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1、2010届高考总复习英语题库——任务型阅读（二）8Withoutmostpeoplerealizingit,therehasbeenarevolutioninofficeworkoverthelasttenyears.Beforethattime,largecomputerswereonlyusedbylarge,richcompaniesthatcouldaffordtheinvestment.Withtheadvancementoftechnology,smallcomputershavecom

2、eontothemarket,whicharecapableofdoingtheworkthatusedtobedonebymuchlargerandexpensivecomputers,sonowmostsmallercompaniescanusethemThemaindevelopmentinsmallcomputershasbeeninthefieldofwordprocessors(处理器),orWPSastheyareoftencalled.40%ofBritishofficesareno

3、westimatedtohaveawordprocessorandthispercentageisgrowingfast.Therearemanyadvantagesinusingawordprocessorforbothsecretaryandmanager.Thesecretaryisfreedfromalotofdailywork,suchasre-typinglettersandstoringpapers.Heorshecanusethistimetodoothermoreinteresti

4、ngworkfortheboss.Fromamanager’spointofview,secretarialtimeisbeingmadebetteruseofandmoneycanbesavedbydoingdailyjobsautomaticallyoutsideofficehours.Butisitallgood?Ifalotofdailysecretarialworkcanbedoneautomatically,surelythiswillmeanthatfewersecretarieswi

5、llbeneeded.Anotherworryistheincreasingmedicalproblemsrelatedtoworkwithvisualdisplayunits(显示器).Thecaseofaslowlossofsightamongpeopleusingwordprocessorsseemstohaverisengreatly.ItisalsofearedthatifawomanworksataVDUforlonghours,theunbornchildinherbodymightb

6、ekilled.SafetyscreenstoputoveraVDUhavebeeninventedbutfewcompaniesinEnglandbothertobuythem.Whatevertheargumentsforandagainstwordprocessor,theyareakeyfeature(特征)ofthisrevolutioninofficepractice.smallcomputers:▲1._______largerandexpensivecomputers▲2._____

7、____canusethem▲Smallcomputershasbeen3._________inthefieldofwordprocessors,orWPSadvantages4.________▲Thesecretary:▲8.__________willlosttheirjobs.●freedfromalotof5._________▲medicalproblemsrelatedtoworkwithvisual●doothermoreinterestingworkforthebossdispl

8、ayunits▲6.___________●Manypeople9_________slowly●secretarialtimecanbemadebetteruseof●Theunbornchildinitsmother’sbody●7._______canbesavedbydoingdailyjobs10.___________automaticallyoutsideofficehours.Keys:1.replace2.mostsmallercompanies3.