2014年6月英语六级仔细阅读的练习题2
<p><span word="Passage">Passage</span> <span word="One">One</span></p><p><span word="Questions">Questions</span> 56 <span word="to">to</span> 60 <span word="are">are</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="passage">passage</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="paperless">paperless</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="earned">earned</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="proud">proud</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="lists">lists</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="technological">technological</span> <span word="promises">promises</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pass">pass</span>. <span word="Surely">Surely</span>, <span word="though">though</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="modest">modest</span> <span word="goal">goal</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="carbon">carbon</span>-<span word="paperless">paperless</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mankind">mankind</span>? <span word="Carbon">Carbon</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="allows">allows</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="copies">copies</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="document">document</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="once">once</span>. <span word="Nowadays">Nowadays</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="couple">couple</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="keystrokes">keystrokes</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="fuss">fuss</span>.</p><p><span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="carbon">carbon</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="persists">persists</span>. <span word="Forms">Forms</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="filled">filled</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="produces">produces</span> <span word="copies">copies</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="surprise">surprise</span>. <span word="Innovation">Innovation</span> <span word="tends">tends</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="niches">niches</span>, <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="refill">refill</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="exist">exist</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="technologies">technologies</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="marginal">marginal</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="rarely">rarely</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="extinct">extinct</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="niches">niches</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="technologies">technologies</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="refuge">refuge</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="viable">viable</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="accessible">accessible</span>, <span word="thanks">thanks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="production">production</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="mass">mass</span>; <span word="making">making</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="obscure">obscure</span> <span word="items">items</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="easier">easier</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="widespread">widespread</span> <span word="Technology">Technology</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nostalgia">nostalgia</span> <span word="seeks">seeks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="preserve">preserve</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="done">done</span> <span word="anything">anything</span>, <span word="simply">simply</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="neat">neat</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="technologies">technologies</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stone">stone</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="persist">persist</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="flourish">flourish</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="What">What</span> <span word="Technology">Technology</span> <span word="Wants">Wants</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Kevin">Kevin</span> <span word="Kelly">Kelly</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="founders">founders</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Wired">Wired</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span>, <span word="Americas">Americas</span> <span word="flintknappers">flintknappers</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="arrow">arrow</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="spear">spear</span> <span word="heads">heads</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="wants">wants</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="seems">seems</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="survive">survive</span>.</p>
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