[单项选择]The passage suggests that the author would most probably agree with which of the following assessments of optical computing in its present form


A. Although the future of optical computing is impressive, its applications are too limited in scope to justify much optimism.
B. The outlook of its development is positive on the surface, but many claims made about it are misleading.
C. Efforts to develop the technology have been sufficiently positive to maintain the interest of electrical engineers and physicists.
D. Because of design flaws, the task of developing optical computing will require greater resources than are presently available.
E. (E) The state of development of optical computing is too contradictory to allow for an easy assessment of its future.

The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases (21) the trial of Rosemary West.
In a significant (22) of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a (23) bill that will propose making payments to witnesses (24) and will strictly control the amount of (25) that can be given to a case (26) a trial begins
In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee. Lord Irvine said he (27) with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not (28) sufficient control.
(29) of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a (30) of media protest when he said the (31) of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges (32) to Parliament.
The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Righ
A. as to
B. for instance
C. in particular
D. such as

The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. 61) All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become "better" people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.
But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. 62) Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out -- often encouraged by college administrators.
Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves -- they are spoiled