A new threat to our health seems to have arisen in our midst, confusion and stress caused by technology. All you need to do to (69)_________ this to yourself is to telephone a large company ; a recorded voice will offer you a bewildering list of choices, and when you have finished answering its questions, you will probably be (70)_________to several minutes of piped music before you eventually make (71)_________ with a human being. But the stress you undergo as a result is negligible compared to the impression the telegraph (72)_________ on people 150 years ago. Until then, messages could only travel as fast as a messenger could carry them. But now they could be sent great distances in seconds. Before long, submarine cables were (73)_________ across the oceans, and thirty years later, the network reached 20,000 towns around the world. When the first transatlantic cable was completed in 1858, the Queen and the President exchanged messages, preachers found (74)_________ for it in the Bible , and the New York jewelers, Tiffany’s , bought unused pieces of the cable and sold them as souvenirs. But then, as now, everyone was not (75)_________of the technological advantages .
Information arrived so quickly, often (76)_________ what had previously been transmitted , that businessmen had to work much harder to (77)_________ up with developments. They arrived home tired and stressed. If we find difficulty with the Internet, which is technological evolution, not revolution, our (78)_________ had afar harder task in getting used to the invention in the first place.
Question 69. A. confirmed B. prove C. show D. test
Question 70. A. oppressed B. subdued C. subjected D. submitted
Question 71. A. collision B. connection C. communication D. contact
Question 72. A. did B. got C. made D. worked
Question 73. A. laid B. lain C. put D. set
Question 74. A. apology B. argument C. excuse D. justification
Question 75. A. believed B. convinced C. pleased D. satisfied
Question 76. A. contradicting B. differing C. disagreeing D. objecting
Question 77. A. keep B. maintain C. remain D. stay
Question 78. A. ancestors B. elders C. fathers D. forerunners
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A new threat to our health seems to have arisen in our midst, confusion and stress caused by technology. All you need to do to (69)_________ this to yourself is to telephone a large company ; a recorded voice will offer you a bewildering list of choices, and when you have finished answering its questions, you will probably be (70)_________to several minutes of piped music before you eventually make (71)_________ with a human being. But the stress you undergo as a result is negligible compared to the impression the telegraph (72)_________ on people 150 years ago. Until then, messages could only travel as fast as a messenger could carry them. But now they could be sent great distances in seconds. Before long, submarine cables were (73)_________ across the oceans, and thirty years later, the network reached 20,000 towns around the world. When the first transatlantic cable was completed in 1858, the Queen and the President exchanged messages, preachers found (74)_________ for it in the Bible , and the New York jewelers, Tiffany’s , bought unused pieces of the cable and sold them as souvenirs. But then, as now, everyone was not (75)_________of the technological advantages .
Information arrived so quickly, often (76)_________ what had previously been transmitted , that businessmen had to work much harder to (77)_________ up with developments. They arrived home tired and stressed. If we find difficulty with the Internet, which is technological evolution, not revolution, our (78)_________ had afar harder task in getting used to the invention in the first place.
Question 69. A. confirmed B. prove C. show D. test
Question 70. A. oppressed B. subdued C. subjected D. submitted
Question 71. A. collision B. connection C. communication D. contact
Question 72. A. did B. got C. made D. worked
Question 73. A. laid B. lain C. put D. set
Question 74. A. apology B. argument C. excuse D. justification
Question 75. A. believed B. convinced C. pleased D. satisfied
Question 76. A. contradicting B. differing C. disagreeing D. objecting
Question 77. A. keep B. maintain C. remain D. stay
Question 78. A. ancestors B. elders C. fathers D. forerunners