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1、TheMythofthePaperlessOffice0Theconceptofapaperlessofficegrewwiththeadvanceoftechnology.Itwas00widelybeenclaimedthatasemailbecamecommonplace,peoplewouldstop34writingmemos,keepingbulkyfilesandbringingpilesofpapertothemeetings.35Buttherealityhasinfactbeenquitethereverse,andpaper,havingalready36survi
2、vedfivethousandyearsoftechnologicalchange,andhasprovedremarkably37resilient.Worldwide,theamountofpaperusedforeachyearcontinuesto38riseup,althoughstatisticsnowshowaslightreductionintheamount39itconsumedintheUK.So,hastechnologyfailedinitsaimtoendtheuseof40paper?MaxBray,abusinesslecturer,thinksoffic
3、eworkersstilldistrustcomputers.41‘Technologyisunreliableinmostofpeople'seyes,’hesays.'Ifyouaresentan42importantemail,youarelikelytoprintit,becausethereisalwaysthe43fearthatitmighthavegetdeleted.’Incontrast,PaulBlunt,amarketing44managerfordesktopproducts,whosaystherehasbeensignificantprogressin45a
4、utomatingawiderangeoftasks,eventhoughthetransitionbetweenhasbeenmoreofanevolutionthanarevolution.《TheMythofthePaperlessOffice》，无纸化办公室神话。讲的是新技术对现代办公的影响。34题，meeting在这里不是特殊指代，只是叙述的一般情况。不需要使用定冠词the。35题，正确的36题，和上面的部分联系起来作为一个整体来考虑。paper,havingalreadysurvivedfivethousandyearsoftechnologicalchange,andhas
5、provedremarkablyresilient.中间的部分是插入语，可以不考虑，所以完整的应该是paperhasprovedremarkablyresilient。主谓宾非常齐全，and是多余的。resilient是适应力强的，有弹力的。37题，used在这里是后置定语，修饰前面的paper，意思是每年使用的纸的总数，不需要for。38题，持续增长，用rise，riseup是起义的意思。39题，theamountconsumedintheUK，consumed也是后置定语，表示英国的消费总量。it多余。40题，正确的41题，inmostpeople’seyes在大多数人的眼里，of多
6、余。42题，正确的43题，mighthavedone表示可能已经做了某事，而这里的意思是指电子邮件等可能会被删除，不用have，去掉。44题，PaulBlunt,amarketingmanagerfordesktopproducts,whosaystherehasbeensignificantprogress。中间的部分是插入成分，不予考虑。完整的是PaulBlunt(who)saystherehasbeensignificantprogress.主语是人，谓语是says，后面是宾语，成分齐全，who是多余的。45题，thetransitionbetweenhasbeenmoreofan
7、evolutionthanarevolution.依然是一个完整的句子，成分齐全，transition是主语，hasbeen是谓语，between是多余的。AnothersuccessfulyearTheUK-basedagriculturalandgardenequipmentgroupPLThashadanothersuccessfulyearandislookingforwardtothefuturewithconfidenc
