【正文】 the motor car and the airplane. Not everyone sees that process in 28. It is important to do so. It is generally recognized, 29, that the introduction of the puter in the early 20th century, 30 by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, 31 its impact on the media was not immediately 32 . As time went by, puters became smaller and more powerful, and they became personal too, as well as 33 , with display being sharper and storage 34 increasing. They were thought of, like people, 35 generations, with the distance between generations much 36. It was within the puter age that the term information society began to be widely used to describe the 37 within which we now live. The munications revolution has 38 both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been 39 views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. Benefits have been weighed 40 harmful generalizations have proved difficult. 21. [A] between [B] before [C] since [D] later 22. [A] after [B] by [C] during [D] until 23. [A] means [B] method [C] medium [D] measure 24. [A] process [B] pany [C] light [D] form 25. [A] gathered [B] speeded [C] worked [D] picked 26. [A] on [B] out [C] over [D] off 27. [A] of [B] for [C] beyond [D] into 28. [A] concept [B] dimension [C] effect [D] perspective 29. [A] indeed [B] hence [C] however [D] therefore 30. [A] brought [B] followed [C] stimulated [D] characterized 31. [A] unless [B] since [C] lest [D] although 32. [A] apparent [B] desirable [C] negative [D] plausible 33. [A] institutional [B] universal [C] fundamental [D] instrumental 34. [A] ability [B] capability [C] capacity [D] faculty 35. [A] by means of [B] in terms of [C] with regard to [D] in line with 36. [A] deeper [B] fewer [C] nearer [D] smaller 37. [A] context [B] range [C] scope [D] territory 38. [A] regarded [B] impressed [C] influenced [D] effected 39. [A] petitive [B] controversial [C] distracting [D] irrational 40. [A] above [B] upon [C] against [D] with Section III Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text 1 If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disanized methods of their secretaries。s a doctor. If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are mon to all of you and it39。s the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a lighthearted remark. Look for the humor. It often es from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote If at first you don39。 to reliably interact with a dynamic world. Indeed the quest for true artificial intelligence has produced very mixed results. Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2020, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries. What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human brain39。s cunning tackling of dangerous and boring work. 47. The word gizmos (line 1, paragraph 2) most probably means [A] programs. [B] experts. [C] devices. [D] creatures. 48. According to the text, what is beyond man39。s decisions on physicianassisted suicide canrry important implications for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering. Although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physicianassisted suicide, the Court in effect supported the medical principle of double effect, a centuriesold moral principle holding that an action having two effectsa good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseenis permissible if the actor intends only the good effect. Doctors have used that principle in recent years to justify using high doses of morphine to control terminally ill patients39。t intend to kill their patients, although they risked their death. If you39。s ruling on physicianassisted suicide, the National Academy of Science (NAS) released a twovolume report, Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life. It identifies the undertreatment of pain and the aggressive use of ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying as the twin problems of endoflife care. The profession is taking steps to require young doctors to train in hospices, to test knowledge of aggressive pain management therapies, to develop a Medicare billing code for hospitalbased care, and to develop new standards for assessing and treating pain at the end of life. Annas says lawyers can play a key role in insisting that these wellmeaning medical initiatives translate into better care. Large numbers of physicians seem unconcerned with the pain their pat