2011英语专业四级考试：完型篇模拟试题(5)

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　　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__.
0 Q. n+ q1 g( z9 ~. S6 ]/ R* W4 a! H1 @　　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.
0 c" ^- ~6 f$ f& b! R  L$ P　　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.
　　To __15__ advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices __16__ respect to foreign investment.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.
　　__1. A) divide B) information C) world D) lecture
　　__2. A) obscure B) visible C) invisible D) indistinct
　　__3. A) forces B) obstacles C) events D) surprises
$ P# y0 |9 a! v' L- ]　　__4. A) Seriously B) Entirely C) Actually D) Continuously
) I, `+ _0 ]. G+ {, `* u0 d　　__5. A) negative B) optimistic C) pleasant D) disappointed
　　__6. A) developed B) centralized C) realized D) commercialized
1 y( v$ m2 t0 J$ q/ E% S5 E　　__7. A) users B) producers C) customers D) citizens
, A# Y7 a( s5 G6 F8 c* o" E　　__8. A) enterprises B) governments C) officials D) customers
6 b; I7 z  Z" x5 F& G: H4 {　　__9. A) away B) for C) aside D) behind
1 u1 h/ _2 k7 I7 Y　　__10. A) netted B) worked C) put D) organized
# h0 m- a' g: X( b　　__11. A) decrease B) narrow C) neglect D) low
　　__12. A) containing B) preventing C) keeping D) combating
% \% p, Q+ R# O/ H( C! }　　__13. A) win B) detail C) defeat D) fear
8 f: s) f) ?9 h& D4 P" z　　__14. A) enormous B) countless C) numerical D) big
: ~9 N7 F% U  C2 V; ~2 d7 B　　__15. A) bring B) keep C) hold D) take
　　__16. A) at B) with C) of D) for
( B0 [8 T! N5 m' q* j( v　　__17. A) offence B) investment C) invasion D) insult
+ ^. S: _2 W) L! l/ f　　__18. A) construction B) facility C) infrastructure D) institution
　　__19. A) why B) where C) when D) how
0 a5 W9 E) }( Z3 d　　__20. A) concerning B) concluding C) according D) including
  A& K1 Q7 G2 G6 B/ I/ G8 _7 t　　参考答案：
1 r& n0 _0 ?0 W0 U1 _! l2 u　　1.A 由文中第一行的digital divide得出答案。
　　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
　　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。
0 `! N& f" m+ _' `$ P0 C+ R8 A+ v6 M3 V　　4.C seriously认真地;entirely完全的;actually实际上;continuously 连续地。
　　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。
　　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...的利益转自:考试网 - [Examw.Com]
+ N& I  F! o6 D$ x- F3 N　　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。
　　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...
　　9.D leave behind 留下，超过
　　与leave相关的短语：leave aside把某事搁置一边
　　leave out 省去，遗漏，不考虑
2 C1 U, M, l5 u' y1 n　　leave off 停止，不再穿
) X% o  z; ^$ N; \　　10.A 网络把人们联系在一起，选netted
　　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
/ f: ]$ l5 h/ w5 C1 k% _7 p　　12.D contain包含，容纳;prevent防止，阻止;keep保留，保持;combat战斗，搏斗
7 E4 S0 i/ X8 M. r8 X; I8 J　　13.C win赢得;detail详述，细说;defeat击败，战胜;fear畏惧。
1 A1 |9 Q. B1 t5 @8 U$ _' ?1 n　　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。
# S. r, W) j: O: l1 E3 d　　15.D take advantage of 利用
6 r- O/ l3 H& E/ n' r　　16.B with respect to 关于，至于 with也可换成in.表示关于的还有with regard to,concerning等。
　　17.C offence冒犯;investment投资;invasion入侵;insult侮辱
　　18.C construction建筑;facility设备;infrastructure基础设施;institution公共机构，制度。从后文中出现的infrastructure可以轻易得到答案。
　　19.A 表语从句，表示原因，“这也就是为什么...”
7 r, V" s* }$ _　　20.D concerning关于;concluding结束的;according根据;including包括