A great deal of attention is being paid today to the so-called digital divide--the division of the world into the info(information) rich and the info poor. And that __1__ does exist today. My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago. What was less __2__ then, however, were the new, positive __3__ that work against the digital divide. __4__,there are reasons to be __5__.
: ~3 }! e Z8 k# |& L7 d There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow. As the Internet becomes more and more __6__, it is in the interest of business to universalize access-after all, the more people online, the more potential __7__ there are. More and more __8__, afraid their countries will be left __9__, want to spread Internet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be __10__ together. As a result, I now believe the digital divide will __11__ rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for __12__ world poverty that we’ve ever had.
8 ^5 t( |+ I/ b. \ Of course, the use of the Internet isn’t the only way to __13__ poverty. And the Internet is not the only tool we have. But it has __14__ potential.
6 |- |/ J# p; v1 E1 u* O% g To __15__ advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices __16__ respect to foreign investment. Countries that still think foreign investment is a/an __17__ of their sovereignty might well study the history of __18__ (the basic structural foundations of a society) in the United States. When the United States built its industrial infrastructure, it didn’t have the capital to do so. And that is __19__ America’s Second Wave infrastructure-__20__ roads, harbors, highways, ports and so on-were built with foreign investment.) U) U5 @0 }2 E7 R" \' f4 Y# H
__1. A) divide B) information C) world D) lecture, c1 F. B2 K w
__2. A) obscure B) visible C) invisible D) indistinct( n0 W+ d8 N) F+ g" k
__3. A) forces B) obstacles C) events D) surprises) v; O% g2 a" _
__4. A) Seriously B) Entirely C) Actually D) Continuously
4 X/ |3 q" r. w, s0 y1 ?3 h __5. A) negative B) optimistic C) pleasant D) disappointed
$ L& T) D% y0 j1 ]5 N2 l% m __6. A) developed B) centralized C) realized D) commercialized
% \6 R# K( b, R" ?+ g __7. A) users B) producers C) customers D) citizens5 e$ g$ r6 q$ V3 R& _6 i+ [
__8. A) enterprises B) governments C) officials D) customers
% X* R9 S- f* g3 a" Q* w __9. A) away B) for C) aside D) behind
# c z3 O/ \' n, @ __10. A) netted B) worked C) put D) organized) s; p$ F8 a; R: V' x8 ~9 w
__11. A) decrease B) narrow C) neglect D) low
3 V0 a! W% a* S+ a, e2 Y __12. A) containing B) preventing C) keeping D) combating( B2 R5 H" ]$ v+ S1 K
__13. A) win B) detail C) defeat D) fear1 U' c& b0 n) {
__14. A) enormous B) countless C) numerical D) big
- p9 F% S5 J0 v2 j+ W __15. A) bring B) keep C) hold D) take
+ C& H) |- c0 Y9 c9 j. t# p+ a __16. A) at B) with C) of D) for
+ s z$ h3 A5 j3 A" ~" G# q" L __17. A) offence B) investment C) invasion D) insult1 l$ u( u: u- Q4 R/ i. s1 j$ t
__18. A) construction B) facility C) infrastructure D) institution
$ [5 f. A! N0 ^. g" E/ y __19. A) why B) where C) when D) how
7 L: y$ i6 Y. n8 k' D __20. A) concerning B) concluding C) according D) including 参考答案:) M H b9 D% v; K) w
1.A 由文中第一行的digital divide得出答案。4 k; A$ T f$ ^
2.B obscure模糊的,不清楚的;visible看得见的,明显的;invisible看不见的;indistinct不清楚的,模糊的。空格前的less已有否定意义. ^4 |) V9 K- f% }" F
3.A force力量,武力;obstacle障碍;event事件;surprise惊奇,诧异。句意:现在有新的、乐观的力量来对抗数字鸿沟。) o; K1 S' x7 H, x7 g
4.C seriously认真地;entirely完全的;actually实际上;continuously 连续地。/ X+ ?. R. c0 O7 T, N+ Y
5.B negative消极的;optimistic乐观的;pleasant令人愉快的; disappointed令人失望的。前文说有积极的力量在对抗数字鸿沟的不利因素,因此,实 际上我们有理由保持乐观的态度。
( ^& p* S U% N: F 6.D develop发展;centralize集中;realize认识到;commercialize使商业化,由下文“网络有利于商业途径的普及”,可知此处表述的意思是网络越来越商业化。in the interest of...为了...的利益. i |: Q8 Z1 w* ?) {1 B
7.C user使用者;producer生产者;customer消费者;citizen公民。句意:越多的人上网就有越多的潜在消费者。 ^: l' Y' X9 m0 q
8.B enterprise企业,事业;government政府;official官员;句意:越来越多的政府害怕他们的国家...
0 [7 V+ O% h9 D$ z' ?. U' f 9.D leave behind 留下,超过
, a0 ]& B& U B8 n 与leave相关的短语:leave aside把某事搁置一边
; @ L- A- U( c( e5 Y0 P leave out 省去,遗漏,不考虑
q! s& V& D- x& |$ c leave off 停止,不再穿/ S8 ?+ N# A4 b. H4 D# E( A& E
10.A 网络把人们联系在一起,选netted+ m- n4 W$ c# q/ Y
11.B decrease减少,narrow变窄;neglect忽视,疏忽;low降低 句意:因此,我现在认为数字鸿沟是在变窄而不是在拓宽
8 `/ ]3 T$ R2 c% r3 a 12.D contain包含,容纳;prevent防止,阻止;keep保留,保持;combat战斗,搏斗( Q* K# t+ B# P% D* i, O7 G5 G
13.C win赢得;detail详述,细说;defeat击败,战胜;fear畏惧。2 d8 \; Z" @/ {; T, V
14.A enormous巨大的;countless无数的;numerical数字的。potential作名词为不可数,不能用countless修饰,big一般表示尺寸、数字、范围上的大。" R! |# i+ c! S1 A
15.D take advantage of 利用 |