[单项选择]The telegraph opened up the possibility of establishing almost______ communication and thereby offered many practical advantages to people in all walks of life.


A. distant
B. instantaneous
C. immediate
D. transient

[单项选择]The telegraph opened up the possibility of establishing almost communication and thereby offered many practical advantages to people in all walks of life.
A. intermittent
B. instantaneous
C. remote
D. transient

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In the last ten years, the Internet has opened up incredible amounts of information to ordinary citizens. But using the Internet can be like walking into a library where the books are all lying on the floor in piles. While tools like Google allow some structured search, much of the data from such searches is outdated or of questionable value. Some web enthusiasts have taken up the task of organizing information through a democratic means that only the Internet allows: an encyclopedia of the people, by the people, and completely free to copy and distribute.
This people’s encyclopedia’ of the Web (a free site called Wikipedia) has provided a unique solution by inviting individuals to participate in the process of rationalizing and updating web con- tent. At the heart of this movement are wikis, web sites that allow users to directly edit any web page with one click of the mouse.
Wikipedia (the largest example of these collaborative efforts) is a function
A. is accessible by all the passersby.
B. can be edited by everyone.
C. is run by ordinary people.
D. is built to the taste of common citizens.

[单项选择]The ______ of electronic computers has opened up new ways of data analysis for the scientist.
A. advent
B. adverse
C. advert
D. advise

[单项选择]We are quite optimistic you will enjoy our established curriculum ______ absolutely assured in the academic world.
A. you
B. ourselves
C. yourself
D. we

[单项选择]Why is the author almost certain about the establishment of the Homeland Security

[单项选择]The passage implies that the telegraph cable was built mainly ________.


A. for oceanography studies
B. for business considerations
C. for military purposes
D. for investigating the depths of the oceans

[单项选择]The proposal to lay a telegraph cable from Europe to America made oceanographic studies take on a(n) ______.


A. academic aspect
B. military aspect
C. business aspect
D. international aspect