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
A B C D
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。
[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。
[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。
[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
A B C D
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。
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：名词辨析。capability意为“能力，才能，才干”，如：The boy has great capabilities in long distance running. 这男孩有很大的长距离赛跑的潜能。capacity意为“容量，生产量，能力，接受力”，如：That bowl has a capacity of two pints.那只碗的容量有两品脱。competency意为“能力”，如：communicative competency交际能力。potential意为“潜力”，如：He has the potential to do the work well. 他有潜力做好这个工作。此处指美国工业的生产量。
Every second, 21 hectare of the world's rainforest is destroyed. That equals to two football fields. This 22 rate of destruction has serious consequences 23 the environment. Scientists estimate, for example, that 137 24 of plant, insect or animal become 25 every day due to logging. In British Columbia, 26 , since 1990, thirteen rainforest valleys have been clear cut, 142 species of salmon have already become extinct, and the 27 of grizzly bears, wolves and many other creatures are threatened. Logging, 28 , provides jobs, profits, taxes for the government and cheap products of all kinds for consumers, so the government is 29 to restrict or control it. Much of Canada's forestry production 30 making pulp and paper. According to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Canada 31 34% of the world's wood pulp and 49% of its newsprint paper. If these paper products could be produced in some other way, Canadian forests could be 32 . Recently, a possible 33 way of producing paper has been suggested by agriculturalists and environmentalists: a plant called hemp. Hemp has been cultivated by many cultures for thousands of years. It produces fibre which can be 34 paper, fuel, oils, textiles, food, and rope. For many centuries, it was essential to the economies of many countries 35 it was used to make the ropes and cables used on sailing ships; colonial expansion and the establishment of a world-wide trading 36 would not have been possible 37 hemp. Nowadays, ships' cables are usually made from wire or synthetic fibres, but scientists are now suggesting that the cultivation of hemp should be 38 for the production of paper and pulp. According to its proponents, four-times as 39 paper can be produced from land using hemp rather than trees, and many environmentalists believe that the 40 scale cultivation of hemp could reduce the pressure on Canada's forests.
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：of结构+名词辨析。of结构考查修饰关系。四个词都有“种类，类型”的意思。type指一种类型，如：Cotton is a type of material. 棉花是一种材料。category侧重在一大系统中将各种物质进行划分，如：There are different categories of books in a library. 图书馆里有各种不同种类的书籍。species(专门指植物或动物的)种，如Some species of animals have become extinct because they could not adapt to a changing environment.有一些动物已经灭种了，因为它们不能适应环境的变化。class侧重按照质量、等级进行划分，如top class student一流的学生。文中指的是植物、动物的种类。
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：形容词辨析+修饰成分。optional意为“可自由选择的”，如：English is an optional lesson. 英语是选修课。potential意为“可能的，潜在的”。promising意为“有希望的，有前途的”。alternative意为“其他的，两者择一的”，如：The way was blocked, so we went by an alternative road. 这条路被挡住了，因此我们走了另一条路。根据文章，制造纸张的方法还有其他可能的选择，只有alternative能够确切表达这层含义。
34.
A.made into
B.made for
C.made up
D.made of
A B C D
A
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：动词词组辨析。根据题意，此处考的结构是A is made...B的结构，表示A可以制造出B。A is made into B意为“把A制成B”；A is made for B意为“A是为B制造的”；A is made up不可以直接+B，而是+of B，意为“A是由B组成的”；A is made of B意为“A由B制成”。上面四个词组，只有A is made into B可以表达A可以制造出B这层含义。
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：对应成分分析——and对应+名词辨析。colonial expansion应该和the establishment of a worldwide trading ______在性质上是相同的，含义上是一致的。link意为“点对点的联系”；exchange意为“交换，互换”；network意为“网络样紧密联系的系统”；site意为“地点，方位”。根据文章，世界范围的贸易联系应该非常广泛。
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：动词辨析。resume意为“停顿后重新开始”，如：We resumed our work after a rest. 休息之后我们重新开始工作。renew意为“使已旧或已失去力气、活力等物变新或复原”，如：renew a stock of goods更新库存货物。refresh意为“使恢复力量、精力”，如：refresh oneself with a cold shower用冷水浴恢复精神。revive意为“复活，复苏，再流行，再用”，如：The fresh air soon revived him. 新鲜空气很快就使他苏醒过来了。revive an old custom恢复旧习俗。本文中重新种植大麻纤维以生产纸张和纸浆，这是老方法的重新启用。
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