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　　What has thetelephone done to us, or for us, in the hundred years of its existence? A feweffects suggest themselves at once. It has saved lives by getting rapid word ofillness, injury, or fire from remote places. By joining with the elevator tomake possible the multi-story residence or office building, it has madepossible for better or worse -- the modem city. By bringing about a great leapin the speed and ease with which information moves from place to place, it hasgreatly accelerated the rate of scientific and technological changes and growthin industry. Beyond doubt it has seriously weakened if not killed the ancientart of letter writing. It has made living alone possible for persons withnormal social impulses (沖動) ; by so doing, it has played a role in one of thegreatest social changes of this century, the breakup of the multi-generationalhousehold. It has made the war chillingly more efficient than formerly.Perhaps, though not provably, it has prevented wars that might have arisen outof intemational misunderstanding caused by written communication. Or perhaps―again not provably―by magnifying (擴大) and extendingirrational personal conflicts based on voice contact, it has caused wars.Certainly it has extended the scope of human conflicts, since it impartially (不偏不倚) disseminates (傳播)the useful knowledge of scientists andthe nonsense of the ignorant, the affection of the affectionate and the malice (惡意) of the malicious.

　　1. What is the main idea of this passage?

　　A) Thetelephone has helped to save people from illness and fire.

　　B) Thetelephone has helped to prevent wars and conflicts.

　　C) Thetelephone has made the modern city neither better nor worse.

　　D) Thetelephone has had positive as well as negative effects on us.

　　2. According to the passage, it is the telephonethat _______ .

　　A) has madeletter writing an art

　　B) hasprevented wars by avoiding written communication

　　C) has madethe world different from what it was

　　D) hascaused wars by magnifying and extending human conflicts

　　3. The telephone hasintensified conflicts among people because ______ .

　　A) itincreases the danger of war

　　B) itprovides services to both the good and the malicious

　　C) it makesdistant communication easier

　　D) it breaksup the multi-generational household

　　4. The author describes thetelephone as impartial because it _______ .

　　A) saveslives of people in remote places

　　B) enablespeople to live alone if they want to

　　C) spreadsboth love and ill will

　　D) replacesmuch written communication

　　5. The writer's attitudetowards the use of the telephone is _______

　　A) affectionate B)disapproving

　　C) approving D)neutral

　　1.D 本文主要講了電話的發展對人類生活與活動所產生的正負兩方面的影響。

　　2.C 本題問及電話的作用。A項與原文意思相反，B、D兩項雖然在文中提及，但僅僅是作者的猜測，還無法得到證實(not provably)。

　　3.B 本題問電話加深人們沖突的原因是什么。設題區在本文后半部分。真正的原因是，作為一種通訊工具，電話既可服務于好人，也可為壞人所利用，這樣才使人們之間的沖突的加深成為可能。C項并不是加深沖突的真正原因，因為電話的便捷雖然使加深沖突有可能，但同時也為救人性命提供了便利。

　　4.C 答案依據在本文最后一句。該句的大意是，電話不偏不倚地傳播著科學家的學問，無知者的胡言，仁者的善心，壞人的惡意。只有C項與原文意思最貼近。

　　5.D 作者的態度顯然是客觀而中立的。因為作者在文中對電話給人類帶來的利弊都有所陳述。

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