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单选题 __________ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday．

A．In spite of
B．But for
C．Because of
D．As for

参考答案B

解析: B。要不是英语考试，我上周日一定会去听音乐会的。考查词组和固定搭配。主句用了虚拟语气，可见实际上未能去音乐会，而且是因为英语考试的原因，故in spite of与句意不符；如果使用because of，那么主句不能使用虚拟语气；as for意为“关于”，与句意不符；but for意为“要不是”，为正确答案。

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单选题 A budget of five dollars a day is totally ． for a trip round Europe．

A．inadequate
B．incapable
C．incompatible
D．invalid

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        To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorfs assertion that social change exists everywhere．Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change．
        Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is human creation; it does n~t exist naturally．A spear or a robot is as much a cultural as a physical object．Until humans use a spear to hunt game or a robot to produce machine parts, neither is much more than a solid mass of matter．For a bird looking for an object on which to rest, a spear or robot serves the purpose equally well． The explosion of the Challenger space shuttle and the Russian nuclear accident at Chemobyl drive home the human quality of technology; they provide cases in which well-planned systems suddenly went haywire and there was no ready hand to set them right．Since technology is a human creation, we are responsible for what is done with it．Pessimists worry that we will use our technology eventually to blow our world and ourselves to pieces．But they have been saying this for decades, and so far we have managed to survive and even flourish．Whether we will continue to do so in the years ahead remains uncertain．Clearly, the impact of technology on our lives deserves a closer examination．
        Few technological developments have bad a greater impact on our lives than the computer revolution．Scientists and engineers have designed specialized machines that can do the tasks that once only people could do．
        There are those who assert that the switch to an information-based economy is in the same camp as other great historical milestones, particularly the Industrial Revolution．Yet when we ask why the Industrial Revolution was a revolution, we find that it was not the machines． The pri~ reason why it was revolutionary is that it led to great social change． It gave rise to mass production and, through mass production, to a society in which wealth was not confined to the few．
        In somewhat similar fashion, computers promise to revolutionize the structure of American life particularly as they free the human mind and open new possibilities in knowledge and communication．The Industrial Revolution supplemented and replaced the muscles of humans and animals by mechanical methods．The computer extends this development to supplement and replace some aspects of the mind of human beings by electronic methods．It is the capacity of the computer for solving problems and making decisions that represents its greatest potential and that poses the greatest difficulties in predicting the impact on society．
A spear or a robot has the quality of technology only when it

A．can be of use to both man and animal
B．is made use of by man
C．serves different purposes equally well
D．is used both as a cultural and a physical object

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单选题 What's the author's purpose of citing the examples of the Challenger and Chemobyl?

A．To show that technology could be used to destroy our world．
B．To stress that technology is a human creation, so we are responsible for it．
C．To prove that technology usually goes wrong, if not controlled by man．
D．To demonstrate that being a human creation, technology is liable to error．

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