短语互译

详细地 __________

Before Johann Guttenburg developed the printing press in 1437, news traveled by word of mouth. This meant that information was slow to reach the public and that details (细节; 详情) changed as news spread from one person to the next. Printed matter, such as newspapers, made it possible for information to be gathered in a central office and for news to be written more accurately (准确地). In 1844 Samuel Morse made a system of sending coded messages through electric wires perfect, founding an early form of long-distance communication (通讯). The work of communications was developed in 1858 through the work of Julius von Reuter, who made newspapers reach different countries by telegraphing. With each of these developments, the public wondered at the cleverness of the communication pioneers and asked, "What will they think of next?"

"They" thought of plenty. Alexander Graham Bell had the idea of passing speech by electrical impulses and invented the first telephone in 1876. The invention of the "wireless" by Guglielmo Marconi in 1895 made the way for modern-day radio transmission. VK Zworykin worked on one of the first televisions in 1928.

Communications reached new heights when televisions were mass produced in the 1950s. In 1962 the first communication satellite, made people see live broadcast from anywhere in the world. Underground and underwater cables (电缆) also send on programs from one area to another. Telecommunications and computer networking are of big advances of our times and mean even greater developments to come.

68. The main idea of the passage is ________.

A. it is not easy to use modern ways of communication

B. so many people didn't succeed in developing the means of communication

C. the means of communication have gone through many stages (阶段) before they are perfected

D. the development of history has lasted such a long time

69. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The first word "They" in the 2nd paragraph refers to scientists.

B. Alexander Graham Bell gave the first speech in 1876.

C. The printing press was perfected in the eleventh century.

D. Since many means of communication have been developed, a great number of people needn't read newspapers.

70. The beginning of the long-distance communication was ________.

A. sending messages by word of mouth

B. when people see programmes at the time of performances

C. in the nineteenth century

D. when the "wireless" was invented

71. Telecommunications and computer networking ________.

A. mean there will be greater development

B. show the 18th century's means are perfect

C. mean modern society has developed from one area to another

D. show people's life can be worse and worse