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Nowadays, our society is being reshaped by information technologies--computers, telecom-munications networks, ´and other digital systems. Of course, our society has gone through other pe-riods of dramatic change before, driven by such innovations as the steam engine, railroad, tele-phone, and automobile, But never before have we experienced technologies that are evolving so rapidly, altering the constraints of time and space, and reshaping the way we communicate, learn,and think.
The rapid development of digital technologies creates not only more opportunities for the socie-ty but challenges to it as well. Institutions of every stripe are grappling to respond by adapting their strategies and activities. It is no exaggeration to say that information technology is completely chan-ging the relationship between people and knowledge.
But ironically, at the most knowledge-based entities--the colleges and universities--the pace of transformation has been relatively modest. Although research has been transformed by informa-tion technology in many ways, and it is increasingly used for student and faculty communications,other higher-education functions have remained almost unchanged. For example, teaching largely continues to follow a classroom-centered, seat-based paradigm. However, some major technology-aided teaching experiments are emerging, and some factors suggest that digital technologies may e-ventually drive significant change throughout academia.
American academia has undergone significant change before. The establishment of secular ed-ucation began during the 18th century and the Land-Grant College Act.of 1862 resulted in another transformation. That Act created institutions serving agriculture and industries; academia was no longer just for the wealthy but charged with providing educational opportunities to the working class as well. Around the year of 1900, the introduction of graduate education began to expand the role of the university in training students for careers both scholarly and professional.
Higher education has already experienced significant technology-based change， even if it cur-rently lags other sectors in some areas. We expect that the new technology will eventually impose a profound impact on university´ s teaching by freeing the classroom from its physical and temporal bounds and by providing students with access to original source materials and that new learning communities driven by information technology will allow universities to better teach students how to be critical analyzers and consumers of information.
The information society has greatly expanded the need for university-level education; lifelong learning is not only a private good for those who pursue it but also a social good in terms of our nation´ s ability to maintain a vibrant democracy and support a ,competitive workforce.
Which of the followings does not belong to information technologies?

A．Laptop
B．Telephone
C．Telecommunication networks．
D．Digiml systems．

参考答案B

解析:参考译文
现在，信息技术——计算机，电信网络和其他数字系统正在重新塑造着我们的社会。当然，我们的社会之前已经在其他时期，由蒸汽机、铁路、电话、汽车等发明驱动，经历了巨大变化。但是，我们以前经历的技术，从没有发展得如此迅速，改变了时间和空间的限制，并重塑了我们沟通、学习和思考的方式。
数字技术的迅速发展不仅给社会提供了更多的机会，也带来了很多挑战。形形色色的机构都在通过调整其战略和活动，努力对此作出反应。可以毫不夸张地说，信息技术完全改变了人与知识的关系。
但具有讽刺意味的是，在最以知识为基础的地方——高校，转型的步伐一直相对温和。虽然在许多方面信息技术已经改变了研究方式，而且学生和教师的交流也越来越多地使用信息技术，但其他高等教育的功能却几乎没什么改变。例如，教学还是以教室为中心、座位为基础的范式为主。然而，一些重大的由技术辅助的教学实验正在出现，一些因素表明，数字技术最终可能会推动整个学术界的重大变化。
美国学术界之前发生了重大变化。世俗教育机构建立于18世纪，1862年公地兴学法案导致了另一次的转型。该法创立了为农业和工业服务的机构；学术不再只是为富人而设，也被要求为工人阶级提供教育机会。1900年左右，研究生教育的引入扩大了大学在培养学生的职业技能和学术方面的作用。
尽管目前在某些方面高等教育落后于其他领域，但它已经经历了以技术为基础的重大改变。我们期望新技术通过摆脱空间和时间对教室的限制，以及通过向学生提供获取原始资料机会，最终对大学的教学产生深远的影响。我们期望由信息技术推动的新的学习团体能够使大学更好地教学生怎样进行批判性地分析，以及如何成为信息消费者。
信息社会更加需要大学教育；终身学习不仅对追求它的人有好处，也有利于我国保持充满活力的民主社会并提供有竞争力的劳动力。
答案及解析
本题要求考生在通读第一段的基础上进行判断。由第一段第一句“Nowadays，onr society is being reshaped by information technologies--computers，telecommunications networks，and other digital systems．(现在，信息技术——计算机，电信网络和其他数字系统正在重新塑造着我们的社会。)”可知，计算机、电信网络和数字系统都属于信息技术。由第一段第二句“…driven by such innovations as the steam engine，railroad，telephone，and automo-bile．(…由蒸汽机、铁路、电话、汽车等发明驱动，经历了巨大变化。)”可知，电话不属于信息技术。所以，本题选择B。

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