87-The passage emphasises that ………. .
A)until recent developments, the voice synthesiser was almost useless
B)recent developments have made the voice synthesiser more lifelike
C)anyone who can use a laptop computer should use a voice synthesiser
D)urgency and irony are difficult for most people to convey
E)someday we will all be able to speak using computers
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean world from about 500 B.C. to about 500 A.D., almost a
millennium. From a base around Rome, it spread out to cover North Africa, the Middle East and
Northern Europe. It had a complex governmental structure and a bureaucracy which enabled it to
administer the areas it conquered. The people surrounding the Empire were barbarians and nomads.
Some of these, who were semi-Romanised, were used as buffer states in defence of the Empire,
which, to some extent, ensured its existence for centuries. Towards the end of the Empire's rule, some
of these buffer states revolted. The final collapse occurred when the German and Slavic barbarians
from the buffer states broke through the defences and the Roman Empire fell to the Germans.
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