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高考复习专题——任务型阅读精练详解P a s s a g e1任务型阅读(共10小题，每小题1分；满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填上一个最恰当的单词。
Growing vegetables for funFarmers might think the idea of growing food for fun sounds strange. But there are some people who do it all the time.They grow some vegetables because their natural color or shape is pleasing to see. They grow others because scientists have developed new colors or different sizes for traditional vegetables.One example is the bell pepper(胡椒). Seed companies sell seeds for several different kinds of bell peppers. One pepper is a weak yellow color when it begins to grow. Then its color changes to white. As it grows, it changes color two more times—to orange, then red.Another unusual plant is known as the yard-long bean or snake bean. It grows up to one meter in length. It is an important part of the food supply in areas of Asia. American farmers like it because it is different, yet tastes very much like the green beans they traditionally grow. Each bean has from ten to twenty seeds. The outside or pod can be eaten. Some of the very long beans are green outside but have black –and –white or red seeds.Gourds (葫芦) are plants that people like to grow because of the many different shapes. They also have many uses. Some round gourds are dried, painted and made into containers. Others have long necks and big bodies. These are dried, cut and made into containers to pour drinking water.Another kind of gourd is used to make sponges(海绵). When it is fully grown, it is removed from the vine and permitted to dry for a few weeks. Then it is placed in water for a few hours. The outer shell is then removed. The gourd is placed in the sun to dry. When it is fully dry, it is cut into pieces for sponges. They have a rough surface. They can be used to clean away dead skin cells, which makes them a popular skin-product.1. shapes2. Uses3. colors4. pleasing5. meter6. food7. gourd8. containers9. water 10 skin-care.1.第一段第一句They grow some vegetables because their natural color or shape ispleasing to see.稍加变化及shape—shapes。
高考科学阅读练习20篇(附参考答案)1. 题目：生活中的科学现象参考答案：生活中的许多现象都有科学原理支持。
例如，为什么天空是蓝色的？这是因为空气中的气体分子散射了蓝色光，使天空呈现出蓝色。
了解这些科学现象可以帮助我们更好地理解和应用科学知识。
2. 题目：地球的运动参考答案：地球的运动包括自转和公转。
自转是指地球绕着自己的轴旋转，造成了昼夜的交替。
公转是指地球绕着太阳运动，形成了一年的时间。
3. 题目：人体免疫系统参考答案：人体免疫系统是一种复杂的防御机制，可以保护我们免受病原体的侵害。
免疫系统包括白血球、抗体等组成部分，可以识别和消灭有害的细菌和病毒。
4. 题目：植物光合作用参考答案：植物通过光合作用将太阳能转化为化学能，并释放出氧气。
光合作用是维持地球生态平衡的关键过程，也是植物生长和发育的重要途径。
5. 题目：基因工程技术参考答案：基因工程技术是一种通过对基因进行操作和改变来改良生物的方法。
它可以应用于农业、医学等领域，为人类带来巨大的益处和发展机会。
6. 题目：环境污染与保护参考答案：环境污染对人类和其他生物造成了严重的危害。
为了保护环境，我们应该采取各种措施，如减少污染物的排放、提倡可持续发展等。
7. 题目：能源与可再生能源参考答案：能源是推动社会发展的重要动力。
目前，传统能源资源日益枯竭，因此可再生能源成为了解决能源危机的重要途径，如太阳能、风能等。
8. 题目：基因与遗传参考答案：基因是生物体中确定遗传性状的基本单位。
遗传是由父母向子女传递基因的过程。
通过对基因的研究，我们可以更好地理解生物的遗传规律。
9. 题目：太阳系的行星参考答案：太阳系由太阳和八大行星组成，其中地球是我们居住的行星。
各个行星都有不同的特点和运行轨道，了解它们可以拓展我们对宇宙的认知。
10. 题目：人类与自然的关系参考答案：人类是地球上的一种生物，与自然密切相连。
保护自然环境、推动可持续发展是人类与自然和谐相处的重要任务。
2022年高考语文高考语文压轴题科普文章类文本阅读专项训练分类精编附解析一、科普文章类文本阅读1．阅读下面的文字，完成小题。
分子生物学家不怕公众问“你的研究有什么用”这样的问题，因为很多分子生物学的基础研究都有很强的实用性，几乎马上就可以指导医疗实践。
DNA修复机制的发现也不例外。
DNA修复涉及一系列蛋白质，如果其中任何一种不能正常合成，都可能导致DNA无法正常修复。
这样的病人身体里的DNA损伤会以比常人快得多的速度积累，患某种肿瘤的概率也就比一般人大得多。
在先天性DNA修复缺陷中，最有名的是着色性干皮病。
病人的核苷酸切除修复机制不能正常运作，因此无法修复由紫外线造成的DNA损伤，哪怕是最轻微的阳光，都可以让皮肤起疱、发干并长出大量雀斑。
病人100%会患皮肤癌，多在20岁之前离世。
现在已经知道这种病有多种亚型，分别对应不同的缺陷基因。
理论上讲，如果在产前能够检测这些基因是否存在缺陷，就可以避免生出有缺陷的新生儿。
当然，考虑到着色性干皮病的发病率只有二十五万分之一，目前对这种病进行产前基因检查的需求可能并不迫切。
相比之下更值得注意的是由先天性错配修复基因缺陷引起的遗传性非息肉性结直肠癌，这是遗传性结直肠癌中最常见的类型，在所有结直肠癌中占到2%-5%。
复旦大学的研究表明，在东亚人群中这种基因缺陷较为常见，因此一定还有很多携带者未被发现。
如果能通过基因检查确定为缺陷基因携带者，就可以早做预防，避免或推迟结直肠癌的发生。
事实上，即使是一般人，也可能因为体内某些细胞的DNA修复机制出现后天的缺陷，而患上肿瘤。
当这些修复机制不能正常运作之后，肿瘤细胞的DNA就更容易出现突变，肿瘤的恶性化程度也越高。
然而与此同时，肿瘤细胞的繁殖也更依赖于还能正常运作的修复机制。
如果这些修复机制也被破坏，DNA将更容易受到损伤，这样反而可以加快肿瘤细胞的死亡。
基于这一原理，科学家们从DNA修复相关蛋白质入手，筛选可以抑制其活性的肿瘤化疗药物，已经有了初步成绩。
高考语文自然科学类社会科学类文本阅读专项训练知识归纳总结及解析一、自然科学类社会科学类文本阅读1．阅读下面的文字，完成各题。
造像愿文是信众在造像发愿或者还愿时表达祈福禳灾及颂赞而撰写的文章。
从某种意义上来看，长江流域这些为数众多的佛教造像愿文，是敦煌佛教造像愿文在时空上的一种拓展和延续。
从时间上来看，敦煌佛教造像愿文从西魏延续到宋代初期；长江流域佛教造像愿文则主要涵盖元明清三代乃至民国初期。
从空间来看，敦煌佛教造像愿文的书写者主要活动于敦煌及其周边地区，长江流域佛教造像愿文的书写者则遍布于四川、贵州、湖北、湖南、江西、安徽为主的广大长江流域。
从愿文载体来看，敦煌佛教造像愿文一般写或者刻在主像下方的龛壁上，不可移动，观者可以直接看到。
长江流域佛教造像愿文主要以纸质或者丝麻织品为文本载体，用毛笔书写好之后折叠藏于造像背龛之内，然后以漆髹封，与整个造像浑然一体，不易被外人所发现。
从行文特征来看，敦煌佛教造像愿文除了记以外还有颂或铭。
铭或者颂在记之前，或长或短，以骈体文写作，辞藻华美，讲究用典，长江流域佛教造像愿文绝大部分都没有铭或者颂，文辞多浅显。
从出资造像行愿者的社会地位来看，敦煌佛教造像愿文一般都是社会中层以上的信众所写，而长江流域佛教造像愿文普遍都是社会底层百姓所为。
从愿文所包含的信息量来看，长江流域造像愿文与敦煌造像愿文，在信息类别和信息层面上，既有高度的趋同性，又呈现出不同时代的历史文化特征。
如在长江流域佛教造像愿文中，我们可以得知不少元明清时期有关人口迁徙以及南方商品经济发展的一些情况。
从行文格式来看，敦煌佛教造像愿文尚不稳定。
长江流域的佛教愿文则已经开始规范化，甚至出现了一些雕版印刷的填空式造像愿文。
长江流域所发现的明清佛教造像愿文中，可以看出绝大多数造像活动都是家庭或家族的集体行为。
而敦煌佛教造像愿文则显示其造像活动大多是个人行为，因而在题记中只记录单个的造像者姓名。
如果该造像者曾有过从政经历，则把官衔全部写上。
高考语文自然科学类社会科学类文本阅读专项训练之知识梳理与训练附答案一、自然科学类社会科学类文本阅读1．阅读下面的文字，完成4-6题。
材料一：据新京报报道，2019年11月3日，北京市朝阳医院急诊科接诊了两例患者，其体检样本经中国疾控中心检测，于11月12目中午确诊为肺鼠疫病例。
根据有关部门的要求，所有开设发热门诊的医疗机构，即日起重点筛查发热门诊就诊患者。
自2019年11月12日至2019年11月15日，在传播媒体中共有与鼠疫事件相关信息49，491条，其中来自微博的相关信息最多，总计26，295条，占比53.13%。
据舆情发展趋势显示，事件于11月12日晚发酵，13目热度达到顶峰，在北京市卫健委回应后，关注度逐渐下降。
此次事件中，“是否出现传染患者”“如何预防鼠疫”“鼠疫如何传播”成为网友舆论的焦点，“病例”“北京市”“患者”等词出现频率较高；因媒体的科普，“旱獭”、“跳蚤”也成为了大家热议的主题词。
此次事件中，中性情绪占比82.21%，负面情绪占比17.18%。
(摘编自新浪网)材料二:鼠疫又称黑死病，属于甲型传染病。
鼠疫起病急、病程短、传染性强、传播速度快，未及时治疗的情况下病死率可达50%-80%。
个人防范应注意防止跳蚤叮咬，避免接触动物尸体，避免密切接触肺鼠疫患者；如突现发热、寒战、淋巴结发炎肿痛或呼吸急促且伴有咳嗽或血痰等症状，应及早就医。
如今已有有效药物对症治疗鼠疫，尽管鼠疫会造成极高的死亡率，但是鼠疫杆菌对外界抵抗力较弱，对干燥、高温和一般消毒剂都很敏感，阳光直射或摄氏100度煮沸1分钟均可杀死细菌。
最有效的对症治疗药物是抗生素，主要是链霉素。
无论是中国还是世界其他国家的鼠疫治疗都表明，链霉素是对付鼠疫的首选药物，无论对哪一型鼠疫都有效，只是用量对应不同鼠疫类型有差异。
肺鼠疫和败血型鼠疫用药量大，腺鼠疫及其他各型鼠疫用药量较小。
不论哪一型鼠疫，早期、足量给药，再加上一般性治疗，如急性发热期病人应给予易消化、高蛋白、高维生素的流质或丰流质饮食，肿大淋巴结的局部治疗初期多采用冷敷法，就可以有效治疗鼠疫。
板块精练一、阅读下面的文字，完成1～4题。
在所有关于世博会的消息中，也许最令人震惊的是2000年汉诺威博览会主办者给上海的建议：“不要过高估计观众的热情。
”这至少应该算是一个忠言，因为来源于汉诺威自己的惨痛经历是：预测参观人数从4 000万直落到2 500万，而最后的实际人数则只有1 800万。
事实上，发达国家举办的世博会人数在1970年大阪的6 420万人的顶点之后确实在逐年下降。
甚至那些举办过世博会的城市也在哀悼它的衰落，《西雅图邮报》的专栏作家比尔·维真(Bill Virgin)认为：“现代意义上的世界博览会，一部分是游乐园，一部分是旅游吸引点，一部分是形象改造和公关，一部分是工业成果展示，还有一部分是社会事件。
可如今，它在所有这些方面都不能有效地完成任务。
”因为所有这些功能都已经有了更专门更好的东西：比如主题公园和大型游乐场，互联网和电视，广告和直销。
维真的解释有点简单。
因为世博会的真正基础一直建立在“时代的希望与欲望”之上，它的基本主题也一直落在通过技术进步展望人类未来上。
对于一个时代的观众来说，新技术所代表的首先不是一个国家的工业能力，而是“人类”的新鲜未来。
也许正是这一点，上海为国际展览局带来了新的希望；另一方面，上海在现时正在越来越构成一个全世界市场的中心，身在这个市场中的中国观众至少仍然保持着巨大的热情，这种巨大的消费热情放大着关于市场的意义。
上海也不是没有自己的问题。
尽管经过“权威”部门的测算，2010年上海世博会的人数将达到创纪录的7 000万，直接收入将超过90亿人民币。
但还有预测高达250亿人民币的直接投入。
如果简单将90亿和250亿这两个数字类比，意味着上海世博会的亏损将超过2000年汉诺威世博会的整个投资(18亿美元)，接近1998年里斯本世博会亏损数(5.5亿美元)的4倍。
按这种算法：上海能从世博会上直接收回的钱将不会达到它所花去的4成，如果再把政府慷慨拿出的1亿旨在赞助贫困国家参展的美元基金考虑在内，显然申办者对2010年世博会经济收益的重视远逊于它可能的社会效益。
一、高中英语任务型阅读1．阅读下列短文并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词，每空格1词。
A 2014 study found that readers of a short mystery story on a Kindle were significantly worse at remembering the order of events than those who read the same story in paperback.The brain reads by constructing a mental representation of the text based on the placement of the page in the book and the word on the page. The tactile (触觉的) experience of a book aids this process, from the thickness of the pages in your hands as you progress through the story to the placement of a word on the page.Surveys about the use of e-readers suggests that this affects a reader's sense of control. The inability to turn back to previous pages or control the text physically, either through making written notes or bending pages, limits one's sensory experience and thus reduces long-term memory of the text.Before the Internet, the brain read in a linear (线状的) fashion, taking advantage of sensory details to remember where key information was in the book by layout.As we increasingly read on screens, our reading habits have adapted to skim a text rather than really absorb its meaning. A 2006 study found that people read on screens in a "F" pattern, reading the entire top line but then only scanning through the text along the left side of the page. This sort of nonlinear reading reduces comprehension and actually makes it more difficult to focus the next time you sit down with a longer piece of text.Tufts University neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf worries that "the superficial way we read during the day is affecting us when we have to read with more in-depth processing." Individuals are increasingly finding it difficult to sit down and involve themselves deeply in a novel. As a result, some researchers and literature-lovers have started a "slow reading" movement, as a way to counteract their difficulty making it through a book.Slow-reading advocates recommend at least 30 to 45 minutes of daily reading away from the distractions of modern technology. By doing so, the brain can reengage with linear reading. The benefits of making slow reading a regular habit are numerous, reducing stress and improving your ability to concentrate.Reading an old-fashioned novel is also linked to improving sleep. When many of us spend our days in front of screens, it can be hard to signal to our body that it's time to sleep. By reading a paper book about an hour before bed, your brain enters a new zone, distinct from that enacted by reading on an e-reader.miss；easy /easier；stressed /anxious /worried；sleep【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了阅读纸质书籍有助于对书内容的理解，对比了阅读纸质书籍和电子书籍这两种阅读习惯，说明了慢读和阅读纸质书籍的好处。
高三语文科技文阅读训练题为了应对今年我省高考科技文阅读测试题型的新变化，特组织我市部分骨干教师编拟了以下练习题。
请各校根据学生的语文能力情况，有所选择地使用以下练习材料。
由于时间紧迫，纰漏在所难免，请注意辨析。
参与本次练习题编拟的老师有：戴松宣（厦门一中）、纪明华（厦门二中）、龚恒慈（厦门六中）、林婉卿（双十中学）、黄亮生（外国语学校）、陈丰辉（大同中学）、周亚芬（松柏中学）、刘吉英（集美中学）、李莉莉（同安一中）。
（厦门市教科院语文科）科技文阅读训练题阅读下面文字材料，根据要求答题。
（一）俄科研人员发现，玉米基因ugt能控制植物生长素酶的合成。
他们将ugt基因植入山杨、白杨和雪松中，获得了转基因的山杨、白杨和雪松。
经多年试验证明，含ugt玉米基因的山杨、白杨和雪松的生长速度已大大增加。
在中国，至少有7个省栽种着100多万株转基因白杨树，这些树有着很强的自卫能力，害虫吃这些树的树叶，等于自杀。
这种白杨树拥有非同寻常的自卫系统，也就是一种生物工程炸弹——苏云金杆菌，简称Bt。
这种细菌的基因转入树木后，树木可产生抗虫毒素。
据中国研究人员报告，除了白杨外，类似的转基因树种还有落叶松以及胡桃树等。
在美国，至少有69个转基因树木野外试验获得批准，试验的树有三种：松树、白杨和胡桃树。
根据美国农业部的统计，大部分野外试验场的面积不超过2英亩。
按照美国农业部的规定，试验用的这些树必须接受严格监督，绝对不能长到开花、授粉的阶段。
迄今为止，已有一种转基因的树——夏威夷番木瓜树获准开始商业种植。
任何新生事物只要有人支持就会有人反对，有些专家警告说，这种技术也会带来危险。
杰克逊博士忧心忡忡地说：“可以肯定地说，我们并没有做好理解转基因树木的潜在风险的准备，只是巨大的商业压力推动这项研究不断深入。
坦白地说，总结出转基因树木可带来哪些经济利益，这很容易，但要总结出未来人类将付出哪些代价，如果发生意料之外的事，人类需要多长时间才能纠正错误，则困难得多。
专题2 科普类文本阅读整体阅读指导1．科普文章已进入新高考信息性阅读的命题范围。
如2020新高考Ⅱ卷选用了有关微生物的科普文章。
2．命题所选用的材料，具有知识丰富、可读性强、探究点较多等特点。
从考查的趋势看，选材既注重文本的真实性和实用性，又贴近现实生活，体现了时代特色。
3．科普类文本阅读考查形式灵活，一般为选择题与简答题相结合，文字材料与图表材料相结合，信息归纳与文体特征考查合理搭配，考查形式多种多样，创新题型屡见高考试卷。
阅读导引一、科普文章的基本概念科学是人类认识世界的工具，是人类文化的重要组成部分，是推动人类文明发展的主要动力，是人类文明的主要标志，而优秀的科普作品不但传播科学知识，弘扬科学精神，还能激发人们探求世界、认识世界、改造世界的兴趣。
科普文章就是把已有的科学知识、科学方法，以及融于其中的科学思想和精神，通过文字的方式表达出来，使之成为读者所能理解的文章。
二、科普文章的一般分类科普文章大致可分为两种：一是科学说明文，二是科学小品。
高考大多选用科学小品。
科学小品是一种以科学为题材，带有文学色彩的科技说明文，形式简短，内容通俗，语言既准确简明又形象生动，融知识性与趣味性于一体。
三、科普文章的基本特征1．内容的科学性。
内容必须合乎科学，引用的资料必须可靠，数据必须准确。
2．文笔的生动性。
生动性体现在善于记叙和描写，善于穿插趣闻，善于运用修辞。
3．内容的通俗性。
它以普及科学知识为己任，所以它必须深入浅出，通俗易懂地解释、介绍、表现科学知识。
四、科普文章的阅读方法其文本阅读根据呈现方式的不同，可分为以图文结合方式呈现的文本和不同文本材料的纯文字文本的信息组合体两类，这些文本紧密围绕同一主题，材料之间形成一种互补的关系，考查考生快速完成对碎片化信息的筛选，用连贯的逻辑思维把握其内在关联，用批判性思维去审视和判断来源不同的信息的能力。
混合类文本阅读与论述类文本阅读解题步骤有类似之处，可采用三个步骤。
高考任务型阅读专项训练(1)请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意：每空不超过6个单词。
A listener has written from China for advice about how to lose weight. Michael in Shanghai says he is 26 and has battled obesity for most of his life.Obesity , a severe weight problem, is a complex condition. A doctor may advise taking medicine along with changing one’s behaviors. Experts say that the most successful weight—loss plans include a well-balanced diet and exercise.People who want to avoid weight gain have to balance the number of calories they eat with the number of calories they use. To lose weight, you can reduce the number of calories you take in, increase the number you use, or both.A recent study looked at four of the most popular dieting plans in the US. Researchers at Stanford University in California studied over 300 overweight women, mostly in their thirties and forties. Each woman went on one of the four plans: Atkins, The Zone, Ornish or LEARN. The women attended diet classes and received written information about the food plans.At the end of the year, the women on the Atkins diet had lost the most, more than four and one-half kilograms on average. They also did better on tests for cholesterol levels and blood pressure.Christopher Gardner, who led the study, says the Atkins diet may be more successful because of its simple message to eat less sugar. He also says that the advice to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals. He says that there was not enough money to study men, but that men would probably have similar results.Last week, another report based on thirty-one studies suggested that only a small minority of people have long-term success with dieting. Most dieters regained their lost weight within five years and often they become more overweight. But those who kept the weight off generally were the ones who exercised.Title: 1.___________to lose weightKey:1. Proper ways2. changing one’s behaviors3. weight-loss4. take in5. exercise6. increase7. Ornish8. another report9. regain 10. losing weight(2)We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming (把…按能力分班)pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade! Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect for their total personality.We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teachingcontributes to all these aspects of learning.In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to cooperate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do advanced work: it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.Key:1. academic ability2. social skills3. mixed-ability4. take into account5. discourage6. contribute to7. leadership skills 8. personal problems 9. effectively10. as well as(3)There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external (外在的) result or a product that can easily be identified and measured．The worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language—all these examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts．By contrast (对照), the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way．The process is not the road itself, but the attitudes, feelings people have, and their caution or courage, as they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficulties．In this process, the journey never really ends；there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept．In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first．How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is necessary for our ability to grow．Do we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, we tend to take more chances and be more open to unfamiliar experiences．Do we think we’re shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and we think we are slow to adapt (适应) change or that we’re not smart enough to dea l with a new challenge．Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all．These feelings of insecurity (不安全) and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow．If we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing．We become trapped inside a shell of our own making．Key:1. Growth2. measured3. much more difficult4. get a rise5. their grades6. caution or courage7. in new ways 8. new challenges 9. take risks10. unfamiliar experiences(4)Without most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market, which are capable of doing the work that used to be done by much larger and expensive computers, so now most smaller companies can use themThe main development in small computers has been in the field of word processors (处理器) , or WPS as they are often called. 40% of British offices are now estimated to have a word processor and this percentage is growing fast.There are many advantages in using a word processor for both secretary and manager. The secretary is freed from a lot of daily work, such as re-typing letters and storing papers. He or she can use this time to do other more interesting work for the boss. From a manager’s point of view, secretarial time is being made better use of and money can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours.But is it all good? If a lot of daily secretarial work can be done automatically, surely this will mean that fewer secretaries will be needed. Another worry is the increasing medical problems related to work with visual display units (显示器). The case of a slow loss of sight among people using word processors seems to have risen greatly. It is also feared that if a woman works at a VDU for long hours, the unborn child in her body might be killed. Safety screens to put over a VDU have been invented but few companies in England bother to buy them.Whatever the arguments for and against word processor, they are a key feature (特征) of this revolution in office practice.Key:1. replace2. most smaller companies3.improved4.disadvantages5.daily work6. The boss/manager7.money 8. secretaries 9. lose sight 10.might be killed(5)阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后71-80小题的空格里添上适当的单词或短语。
