Question

The biggest change in the world today is technology. The reason why the world is getting smaller is that people can now talk to each other more quickly than before with more information.

The computer now has the information of a library of books on all subjects. With the knowledge available（可用的） to every person of the world, the world seems to be smaller. By sitting at a computer, different software programs give students the chance to learn about all subjects simply by asking the computer to find the information.

Now students can produce written papers at a high level of skill because the computer brings information immediately to the student. The computer becomes the library. Students and parents are now learning what an important tool the computer has become for improving education.

The telephone can now be used in cars or carried in a purse or pocket so that people can talk to each other at any time. Often, a beeper（寻呼机） will be carried at all times by an adult. When it begins to beep, the adult can see which number is calling. It might be a family member or a business. By going to the car, he can call back immediately. The car becomes the office for business simply because of the car phone.

Letters within a country might have taken a few days to be delivered. Between countries, it might take a few weeks. Technology has developed a fax machine where a letter can travel anywhere in the world immediately. This has changed the way people do business. Also, family members can use the fax for personal messages.

Many computers can receive an e-mail. This is like the fax letter. Often, businesses have a fax machine but homes do not. If a computer is in a home, it can receive e-mail messages from anyone in the world. It is like the telephone but it costs much less to receive messages.

The next generation will have computers in most homes and be able to send faxes and e-mails throughout the world.

Today, information is limited because not everyone has a computer. However, in the future, the computer will be as common as the telephone or television. Technology is changing the way people communicate with each other.

1. The idea that the world is getting smaller is that _______ .

A. the world is really smaller than before for some reason

B. trains and buses travel faster than before

C. people can communicate with each other more quickly than before

D. there are more and more rockets and satellites in space

2. What the writer talks most about in the article is _______ .

A. the computer

B. the e-mail

C. the fax

D. the telephone

3. Fewer and fewer people use the beeper because _______ .

A. it is difficult to use

B. it shows only the number of someone's telephone

C. the beeper owner can answer the telephone only by going to a car

D. at times public telephones are easily found

4. According to the writer, using the fax is _______ than telephoning .

A. more useful

B. less expensive

C. less important

D. more necessary

Answer 1

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