| 完形填空 I'm about to talk of the negative effects of technology. 1 , I don't know 2 these effects are bad or not but someone should be discussing them when they talk about technology. Most of them are about 3 problems. First of all, it is 4 to communicate with machines but not people. When we ring up for help, we have to go through a pile of 5 into our telephone to get some information. We get some 6 phone reply messages: if you want this, press one; if you want this, press two; if you want this, press 99; if you want to 7 , press "﹟" and you sit there and gradually get 8 in the face, angrier and angrier. This kind of thing is very 9 and is bound to cause something bad. So this is a problem of technology because even with a simple telephone, you used to get a 10 at the other end who says how can I help you,which made you feel 11 . The second one is about taking 12 the work done by people. We used to have people do a lot of jobs and now we have got 13 . They build cars, and they build them very well because they don't get 14 , they can work 24 hours a day, they generally don't 15 ; they don't get ill; they don't have 16 and so they needn't ask for at least half a year's leave. The trouble is the people who did those jobs. What are they to do? Those workers' life is 17 . Have you ever seen a typist lately? That is one sitting in a shop with typewriters typing letters to make a 18 . No, it's 19 . Everybody does their own letters on a computer and presses buttons, and it 20 and so forth. | ||||
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