包头钢铁职业技术学院单招《英语》高频难、易错点题
考试时间:90分钟;命题人:教研组
考生注意:
1、本卷分第I卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分,满分100分,考试时间90分钟
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第I卷(选择题60分)
一、单选题(20小题,每小题3分,共计60分)
1、Telephone,television,andradioallhelppeoplecommunicatewitheachother.Becauseofthis,ideasandnewsofeventsspreadquicklyallovertheworld.Forexample,withinseconds,peoplecanknowtheresultsofanelectioninanothercountry,Newsofnaturaldisastersuchasanearthquakecanbringhelpfromdistantcountries.Withinhours,helpisontheway.Becauseofmoderntechnology,informationtravelsfaster.????Howhasthisspeedofcommunicationchangedtheworld?Tomanypeople,theworldhasbecomesmaller.Ofcoursethisdoesnotmeanthattheworldisactuallysmallerthanbefore,Itmeansthattheworldseemssmaller,Allnewswascarriedonshipsthattookweeksorevenmonthstocrosstheoceans.IntheseventeenthcenturyittooksixweeksfornewsfromEuropetoreachAmerica.Thistimedifferenceaffectedpeoplesaction.Forexample,onebattleintheWarof1812betweenEnglandandtheUnitedStatescouldhavebeenavoided.Apeaceagreementhadalreadybeensigned.PeacewasmadeinEngland,butthenewsofpeacetooksixweekstoreachAmerica.Duringthissixweeks,thelargeandseriousBattletoNewOrleanswasfought.Manypeoplelosttheirlives.Theywouldnothavediedifnewshadcomeintime.Inthepast,communicationtookmuchmoretimethanitdoesnow.Therewasagoodreasonwhytheworldseemedsomuchlargerthanitdoestoday.
Whichofthefollowingistrue?
A.The?world?now?seems?smaller?because?of?faster?communication.
B.The?world?is?actually?smaller?today.
C.The?world?is?changing?in?size.
D.ThedistancebetweenEnglandandAmericahaschangedsincetheWar.
答案:A
解析:文章中提到,由于现代通讯技术的发展,信息传播速度加快,使得世界看起来变得更小。这并不意味着世界的实际大小发生了变化,而是指由于信息传播速度的提升,人们能够更快地获取全球各地的信息,从而感觉世界变得更加紧密和联系紧密。因此,选项A“因为通