthatisprogrammedwithallthemostup-to-datelegalinformation.Doctors,too,willfindthatanelectroniccompetitorwillbeabletocarryoutamuchquickerandmoreaccuratediagnosisandrecommendmoreefficientcoursesoftreatment.Ineducation,teacherswillbelargelyreplacedbyteachingmachinesfarmoreknowledgeablethananyhumanbeing.Mostlearningwilltakeplaceinthehomeviavideoconferencing.Childrenwillstillgotoschoolthough,untilanotherplaceiscreatedwheretheycanmakefriendsanddevelopsocialskills.練習(xí)題：Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion：1.Accordingtothewriter,therateofchangeintechnology______.A.willremainthesameB.willslowdownC.willspeedupD.cannotbepredicted2.Thewriterexpectsthatby2020newtechnologywillhaverevolutionizedcommunicationsand____A.peopleneedn’ttelephoneeachotherB.thepresentpostalsystemwillhavedisappearedC.peoplewillnolongersendlettersD.thepostmenwillhavebeenreplacedbysiliconchip.3.Theword“they”(Line6，Para.1)refersto_____.A.thetinysiliconchipsB.theletterwrittenonpaperC.thepostmen,clerksandsecretariesD.theroutinetasksperformedbythepostmen4.Fromthesecondparagraph,wecaninferthat_____A.professionalswon’tbeaffectedbynewtechnologyB.doctorwon’tbeasefficientbythepostmenC.computerscannotreplacelawyersD.expertswilllosejobinthefuture5.Inthewriter’sview,_______.A.peopleshouldgetpreparedforthefutureB.thereexistsnorealthreatofunemploymentC.theadvanceoftechnologyisnotdesirableD.machineswillhavecontrolovermen1.[C]事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。只要知道第1段第2句中的關(guān)鍵詞accelerate意為speedup“加速,加快”，就能夠排除其他選項(xiàng)。2.[B]事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。本題考査對(duì)比處。作者在第1段第5句中通過previously將過去與現(xiàn)在作對(duì)比,指出現(xiàn)在傳遞消息的途徑與過去不一樣了，由此可判斷B為準(zhǔn)確選項(xiàng)。本題干擾性的是選項(xiàng)C，第1段倒數(shù)第3句提到以后郵遞員將會(huì)消失，但這并不意味著人們不再寫信和寄信，以后可能會(huì)有新的送信方式，所以選項(xiàng)C是不對(duì)的。3.[C]詞義推斷題。they所在的句子是第1段倒數(shù)第2句，本句中兩個(gè)they的指代是一樣的，所以，只要找到第一個(gè)they的指代就能找到答案了。根據(jù)本段倒數(shù)第3句中“Notonlypostmenbutalsoclerksandsecretarieswillvanish”及倒數(shù)第2句中的“Alltheroutinetaskstheyperform...”可推斷，they是指上一句中的postmen，clerks和secretaries。4.[B]推理判斷題。本題考査列舉處。在第2段,作者列舉了律師、醫(yī)生、教師將會(huì)受到的新技術(shù)的影響，第3句指出醫(yī)生的電子競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者會(huì)做出更快更準(zhǔn)的診斷,從而確定選項(xiàng)B說法準(zhǔn)確，而選項(xiàng)A和C與原文不符