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A new era is upon us．Call it what you will：the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society．It all translates to a basic change in the way we work．Already we’re partly there．The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen seriously in the Western World．Today most of jobs in America, Europe and Japan(two thirds or more in many of these countries)are in the service industry, and the number is on the rise．More women are in the work force than ever before．There are most part-time jobs．More people are self-employed．But the breadth of the economic transformation(转变)cannot be measured by numbers alone, because it also is giving rise to a completely new way of thinking about the nature of work itself．Longheld ideas about jobs and careers, the skills needed to succeed, even the relation between employers and employees –all these are being challenged． 　　We have only to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead．No one looking ahead 20 years possibly could have foreseen the ways in which a single invention, the chip(芯片), would transform our world thanks to its applications in personal computers, digital communications and factory robots．Tomorrow’s achievements in biotechnology(生物工程学), artificial intelligence(人工智能)or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of dramatic changes．But one thing is certain：information and knowledge will become even more important, and the people who possess it, whether they work in manufacturing or services, will have the advantage and produce the wealth．Computer knowledge will become as basic a requirement as the ability to read and write．The ability to solve problems by applying information instead of performing normal tasks will be valued above all else．If you cast your mind ahead 10 years, information services will be the most important．It will be the way you do your job． (1) The information age is different from other ages in the fact that ________． [　　] A． most of the job opportunities can now be found in the service industry B． manufacturing industries are steadily increasing C． people find it impossible to earn a living by working in a factory D． the service industry is relying more and more on female work force (2) The author tends to say that ________． [　　] A． people should be able to predict to the advancement of technology B． the importance of high technology has never been fully realized C． it is important for people to learn to apply information to solve problems D． knowledge is power, whatever age it is (3) Which of the following is not the transformation the information age brings in? [　　] A． Fewer people make a living by working in factories． B． More people start their own business and become bosses themselves． C． People have a different idea about what work itself is． D． It is more difficult for employers to get along well with their employees． (4) By referring to“a single invention, the chip”, the writer means ________． [　　] A． the chip is nothing important at all． B． people will make another wave of changes in the information age． C． any advanced technology can not be applied without a chip． D． nobody can predict what great changes a single invention will make (5) Which sentence best explains what information age is? [　　] A． What people care most is not their work but how much information they have． B． There are always dramatic changes, which makes information service deadly important． C． Everybody is supposed to be computer expert． D． More and more unimaginable technologies continue to appear．

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答案：1．A;2．C;3．D;4．D;5．B;