Question

Sometime in the next century, the familiar early-morning newspaper on the front porch will disappear. And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you. You’ll get up and turn on the computer newspaper just like switching on the TV. An electronic voice will distribute stories about the latest events, guided by a program that selects the type of news you want. You’ll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on the brief story? A simple touch makes the entire text appear. Save it in your own personal computer file if you like. These are among the predictions from communications experts working on the newspapers of the future. Pictured as part of broader home-based media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers would unite print and broadcast reporting, offering news and analysis with video images of news events.

Most of the technology is available now, but convincing more people that they don’t need paper to read a newspaper is the next step. But resistance to computer newspapers may be stronger from within journalism(新闻界). Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of journalists and publishers will have to die off before the next generation realizes that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry. Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable.

Despite technological advances, it could take decades to replace newsprint with computer screens. It might take 30 to 40 years to complete the change over because people need to buy computers and because newspapers have established financial interests in the paper industry.

1. The best title of this passage is________________.

A. Computer Newspapers are Well Liked

B. Newspapers of the Future will likely be on Computer

C. Newspapers are out of Fashion

D. New Communications Technology

2. It might take 30 to 40 years for computer newspapers to replace traditional newspapers, because________________.

A. it is technologically impossible now

B. computer newspapers are too expensive

C. there is strong resistance from both the general population and professional journalists

D. traditional newspapers are easier to read

3. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of computer newspapers?

A. They are cheaper than traditional newspapers.

B. They are very convenient to use.

C. You can get more information from them quickly.

D. You can easily save information for future use.

4. We can infer from the passage that________________.

A. all technological changes are good

B. all technologies will eventually replace old ones

C. new technologies will eventually replace old ones

D. traditional newspapers are here to stay for another century

 

Answer 1

答案：B;C;A;C
提示：

1.         1题为文章确定题目，本文主要介绍报纸将进入计算机，故1题选B 2.         2题见文章最后一段。 3.         3题A项文中并未涉及，故本题选A 4.         4题属于推的题，选项必须满足文中并未直接说明但又可以推理得出，故选C