大学英语六级阅读试题--附答案

《大学英语六级阅读试题--附答案》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。

1、（一）Withoutmostpeoplerealizingit,therehasbeenarevolutioninofficeworkoverthelasttenyears.Beforethattime,largecomputerswereonlyusedbylarge,richcompaniesthatcouldaffordtheinvestment.Withtheadvancementoftechnology,smallcomputershavecomeontothemarketwhicharecapableofdoingthewor

2、kwhichusedtobedonebymuchlargerandmoreexpensivecomputers,sonowmostsmallercompaniescanusethem.　　Themaindevelopmentinsmallcomputershasbeeninthefieldofwordprocessors,orWP'sastheyareoftencalled.40%ofBritishofficesarenowestimatedtohaveawordprocessorforbothsecretaryandmanager.Th

3、esecretaryisfreedfromalotofroutinework,suchasre-typinglettersandstoringpapers.Heorshecanusethistimetodoothermoreinterestingworkfortheboss.Fromamanager'spointofview,secretarialtimeisbeingmadebetteruseofandmoneycanbesavedbydoingroutinejobsautomaticallyoutsideofficehours.　　B

4、utisitallgood?Ifalotofroutinesecretarialworkcanbedoneautomati?cally,surelythiswillmeanthatfewersecretarieswillbeneeded.Anotherworryistheincreasingmedicalproblemsrelatedtoworkwithvisualdisplayunits.Thecaseofaslowlossofsightamongpeopleusingwordprocessorsseemstohaverisengrea

5、tly.ItisalsofearedthatifawomanworksataVDUforlonghours,theunbornchildinherbodymightbekilled.SafetyscreenstoputoveraVDUhavebeeninventedbutfewcompaniesinEnglandbothertobuythem.　　Whatevertheargumentsfororagainstwordprocessors,theyareakeyfeatureofthisrevolutioninofficepractice

6、.　　26.Tenyearsago,smallercompaniesdidnotuselargecomputersbecause_______.　　A.thesecompanieshadnotenoughmoneytobuysuchexpensivecomputers　　B.thesecomputerscouldnotdotheworkthatsmallcomputerscandotoday　　C.thesecomputersdidnotcomeontothemarket　　D.thesecompaniesdidnotneedtouset

7、hisnewtechnology　　27.Accordingtothewriter,themainfeatureoftherevolutioninofficeworkoverthelasttenyearsis_______.　　A.thesavingoftimeandmoneyB.theuseofcomputersinsmallcompanies　　C.thewideuseofwordprocessorsD.thedecreasingnumberofsecretaries　　28.ItisimpliedbutNOTdirectlystat

8、edinthepassagethatwiththeuseofwordprocessors_______.　　A.somesecretarieswilllosetheirjobs　　B.rout