[单项选择]Many baby-boomers living in the Information Age feel that
A. their financial status is declining.
B. their political influence is declining.
C. their physical power is declining.
D. their will power is declining.

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 (2) eight years. This knowledge explosion is (3) economic progress. The need to collect, analyze, and communicate (4) quantities of information is Spawning new products and services, creating jobs, and widening career opportunities.
The information age is (5) considered to be a phenomenon of the service sector of the economy, (6) a product of heavy industry. Certainly, burgeoning information technologies are creating new capabilities (7) knowledge-based service spheres. But changes just as dramatic are (8) industry, giving people the opportunity to do challenging work in exciting new ways.
Manufacturing is a full participant in the information age. From
A. generally
B. eventually
C. surprisingly
D. finally