泽熙美文Cloze Test
Enter the information age. Information is the raw material for many of the business activities shaping this new era. 1 iron and steel were the basic commodities in the dawning of the industrial age. The world’s knowledge is said to be doubling every eight years. This knowledge 2 is stimulating economic progress. The need to collect, analyze, and communicate large quantities of information is spawning new products and services, creating jobs, and 3 career opportunities. The information age is generally considered to be a phenomenon of the service 4 of the economy, 5 a product of heavy industry. Certainly, 6 information technologies are creating new capabilities in knowledge-based service spheres. But changes just as dramatic are 7 industry, giving people the opportunity to do challenging work in exciting new ways. Manufacturing is a full 8 in the information age. From 9 to production, the manufacturing process has long been information intensive. It always has required exacting communication to describe what goes into products and 10 to make them. Now, computer technology is giving factory managers new capability to gather all of this information and use it to control production. Telecommunication is producing error-free communication between the design office and the factory, computer-aided design is enabling engineers to evaluate product 11 and manufacturing processes 12 video displays, before 13 are committed to build and test 14 . Techniques like these are bringing about new advances in manufacturing productivity. Just as coal fueled the transformation to an industrial society, 15 microelectronics powering the rise of the information age. Microelectronic information management tools are strengthening U.S. industrial 16 , 17 remains vital to America’s economic well-being and national security. More and more manufacturing companies are 18 that the wise of information can give them a competitive 19 . As companies emphasize powerful information management, talented people will continue to find ways to make factories and mills with increased 20 .
1.
A.As soon as
B.As long as
C.Just as
D.As much as
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：连词。A选项As soon as一……就……；B选项As long as只要，在……的时候；C选项Just as正像；D选项As much as差不多。分析上下文逻辑关系，该空前后逻辑上是一致的概念，为比较关系，just as符合题意。意思是：信息是这个时代很多商业活动的原材料。同样，钢铁是工业时代的基本商品。
2.
A.explosion
B.exploitation
C.expression
D.tension
正确答案：A
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：名词搭配和辨析。explosion意为“爆炸”；exploitation意为“开发，开采，剥削，利用”；expression意为“表达”；tension意为“紧张，压力”。该句意思是：知识爆炸促进了经济的发展。
3.
A.enlarging
B.stimulating
C.strengthening
D.widening
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：对应成分分析——and对应+动词。spawning new products and services, creating jobs，应该和______ career opportunities在内容上保持一致。所以应该是增加了就业机会。A选项enlarging扩大；B选项stimulating刺激；C选项strengthening加固；D选项widening加宽，扩展。表达就业机会的扩大应该使用动词widen。
4.
A.section
B.department
C.category
D.sector
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：of结构。考查修饰关系。section意为“部分”；department意为“系，部门”；category意为“种类”；sector意为“部门，行业”。经济领域中的部门行业使用sector，此处是服务业service sector。
5.
A.other than
B.better than
C.rather than
D.more than
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：连词+逻辑辨析。两个相同的名词的连接，典型的考查连词，需要分析两者之间的逻辑关系。other than意为“除了……，除……之外”，如：There’s nobody here other than me. 除了我这里没别人。better than意为“比……好”。rather than意为“而不是，宁愿”，如：He resigned rather than take part in such a dishonest transaction他宁愿辞职也不愿意参加这样一种欺骗的交易。more than意为“多于”。此句意思为：信息时代一般被认为是服务业的现象，而不是重工业的产品。
6.
A.rising
B.raising
C.burgeoning
D.approaching
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：动词+修饰成分。去掉修饰成分，句子含义是通顺的，所以应该填入肯定方向的词汇。A选项rising上升；B选项raising提高，举起；C选项burgeoning嫩芽，萌芽，新兴；D选项approaching接近，靠近；burgeoning和information technologies搭配，意为“新兴的信息科技”。
7.
A.transmitting
B.transporting
C.translating
D.transforming
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：动词辨析。transmit意为“传送，传播(信息)”；transport意为“运输”；translate意为“翻译”；transform意为“改变”。此处指改变了工业。
8.
A.client
B.participant
C.part
D.subject
正确答案：B
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：名词辨析。client意为“当事人”；participant意为“参与者”；part意为“部分，角色”；subject意为“主题，受试者”。根据文章，制造业全程参与了信息时代。
9.
A.design
B.plan
C.schedule
D.sale
正确答案：A
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：对应成分分析+名词辨析。from A to B结构，说明A、B两者是并列的关系，所以答案应该和production是同一类型的事物。design意为“设计”；plan意为“计划”，schedule意为“时刻表，进度表，预计计划”，sale意为“销售”，根据对应关系和逻辑关系，design最符合题意，译为“从设计到生产”。
10.
A.what
B.who
C.how
D.when
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：对应成分分析——and对应。what goes into products应该和______ to make them具有相同性质，含义相同或者相近。此处指如何制造它们，how符合题意。
