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阅读理解 　　Without most people realizing it, there has been revolution in office work over the last ten years． 　　Before that time, large computers were only used by large rich companies that could afford the investment．With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market that are capable of doing the work which used to be done by much larger and expensive computers, so now most smaller companies can use them． 　　The main development in small computers has been in the field of word processors, or WPS as they are often called．40％ of British offices are now estimated to have a word processor and this percentage is growing fast． 　　There are many advantages in using a word processor for both secretary and manager．The secretary is freed from a lot of daily work, such as retyping letters and storing papers．He or she can use this time to do other more interesting work for the boss．From a manager’s point of view, secretarial time is being made better use of and money can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours． 　　But is it all good? If a lot of daily secretarial work can be done automatically, surely this will mean that fewer secretaries will be needed．Another worry is the increasing medical problems related to work with visual display units．The case of a slow loss of sight among people using word processors seems to have risen greatly．It is also feared that if a woman works at a VDU for long hours, the unborn child in her body might be killed．Safety screens to put over a VDU have been invented but few companies in England bother to buy them． 　　Whatever the arguments for and against word processors, they are key features of this revolution in office practice． (1) Ten years ago, large computers were only used by large companies because ________． [　　] A． small companies did not have enough money to buy such expensive computers B． large computers could not do the work that small companies can do now C． large computers did not come into market D． small companies did not use this new technology (2) According to the writer, the main progress made in office work over the last ten years is ________． [　　] A． the saving of time and money B． the use of computers in big companies． C． the wide use of word processors D． the decreasing number of secretaries． (3) We can infer from the passage that with the use of word processors ________． [　　] A． some secretaries will lose their jobs B． daily jobs can be done automatically outside the office hours C． medical problems related to work with a VDU have increased D． the British companies will make less money (4) From the passage, we can draw the conclusion that ________． [　　] A． safety screens are of poor quality B． working at VDU for a long time is good for one’s health C． more and more people in British offices will use word processors D． British companies will need fewer and fewer managers

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．C;3．A;4．C;
解析：

(1)	根据第一段第二句“Before that time, large computers were…that could afford the investment”可以看出在十年前，小公司由于资金有限无法用上昂贵的大型计算机。
(2)	文章第二段主要叙述了过去十年里取得办公自动化的成就应归功于文字处理器的广泛使用。
(3)	“…surely this will mean that fewer secretaries will be needed．”这句话说明由于大量的工作现在已经由文字处理器替代，所以，一些秘书将失业。
(4)	通读全文后，我们可以推断出，越来越多的英国公司将使用文字处理系统。