The uses for multimedia are so vast that the term has confused many people. Roughly s

peaking, multimedia may be viewed as applications that operate within a media-rich, digital environment on the desktop, over local networks via telecommunications. As a result, the term “multimedia” takes on vastly different meanings to different groups of people. The real value of the term is that it serves as a common vision for the direction of new visual communication opportunities and markets-a vision where the barriers to communication and self-expression in media have been removed.

(1).From the first paragraph we may conclude that multimedia are ().

A.desktop computers

B.applications

C.telecommunications over LAN

D.digital environment

(2).What kind of barrier do we have before the advent of multimedia ()？

A.Expression barrier

B.Difference in definition

C.Market barrier

D.Difficulties in VOD

(3).Which of the following can’t be interpreted as multimedia()？

A.Media-rich, digital storage

B.High degree of data structure

C.High level of interactivity

D.Passive communications

(4).The author tends to think VOD movies as ().

A.multimedia application

B.delivery of sequential information

C.our definition of multimedia

D.parallel communications

(5).The best title of passage is ().

A.The Uses of Multimedia

B.Broadband Multimedia Communication

C.What Multimedia Are Like

D.Multimedia Services