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1、文字处理器在英国办公室的广泛使用Withoutmostpeoplerealizingit,therehasbeenarevolutioninofficeworkoverthelasttenyears.Beforethattime,largecomputerswereonlyusedbylarge,richcompaniesthatcouldaffordtheinvestment.Withtheadvancementoftechnology,smallcomputershavecomeontothemarketwhicharecapableofdoin

2、gtheworkwhichusedtobedonebymuchlargerandmoreexpensivecomputers,sonowmostsmallercompaniescanusethem.Themaindevelopmentinsmallcomputershasbeeninthefieldofwordprocessors,orWP'sastheyareoftencalled.40%ofBritishofficesarenowestimatedtohaveawordprocessorforbothsecretaryandmanager.The

3、secretaryisfreedfromalotofroutinework,suchasre-typinglettersandstoringpapers.Heorshecanusethistimetodoothermoreinterestingworkfortheboss.Fromamanager'spointofview,secretarialtimeisbeingmadebetteruseofandmoneycanbesavedbydoingroutinejobsautomaticallyoutsideofficehours.Butisitall

4、good?Ifalotofroutinesecretarialworkcanbedoneautomati¬cally,surelythiswillmeanthatfewersecretarieswillbeneeded.Anotherworryistheincreasingmedicalproblemsrelatedtoworkwithvisualdisplayunits.Thecaseofaslowlossofsightamongpeopleusingwordprocessorsseemstohaverisengreatly.Itisalsofea

5、redthatifawomanworksataVDUforlonghours,theunbornchildinherbodymightbekilled.SafetyscreenstoputoveraVDUhavebeeninventedbutfewcompaniesinEnglandbothertobuythem.Whatevertheargumentsfororagainstwordprocessors,theyareakeyfeatureofthisrevolutioninofficepractice.26.Tenyearsago,smaller

6、companiesdidnotuselargecomputersbecause_______.A.thesecompanieshadnotenoughmoneytobuysuchexpensivecomputersB.thesecomputerscouldnotdotheworkthatsmallcomputerscandotodayC.thesecomputersdidnotcomeontothemarketD.thesecompaniesdidnotneedtousethisnewtechnology27.Accordingtothewriter

7、,themainfeatureoftherevolutioninofficeworkoverthelasttenyearsis_______.A.thesavingoftimeandmoneyB.theuseofcomputersinsmallcompaniesC.thewideuseofwordprocessorsD.thedecreasingnumberofsecretaries28.ItisimpliedbutNOTdirectlystatedinthepassagethatwiththeuseofwordprocessors_______.A

8、.somesecretarieswilllosetheirjobsB.routinejobscanbedon