[填空题]explosion

[多项选择]Coping with the Knowledge Explosion
In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instruction may result in a loss of marks.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

[简答题]Like the population explosion, the scientific and technological revolution began to pick up speed slowly during the eighteenth century. And this ongoing revolution has also suddenly accelerated exponentially. For example, it is now an axiom in many fields of science that more new and important discoveries have taken place in the last ten years than in the entire previous history of science. While no single discovery has had the kind of effect on our relationship to the earth that nuclear weapons have had on our relationship to warfare, it is nevertheless true that taken together, they have completely transformed our cumulative ability to exploit the earth for sustenance—making the consequences of unrestrained exploitation every bit as unthinkable as the consequences of unrestrained nuclear war.

[填空题]With the explosion of excitement about the Internet, there seems to be another type of addiction that has invaded the human psyche.
I. Internet addiction or computer addiction: what to name the phenomenon
1) Internet Addiction Disorder
-- Some people seem to be too excited about the Internet.
2) Computer Addiction
-- Many people are attached only to their computers and don’t care about the Internet.
3) Cyberspace Addiction
-- an addiction to (1) ______ of experience created through computer engineering
-- many subtypes with (2) ______
·some are game and competition oriented
·some fulfill more (3) ______
·some are an extension of workaholicism
Ⅱ. Normal enthusiasm and abnormal preoccupation: where to draw the line
1) Addictions can be healthy, unhealthy or (4) ______.
-- healthy: an outlet for learning, creativity and self-expression
-- unhealthy: serious disturbances in one’s ability to f

[单项选择]With the population explosion, scientists will have to（）new methods of increasing the world's food supply.
A. come up with
B. carry out
C. lead to
D. stick to

[填空题]At that time the chemical explosion was thought to be_______________.

[填空题]The explosion of the first atomic device opened the nuclear age,______(这永远地改变了世界).

[单项选择]

The communications explosion is on the scale of the rail, automobile or telephone revolution. Very soon you’ll be able to record your entire life (1) —anything a microphone or a camera can sense you’ Il be able to (2) . In particular, the number of images a person captures in a lifetime is set to rise exponentially. The thousand (3) a year I take of my children on a digital camera are all precious to me. (4) a generation’ s time, my children’ s children will have total image documentation of their entire lives—a (5) log of tremendous personal value.
By then we’ll be wrestling with another question: how we control all the electronic (6) connected to the internet: trillions of PCs, laptops, cell phones and other gadgets. In Cambridge, we’re already working (7) millimetre-square computing and sensing devices that can be linked to the internet through the radio network. This sort
A. contacts
B. communications
C. conversations
D. interactions