2021年6月17日大学英语四一课一练阅读理解4-1

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In such a changing,complex society formerly simple solutions to informational needs become complicated.Many of life’s problems which were solved by asking family members,friends or colleagues are beyond the capability of the extended family to resolve.Where to turn for expert information and how to determine which expert advice to accept are questions facing many people today.
In addition to this,there is the growing mobility of people since World War II.As families move away from their stable community,their friends of many years,their extended family relationships,1:the informal flow of information is cut off,and with it the confidence that information will be available when needed and will be trustworthy and reliable.The almost unconscious flow of information about the simplest aspects of living can be cut off.Thus,things once learned subconsciously through the causal communications of the extended family must be consciously learned.
Adding to societal changes today is an enormous stockpile of information.The individual now has more information available than any other generation,2:and the task of finding that one piece of information relevant to his or her specific problem is complicated,time-consuming and sometimes even overwhelming.
Coupled with the growing quantity of information is the development of technologies which enable the storage and delivery of more information with greater speed to more locations than has ever been possible before.Computer technology makes it possible to store vast amounts of date in machine-readable files,and to program computers to locate specific information.Telecommunications developments enable the sending of messages via television,radio,and very shortly,3:electronic mail to bombard people with multitudes of messages.Satellites have extended the power of communications to report events at the instant of occurrence.Expertise can be shared worldwide through teleconferencing,and problems in dispute can be settled without the participants leaving their homes and/or jobs to travel to a distant conference site.4:Technology has facilitated the sharing of the information and the storage and delivery of information,thus making more information available to more people.
In this world of change and complexity,the need for information is of greatest importance.5:Those people who have accurate,reliable up-to-date information to solve the day-to-day problems,the critical problems of their business,social and family life,will survive and succeed.”Knowledge is power”may well be the truest saying and access to information may be the most critical requirement of all people.

全文翻译：
在如今形成的这个变化复杂的社会，解决信息需求的方式变得十分。我们的许多生活问题都是靠向家人、朋友，同事询问才解决的。但是有些问题超出了家庭能力的范围。当下人们面临的问题就是到哪里去寻求专家信息，以及该接受哪些专家的建议。
除此之外，自第二次世界大战以来，人口的流动性越来越大。当一个家庭离开他们原来稳定的社区，离开他们多年的朋友和扩展的家庭关系，方便的信息交流被切断了，随之而去的是对在需要时能获得可靠和值得信赖的信息的信心。因此，曾经通过大家庭的随意交流而在潜意识中学习到的东西现在必须有意识地学习。
现在社会发生了许多变化，也成了一个巨大的信息库。个人能够得到的信息比任何其他时代的人都多，而找到与他/她的特定问题相关的那一点信息的任务不仅复杂、耗时，有时甚至令人难以招架。
与信息量不断增长并行的是技术的发展，它使得信息存贮传输到另一个地方比以往任何时候都快。计算机技术使将大量数据存储在机器可读的文件中成为可能，也可以通过计算机编程来找到特定的信息。电子讯息的发展使得通过电视、无线电发送信息成为可能，很快，电子邮件就会用大量的信息轰炸人们。有了卫星，通讯的能力又扩大了，事件发生的一瞬间就能够得到报告。通过远程会议，专家的意见可以在全世界范围内分享，争论的问题也可以得到解决，同时与会者也不必离开他们的家庭或工作跑到一个遥远的开会地点。技术促进了信息的共享,储存和传递，从而使更多的人能够得到更多的信息.在这个变化和复杂的世界里，对信息的需求是最重要的。那些利用准确、可靠的最新信息来解决日常问题，企业、社会和家庭生活中的关键问题的人，将会生存和成功。“知识就是力量”可能是最真实的说法，获取信息可能是所有人最关键的需求。