The development of information technology—computers and electronic communication devices—is another factor currently influencing organizational structures. Automatic data-processing systems have been widely _____19_____ in a range of settings. Anyone who draws money out of a bank, or buys an airline ticket, depends on a computer-based communication system. Since data can be processed _____20_____ in any part of the world linked to such a system, there is no need for physical proximity between those involved. However, a fully-fledged “electronic office,” in which the bulk of the work is carried out by machines rather than humans, is still _____21_____ , and there are many problems in the way of its realization. _____22_____ , there is a strong trend towards the transplant of many office activities to electronic machinery. Word-processors, computer networks, teleprinter links, and other electronic systems have already _____23_____ the nature of much office work. In some leading American banks, the trust department, where stock transfers are made, has been completely automated.
【題組】23、 (A) altered (B) mystified (C) diluted (D) offered
The outstanding performance of the two world-class ballerinas was truly ____ . They won thunderous applause.
(A)a feast for the eyes (B)a thorn in the flesh (C)a pearl in the palm (D)a pie in the sky
Mike arrived at the meeting ______ at ten o’clock—as it was scheduled—not a minute early or late. (A) flexibly (B) punctually (C) numerously (D) approximately
17 The medicine-men of the Apache are the most influential personages, claiming to have supernatural power
through their many deities and their knowledge of the occult and ominous.
(A) The claim of having supernatural power and having connections with gods and their knowledge has great
influence on the Apache medicine-men’s personality.
(B) The Apache medicine-men are supernatural figures possessed by gods who give them knowledge of the
underworld.
(C) The Apache medicine-men, who claim to possess supernatural power through their gods and their knowledge
of the mysterious world, play a very vital role in the tribe.
(D) The claim of the Apache medicine-men about their supernatural power has great influence on the deities and
mythical knowledge of the tribe.
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