In such a changing, complex society formerly simple solutions to informational needs become complicated. Many of life' s problems which were solved by asking family members, friends or colleagues are beyond the capability of the extended family to resolve. Where to turn for expert information and how to determine which expert advice to accept are questions facing many people today.

　　In addition to this, there is the growing mobility of people since World War Ⅱ. As families move away from their stable community, their friends of many years, their extended family relationships, the informal flow of information is cut off, and with it the confidence that information will be available when needed and will be trustworthy and reliable. The almost unconscious flow of information about the simplest aspects of living can be cut off. Thus, things once learned subconsciously through the casual communications of the extended family must be consciously learned.

　　Adding to societal changes today is an enormous stockpile of information. The individual now has more information available than any generation, and the task of finding that one piece of information relevant to his or her specific problem is complicated , time-consuming and sometimes even overwhelming.

　　Coupled with the growing quantity of information is the development of technologies which enable the storage and delivery of more information with greater speed to more locations than has ever been possible before. Computer technology makes it possible to store vast amounts of data in machine-readable files, and to program computers to locate specific information. Telecommunications developments enable the sending of messages via television, radio, and very shortly, electronic mail to bombard people with multitudes of messages. Satellites have extended the power of communications to report events at the instant of occurrence. Expertise can be shared world wide through teleconferencing, and problems in dispute can be settled without the participants leaving their homes and/or jobs to travel to a distant conference site. Technology has facilitated the sharing of information and the storage and delivery of information, thus making more information available to more people.

　　In this world of change and complexity, the need for information is of greatest importance. Those people who have accurate, reliable up-to-date information to solve the day-to-day problems, the critical problems of their business, social and family life, will survive and succeed. "Knowledge is power" may well be the truest saying and access to information may be the most critical requirement of all people.

61. From the passage we can infer that__.
[A]electronic mail will soon play a dominant role in transmitting messages
[B] it will become more difficult for people to keep secrets in an information era
[C]people will spend less time holding meetings or conferences
[D] events will be reported on the spot mainly through satellites

[答案] A

[解題思路]

　　本文可將選項與原文一一對應進行排除。首先B選項的相關內容在原文中沒有提及，屬于干擾選項，可以排除。C選項對應于原文第四段第五句話"Expertise can be shared world wide through teleconferencing, and problems in dispute can be settled without the participants leaving their homes and/or jobs to travel to a distant conference site"（人們通過電話會議就可以分享專業知識，會議參與者們不需要離開自己的住所或者工作崗位去遙遠的會場就可以討論和解決存在爭議的問題），可見減少的時間是去參加會議的旅途時間，而不是開會時間本身，因此C選項也是錯誤答案。D選項對應于第四段第四句話"Satellites have extended the power of communications to report events at the instant of occurrence"（人造衛星進一步發展了通信能力，可以對各個事件進行現場報道），文章指出衛星可以提高現場直播的能力，但D選項將原文的表述倒過來講，現場直播是否主要通過衛星進行就不得而知了，因此D選項也是錯誤答案。A選項對應于第四段第三句話"Telecommunications developments enable the sending of messages via television, radio, and very shortly, electronic mail to bombard people with multitudes of messages"（電信技術的發展使得電視和無線電發送信息，而且很快電子郵件會不斷地給人們送來大量的信息），選項表述符合原文，因此是正確答案。

[題目譯文]

從文中我們可以推斷            。
[A] 電子郵件很快就會在信息傳輸中扮演主導角色
[B] 在信息時代人們想要保密會更加困難
[C] 人們會化更少的時間開會
[D] 各種事件都會通過衛星進行現場直播

62. We can learn from the last paragraph that __.
[A] it is necessary to obtain as much
[B] people should make the best use of the information
[C] we should realize the importance of accumulating information .
[D] it is of vital importance to acquire needed information efficiently

[答案] D

[解題思路]

　　本題對應于原文最后一段，該段第一句指出"In this world of change and complexity, the need for information is of greatest importance"（在這個復雜和多邊的世界中，對于信息的需求是至關重要的），同時最后一句進一步總結道""Knowledge is power" may well be the truest saying and access to information may be the most critical requirement of all people"（"知識就是力量"這句諺語最正確不過，獲取信息也許對于所有人來說是最迫切的要求了），可見最重要的是如何有效地獲取所需信息，因此D為正確選項。A選項明顯錯誤，因為問題關鍵不在于獲取盡可能多的信息，而是如何獲得信息。B選項表述與原文無關。C選項強調積累信息的重要性，也與原文無關。

[題目譯文]

我們可以從最后一段中了解到             。
[A] 有必要得到盡可能多的信息
[B] 人們應該充分利用信息
[C] 我們應該實現積累信息的重要性
[D] 有效地取得有用的信息是非常重要的