Question

完形填空      I'm about to talk of the negative effects of technology.   1    , I don't know    2   these effects are bad or not but someone should be discussing them when they talk about technology. Most of them are about   3   problems. First of all, it is   4   to communicate with machines but not people. When we ring up for help, we have to go through a pile of   5   into our telephone to get some information. We get some    6   phone reply messages: if you want this, press one; if you want this, press two; if you want this, press 99; if you want to   7  , press "﹟" and you sit there and gradually get   8    in the face, angrier and angrier. This kind of thing is very   9   and is bound to cause something bad. So this is a  problem of technology because even with a simple telephone, you used to get a   10    at the other end who says how can I help you,which made you feel   11   . The second one is about taking   12  the work done by people. We used to have people do a lot of jobs and now we have got   13   . They build cars, and they build them very well because they don't get   14   , they can work 24 hours a day, they generally don't  15  ; they don't get ill; they don't have    16   and so they needn't ask for at least half a year's leave. The trouble is the people who did those jobs. What are they to do? Those workers' life is  17   . Have you ever seen a typist lately? That is one sitting in a shop with typewriters typing letters to make a   18   . No, it's   19   . Everybody does their own letters on a computer and presses buttons, and it   20   and so forth.

(     )1. A. In fact     (     )2. A. that         (     )3. A. social       (     )4. A. special     (     )5. A. numbers     (     )6. A. ugly         (     )7. A. go           (     )8. A. shorter     (     )9. A. confusing   (     )10. A. lady       (     )11. A. happy       (     )12. A. of         (     )13. A. animals     (     )14. A. angry       (     )15. A. break down (     )16. A. girls       (     )17. A. out of time (     )18. A. list       (     )19. A. gone       (     )20. A. comes out   B. For sure     B. whether     B. industry     B. noisy       B. messages     B. free         B. drop         B. cooler       B. satisfying   B. person       B. fantastic   B. over         B. robots       B. tired       B. put off     B. babies       B. out of control B. living       B. lost         B. brings in   C. In a word   C. how         C. computer   C. interesting C. electricity C. smooth     C. exit       C. redder     C. surprising C. gentleman   C. wonderful   C. in         C. computers   C. injured     C. die out     C. pets       C. out of order C. drawing     C. open       C. shuts up   D. To my surprise D. what           D. job           D. strange       D. letters       D. awful         D. cut           D. greener       D. disturbing     D. fellow         D. depressed     D. out           D. printers       D. ill           D. run away       D. friends       D. out of reach   D. money         D. right         D. holds on

Answer 1

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