Withoutmostpeoplerealizingit,therehasbeenarevolutioninofficeworkoverthelasttenyears.Beforethattime,largecomputerswereonlyusedbylarge,richcompaniesthatcouldaffordtheinvestment.Withtheadvancementoftechnology,
Withoutmostpeoplerealizingit,therehasbeenarevolutioninofficeworkoverthelasttenyears.Beforethattime,largecomputerswereonlyusedbylarge,richcompaniesthatcouldaffordtheinvestment.Withtheadvancementoftechnology,smallcomputershavecomeontothemarket,whicharecapableofdoingtheworkthatusedtobedonebymuchlargerandexpensivecomputers,sonowmostsmallercompaniescanusethem
Themaindevelopmentinsmallcomputershasbeeninthefieldofwordprocessors（处理器）,orWPSastheyareoftencalled.60%ofBritishofficesarenowestimatedtohaveawordprocessorandthispercentageisgrowingfast.
Therearemanyadvantagesinusingawordprocessorforbothsecretaryandmanager.Thesecretaryisfreedfromalotofdailywork,suchasre-typinglettersandstoringpapers.Heorshecanusethistimetodoothermoreinterestingworkfortheboss.Fromamanager’spointofview,secretarialtimeisbeingmadebetteruseofandmoneycanbesavedbydoingdailyjobsautomaticallyoutsideofficehours.
Butisitallgood?Ifalotofdailysecretarialworkcanbedoneautomatically,surelythiswillmeanthatfewersecretarieswillbeneeded.Anotherworryistheincreasingmedicalproblemsrelatedtoworkwithvisualdisplayunits（显示器）.Thecaseofaslowlossofsightamongpeopleusingwordprocessorsseemstohaverisengreatly.ItisalsofearedthatifawomanworksataVDUforlonghours,theunbornchildinherbodymightbekilled.SafetyscreenstoputoveraVDUhavebeeninventedbutfewcompaniesinEnglandbothertobuythem.
Whatevertheargumentsforandagainstwordprocessor,theyareakeyfeatureofthisrevolutioninofficepractice.
小题1:Tenyearsago,smallercompaniesdidnotuselargecomputersbecause_________.A．thesecompanieshadnotenoughmoneytobuysuchexpensivecomputersB．thesecomputerscouldnotdotheworkthatsmallcomputerscandotodayC．thesecomputersdidnotcomeontothemarketD．thesecompaniesdidnotneedtousethisnewtechnology小题2:Accordingtothewriter,themainfeatureoftherevolutioninofficeworkoverthelast tenyearsis__________.A．thesavingoftimeandmoney