大学英语六级阅读试题（附答案）

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

2、nebymuchlargerandmoreexpensivecomputers,sonowmostsmallercompaniescanusethem.　　Themaindevelopmentinsmallcomputershasbeeninthefieldofwordprocessors,orWP'sastheyareoftencalled.40%ofBritishofficesarenowestimatedtohaveawordprocessorforbothsecretaryandmanager.Thesecretaryisfreedfromalotofrouti

3、nework,suchasre-typinglettersandstoringpapers.Heorshecanusethistimetodoothermoreinterestingworkfortheboss.Fromamanager'spointofview,secretarialtimeisbeingmadebetteruseofandmoneycanbesavedbydoingroutinejobsautomaticallyoutsideofficehours.　　Butisitallgood?Ifalotofroutinesecretarialworkcanb

4、edoneautomati?cally,surelythiswillmeanthatfewersecretarieswillbeneeded.Anotherworryistheincreasingmedicalproblemsrelatedtoworkwithvisualdisplayunits.Thecaseofaslowlossofsightamongpeopleusingwordprocessorsseemstohaverisengreatly.ItisalsofearedthatifawomanworksataVDUforlonghours,theunbornc

5、hildinherbodymightbekilled.SafetyscreenstoputoveraVDUhavebeeninventedbutfewcompaniesinEnglandbothertobuythem.　　Whatevertheargumentsfororagainstwordprocessors,theyareakeyfeatureofthisrevolutioninofficepractice.　　26.Tenyearsago,smallercompaniesdidnotuselargecomputersbecause_______.　　A.thes

6、ecompanieshadnotenoughmoneytobuysuchexpensivecomputers　　B.thesecomputerscouldnotdotheworkthatsmallcomputerscandotoday　　C.thesecomputersdidnotcomeontothemarket　　D.thesecompaniesdidnotneedtousethisnewtechnology　　27.Accordingtothewriter,themainfeatureoftherevolutioninofficeworkoverthelastte

7、nyearsis_______.　　A.thesavingoftimeandmoneyB.theuseofcomputersinsmallcompanies　　C.thewideuseofwordprocessorsD.thedecreasingnumberofsecretaries　　28.ItisimpliedbutNOTdirectlystatedinthepassagethatwiththeuseofwordprocessors_______.　　A.somesecretarieswilllosetheirjobs　　B.rout