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__.) V: t0 P. `& g$ c$ b2 t# t; H
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.
; r* R# K' [9 z- Q 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.9 y9 N$ h) _; k3 s1 M/ r3 m! e
To __15__ advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices __16__ respect to foreign investment.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.
Y/ q9 u; {+ t6 s& R, G5 m& D __1. A) divide B) information C) world D) lecture! i+ B4 ]! N" H$ M' E# i- |
__2. A) obscure B) visible C) invisible D) indistinct
, K C) d6 Z# B! f7 ?% p __3. A) forces B) obstacles C) events D) surprises$ k* ^; M1 R9 x( d" X; d6 U
__4. A) Seriously B) Entirely C) Actually D) Continuously
: C6 ^9 _$ P! v- | __5. A) negative B) optimistic C) pleasant D) disappointed
5 o! C( ?9 ^- K; k+ ]# U __6. A) developed B) centralized C) realized D) commercialized6 a8 i% J' l" @ Z( D4 n; D% ~7 W
__7. A) users B) producers C) customers D) citizens K& A& [# M& J! m0 w
__8. A) enterprises B) governments C) officials D) customers
, x! ^1 |& E$ q$ z1 r3 a+ `; D! _ __9. A) away B) for C) aside D) behind
4 i+ r' T: {, K __10. A) netted B) worked C) put D) organized
+ S% d: M9 e% m+ m __11. A) decrease B) narrow C) neglect D) low& ] D6 u. r) j" S) l6 b
__12. A) containing B) preventing C) keeping D) combating
: E2 | _( d' v __13. A) win B) detail C) defeat D) fear/ x7 q! s( v5 E8 [ Q
__14. A) enormous B) countless C) numerical D) big
2 `0 s0 i9 Y4 ?' d/ N- i __15. A) bring B) keep C) hold D) take. l d v. B; e; ?
__16. A) at B) with C) of D) for
& ]3 O& c; s5 _- h3 Y* \ \; e& \! z __17. A) offence B) investment C) invasion D) insult
+ K$ h6 k+ \8 {: U9 \" E/ J3 b __18. A) construction B) facility C) infrastructure D) institution7 [2 p, S8 E" ^" y: u! ]+ i7 J
__19. A) why B) where C) when D) how. L, W, G" B2 c$ H; N
__20. A) concerning B) concluding C) according D) including 参考答案:8 K9 k, ~) b5 N x: \# Z* L+ E
1.A 由文中第一行的digital divide得出答案。3 L2 G+ d v6 T" R& W
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2 g1 p/ F' ~2 a! L1 @$ W x
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。3 n7 ?1 m1 I- M7 l+ e
4.C seriously认真地;entirely完全的;actually实际上;continuously 连续地。
V, x, M! M/ {; Z2 ? 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。
% w) a. k, z2 k3 P1 J0 r 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
3 h g( h: J/ C% H% a 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。9 B3 m& A9 O$ O% M7 J; D1 L. D# u
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 s* i, b% w. C; F 9.D leave behind 留下,超过
& M# N" X- w: j) A3 p 与leave相关的短语:leave aside把某事搁置一边
3 l, w0 S ^1 I leave out 省去,遗漏,不考虑
" ?$ M4 k! s ? leave off 停止,不再穿
' J, w% c0 W' A5 J: O. `1 j 10.A 网络把人们联系在一起,选netted1 Z2 f% h6 h5 ^. t
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
/ h- c- H) p1 I& l 12.D contain包含,容纳;prevent防止,阻止;keep保留,保持;combat战斗,搏斗
6 |9 l1 L" ?8 u 13.C win赢得;detail详述,细说;defeat击败,战胜;fear畏惧。
6 O% F5 Q/ F4 W( E' b& z 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。! T1 E% V5 r; ?
15.D take advantage of 利用 |