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四.閱讀測驗 Passage 1 The invention of the electric telegraph gave birth to the communications industry. Although Samuel B. Morse succeeded inmaking the invention useful in 1837, it was not until 1843 that the first telegraph line of consequence was constructed. By 1860more than 50,000 miles of lines connected people east of the Rockies. The following year, San Francisco was added to thenetwork.The national telegraph network fortified the ties between East and West and contributed to the repaid expansion of therailroads by providing an efficient means to monitor schedules and routes. Furthermore, the extension of the telegraph, combinedwith the invention of the steam-driven rotary printing press by Richard M. Hoe in 1846, revolutionized the world of journalism.Where the business of news gathering had been dependent upon the mail and on hand-operated presses, the telegraph expandedthe amount of information a newspaper could supply and allowed for more timely reporting. The establishment of the AssociatedPress as a central wire service in 1846 marked the advent of a new era in journalism.
37. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
(A) Morse’s invention did not immediately achieve its full potential
(B) Morse did not make a significant contribution to the communications industry
(C) the extension of the telegraph was more important than its invention
(D) journalists have the Associated Press to thank for the birth of the communications industry

參考答案

答案：A
難度：適中0.596774
統計：A(37),B(5),C(7),D(9),E(0)

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