By the 16th century, some new and powerful social forces began to emerge which led to the awakening of Europe and the discovery of American,i.e.,the development of capitalism, the Renaissance and the Religious Reformation.()
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In 1847 most countries of the world were ______.
A. not yet using postage stamps
B. collecting valuable stamps
C. buying stamps from Neuritis
D. printing their own stamps
●Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries.Yet much had happened between.As was discussed before，it was not until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant preelectronic mediam，following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the company of the periodical.It Was during the same time that the communications revolution speeded up，beginning with transport，the railway，and leading on through the telegraph，the telephone，radio，and motion pictures into the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane.Not everyone sees that processin perspective.It is important to do so.
It is generally recognized，however，that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century，(66) by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s，radically changed the process，although its impact on the media was not immediately(67).As time went by，computers became smaller and more powerful，and they became "personal"too，as well as(68)，with display becoming sharper and storage(69)incteasing.They were thought of，like people，(70)generations，with the distance between generations much smaller.
It was within the computer age that the term "information society" began to be widely used to describe thecontext within which we now live.The communications revolution has influenced both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time，but there have been controversial view about its economic，political，social and cultural implications."Benefits" have been weighed against"harmful"outcomes.And generalizations have proved difficult.
(66)A.brought B.followed C.stimulated D.characterized
(67)A.apparent B.desirable C.negative D.plausible
(68)A.institutional B.universal C.fundamental D.instrumental
(69)A.ability B.capability C.capacity D.faculty
(70)A.by means of B.in terms of C.with regard to D.in line with
We can assume from the passage that ______.
A. red beards were more fashionable than black ones
B. everyone in fourteenth-century Spain shaved
C. false beards were considered foolish by those who had real beards
D. the popularity of false beards largely died out after the fourteenth century
It is surprising that eating three meals a day—breakfast, lunch and dinner—has been a custom only since 1890. Before this time, people only had two meals a day—breakfast and dinner. In the 16th century, breakfast was only to break one’s fast(开戒, 即开始吃东西). But 200 years later it had become a large meal, not just for family, but for numbers of guests as well. It was a social event. It began at 10 a.m. and lasted until 1 p.m. Then breakfast began to be less popular. It became, instead, a lighter meal and was taken at much earlier hour. By 1850 it had been pushed back to 8 a.m. and became a family meal. Dinner, however, went the other way. In the 16th century it was eaten at 11 a.m. Years later, it moved to the early afternoon, then to 5 p.m. By 1850 dinner time had reached 7 p.m. Lunch is a recent idea. It first appeared as a snack to fill the gap between breakfast and dinner.
1.People did not have lunch ______.
A.until 1890
B.after 1890
C.since 1890 Dby 1890
2.“Dinner, however, went the other way” means “______”.
A.dinner didn’t go there with breakfast
B.dinner took the same way as breakfast
C.dinner got later
D.dinner is the same with breakfast
3.Breakfast has been a family meal since the ______ century.
A.17th
B.18th
C.16th
D.19th
4.The passage is mostly concerned with ______.
A.what people eat for breakfast
B.what people eat for dinner
C.the history of supper
D.the history of the three meals
5.The passage leads us to believe that ______.
A.our custom of meals is based on an English custom
B.before 1890 people didn’t eat three meals a day
C.breakfast is the most important meal for us
D.three meals a day is a long tradition
12002 年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题Section IUse of EnglishDirections：Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, COR D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and thediffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened1. As wasdiscussed before, it was not2the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominantpre-electronic_ 3 _，following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the4ofthe periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution5up,beginning with transport, the railway, and leading6through the telegraph, the telephone,radio, and motion pictures7the 20thcentury world of the motor car and the air plane. Noteveryone sees that Process in8. It is important to do so.It is generally recognized,9, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20thcentury,10by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed theprocess,11its impact on the media was not immediately12. As time went by,computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well as13, with display becoming sharper and storage14increasing. They were thought of,like people,15generations, with the distance between generations much16.It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used todescribe the17within which we now live. The communications revolution has18both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been19view about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have beenweighed20“harmful” outcomes.And generalizations have proved difficult.1. AbetweenBbeforeCsinceDlater2. AafterBbyCduringDuntil3. AmeansBmethodCmediumDmeasure4. AprocessBcompanyClightDform5. AgatheredBspeededCworkedDpicked6. AonBoutCoverDoff7. AofBforCbeyondDinto8. AconceptBdimensionCeffectDperspective9. AindeedBhenceChoweverDtherefore10. AbroughtBfollowedCstimulatedD characterized11. AunlessBsinceClestDalthough12. AapparentBdesirableCnegativeDplausible13. AinstitutionalBuniversalCfundamentalDinstrumental14. AabilityBcapabilityCcapacityDfaculty15. Aby means ofBin terms ofCwith regard toDin line with全国硕士研究生入学考试英语（二）真题第 1 页，共 41 页216. AdeeperBfewerCnearerDsmaller17. AcontextBrangeCscopeDterritory18. AregardedBimpressedCinfluencedDeffected19. AcompetitiveBcontroversialCdistractingDirrational20. AaboveBuponCagainstDwithSection IIReading ComprehensionPartADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C orD. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identifyshared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help toshow them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathywith their point of view.Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different.If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of theirsecretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on theirdisorganized bosses.Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses convention, of a story which works wellbecause the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is beingshown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather,and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the newarrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabshis food and stomps over to a table by himself. “Who is that?” the new arrival asked St. Peter.“Oh, thats God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks hes a doctor.”If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know theexperiences and problems which are common to all of you and itll be appropriate for you to makea passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairmans notorious bad taste in ties.With other audiences you mustnt attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsidermaking disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman.You will be on safer groundif you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.If you feel awkward bei、ng humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural.Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed andunforced manner. Often its the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly andremember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making alight-hearted remark.Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If atfirst you dont succeed, give up” or a play o
The living conditions there were hard; they had so much ().
A、to put up
B、for putting up
C、for putting up with
D、to put up with
Indians move to Britan in 16th century.()
The role of women in Britain has changed a lot in this century, () in the last twenty years. The main change has been () giving women greater equality with men. Up to the beginning of this century, women seem to have had () rights. They could not vote and were kept at home. () , as far as we know, most women were happy with this situ ation. Today, women in Britain certainly () more rights than they used to. They were () the vote in 1919. In 1970 a law was passed to give them an equal () of wealth in the case of divorce, () the Equal Pay Act gave them the right of equal pay with men for work of equal value in the same year. Yet () these changes, there are still great difference in status between men and women. Many employers seem to () the Equal Pay Act, and the average working women is () to earn only about half that a man earns for the same job. () a survey, at present, only one-third of the country’s workers are () women. This small percentage is partly () a shortage of nurseries. If there were () nurseries, twice as many women might well go out to work
A.but
B.and
C.because
D.although
Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened between. As was discussed before, it was not until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre- electronic(61), following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the(62)of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution(63)UP, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading on through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures into the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in(64). It is important to do so.
It is generally recognized,(65), that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century,(66)by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, although its impact on the media was not immediately(67). As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became "personal" too, as well as(68), with display becoming sharper and storage(69)increasing. They were thought of, like people,(70)generations, with the distance between generations much(71).
It was within the computer age that the term "information society" began to be widely used to describe the(72)within which we now live. The communications revolution has(73)both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been(74)view about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. "Benefits" have been weighed(75)"harmful" outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.
A．means
B．method
C．medium
D．measure
We were told that the stone figure _______ back to the 16th century was of great value. A. dated B. dating C. coming D. kept