Before Johann Guttenburg developed the printing press in 1437, news traveled by word of mouth. This meant that information was slow to reach the public and that details (細(xì)節(jié); 詳情) changed as news spread from one person to the next. Printed matter, such as newspapers, made it possible for information to be gathered in a central office and for news to be written more accurately (準(zhǔn)確地). In 1844 Samuel Morse made a system of sending coded messages through electric wires perfect, founding an early form of long-distance communication (通訊). The work of communications was developed in 1858 through the work of Julius von Reuter, who made newspapers reach different countries by telegraphing. With each of these developments, the public wondered at the cleverness of the communication pioneers and asked, "What will they think of next?"

"They" thought of plenty. Alexander Graham Bell had the idea of passing speech by electrical impulses and invented the first telephone in 1876. The invention of the "wireless" by Guglielmo Marconi in 1895 made the way for modern-day radio transmission. VK Zworykin worked on one of the first televisions in 1928.

Communications reached new heights when televisions were mass produced in the 1950s. In 1962 the first communication satellite, made people see live broadcast from anywhere in the world. Underground and underwater cables (電纜) also send on programs from one area to another. Telecommunications and computer networking are of big advances of our times and mean even greater developments to come.

68. The main idea of the passage is ________.

A. it is not easy to use modern ways of communication

B. so many people didn't succeed in developing the means of communication

C. the means of communication have gone through many stages (階段) before they are perfected

D. the development of history has lasted such a long time

69. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The first word "They" in the 2nd paragraph refers to scientists.

B. Alexander Graham Bell gave the first speech in 1876.

C. The printing press was perfected in the eleventh century.

D. Since many means of communication have been developed, a great number of people needn't read newspapers.

70. The beginning of the long-distance communication was ________.

A. sending messages by word of mouth

B. when people see programmes at the time of performances

C. in the nineteenth century

D. when the "wireless" was invented

71. Telecommunications and computer networking ________.

A. mean there will be greater development

B. show the 18th century's means are perfect

C. mean modern society has developed from one area to another

D. show people's life can be worse and worse

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　　“ A band plays in Lumley Park every Sunday afternoon．I often attend these open-air concerts if the weather is fine, because I find it a very restful way of passing time, and because the band plays many kinds of music：dance music, marching music, anything with a tune you can whistle; you know what I mean．”

　　“ One Sunday, there was a blind girl in the front row of the audience, just behind the band-leader．She must have been about fourteen or fifteen years of age, I should think．She had been sitting down until about halfway through the programme, when the band started to play ‘ The Blue Danube’ by Johan Strauss．I’d never heard them play this particular piece before; and there was something magical about the way they played it then．They’d only played a few bars when this blind girl stood up and began waving her arms about in time to the music, just as the band-leader himself was doing．”

　　“ After a while, I could see that more and more members of the band were watching the blind girl instead of the band-leader．And the leader must have noticed this himself, because he turned round and watched her, and saw that she was keeping perfect time．He was a very thoughtful man, that band-leader; I took my hat off to him．He moved to one side little by little, so that the band could see the blind girl better, and after a while he stopped conducting altogether．The band knew the piece quite well, of course, so things weren’t likely to go seriously wrong．But she kept time beautifully, and she made it clear when she wanted certain passages to be loud or soft, just as the band-leader himself had done．Since then, to be quite honest, I’ve never heard ‘The Blue Danube’ played better anywhere．”

　　“ I have seldom heard an audience clap more loudly than that audience, when the music was over．I should think they must have heard the noise on the other side of the town．When the blind girl sat down, even from where I was sitting I could see that there were tears running down her face．”

　　“ And she wasn’t the only one in that audience who was crying, I can tell you．”

(1)

The speaker thought that attending the Sunday afternoon concerts is a pleasure because ________．

[　　]

A．

a band plays music in Lumley Park．

B．

He could pass the time in a peaceful way in good weather

C．

His favourite music could be played by the band in the open air

D．

All the above

(2)

When the band was playing “The Blue Danube”, a blind girl who was sitting in the front row behind the band-leader ________．

[　　]

A．

stood up to play with the band

B．

stood up and waved her arms to keep perfect time by herself

C．

played just as the band-leader was doing

D．

listened to the particular piece “The blue Danube”

(3)

While the blind girl was waving her hands to keep time, ________．

[　　]

A．

many more members of the band were still watching their band-leader

B．

the band-leader stopped conducting after a while and took off her hat to the girl

C．

the band kept playing wonderfully even without their band-leader

D．

the audience preferred the blind girl to the band-leader

(4)

From what the speaker said, it can be inferred that ________．

[　　]

A．

he not only respected the band-leader but also thought highly of the blind girl

B．

he thought the blind girl was doing better than the band-leader

C．

he regarded the band as the first class band even without anyone conducting

D．

with the blind girl conducting, the concert was much more wonderful

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