四六级考试

【单选题】Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we must communicate with other people.
A、great deal of communicating is (1) on a person-to-person basis by the simple (2) of speech. If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have conversations (3) we give information or opinions, receive news or comment, and very likely have our views (4) by other members of society.
Face-to-face contact is by no means the only (5) of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the (6) factors of contemporary society. Two things, above others, have caused the (7) growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has led to (8) in printing, telecommunications, photography, radio and television. Secondly, speed has revolutionized the transmission and (9) of communications so that local news often (10) a back seat to national news, (11) itself is often almost eclipsed by international news.
No longer is the possession of information (12) to a privileged minority. In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate, but today there are public libraries. Forty years ago people used to (13) to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a programme that is being (14) into millions of homes.
Communication is no longer (15) concerned with the transmission of information. The modem communication industry influences the (16) people live in society and (17) their horizons by allowing access (18) information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with informing, educating and entertaining.
Although a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very (19) to the individual and to the society (20) which he is a part, the vast modem network of communications is open to abuse. However, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, and there is no turning back.

A、refusedB、received C、challengedD、followed
网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
词义辨析题。refuse意为“拒绝，谢绝”，receive意为“收到，接到”，challenge意为“向……挑战”，follow意为“跟随，遵循”。结合句意(见第3题解析)可知，前面提到的receive comment已经包含了have our views received的含义，故空格处不能再选receive或follow，以免在语义上重复。结合常识可知，在人际交往中，个人的观点有可能为他人接受，但同时也可能遭到质疑，故选C。不能选refused是因为该句前后在语义上是顺承关系，而非转折或对比关系。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>