考研英语真题阅读理解试题及解析.docx
考研英语真题阅读理解试题及解析 There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide willnarrow. As the Internet becomes more and more commercialized, it is in theinterest of business to universalize accessafter all, the morepeople online, the more potential customers there are. More and moregovernments, afraid their countries will be left behind, want to spreadInternet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people onthe planet will be netted together. As a result, I now believe the digitaldivide will narrow rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very goodnews because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for combatingworld poverty that we ve ever had。 Of course, the use of the Internet isn t the only way to defeatpoverty. And the Internet is not the only tool we have. But it has enormouspotential。 To take advantage of this tool, some impoverished countries willhave to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices with respect toforeign investment. Countries that still think foreign investment is aninvasion of their sovereignty might well study the history of infrastructure in the United States. When theUnited States built its industrials infrastructure, it didn t have the capital todo so. And that is why America s Second Wave infrastructureincludingroads, barbors, highways, ports and so onwere built withforeign investment. The English, the Germans, the Dutch and the French wereinvesting in Britain s former colony. They financed them. Immigrant Americansbuilt them. Guess who owns them now? The Americans. I believe the same thingwould be true in places like Brazil or anywhere else for that matter. The moreforeign capital you have helping you build your Third Wave infrastructure,which today is an electronic infrastructure, the better off you re going to be.That doesn t mean lying down and becoming fooled, or letting foreigncorporations run uncontrolled. But it does mean recognizing how important theycan be in building the energy and telecom infrastructures needed to take fulladvantage of the Internet。 1. Digital divide is something _。 Agetting worse because of the Internet Bthe rich countries are responsible for Cthe world must guard against Dconsidered positive today 2. Governments attach importance to the Internet because it_。 Aoffers economic potentials Bcan bring foreign funds Ccan soon wipe out world poverty Dconnects people all over the world 3. The writer mentioned the case of the United States to justifythe policy of _。 Aproviding financial support overseas Bpreventing foreign capital s control Cbuilding industrial infrastructure Daccepting foreign investment 4. It seems that now a country s economy depends much on _。 Ahow well-developed it is electronically Bwhether it is prejudiced against immigrants Cwhether it adopts America s industrial pattern Dhow much control it has over foreign corporations 名师解析 1. Digital divide is something _. 数字鸿沟是_。 Agetting worse because of the Internet 由于因特网而变得更加糟糕 Bthe rich countries are responsible for 由富有国家应当担当责任的 Cthe world must guard against 全世界都要警觉的 Dconsidered positive today 今日被认为是积极的 【答案】 C 【考点】 事实细节题。 【分析】 通过题干关键词数字鸿沟定位到第一段。第一句是对数字鸿沟所下的一个定义。其后提到,他和妻子20年前就谈到这种隐伏的的危急,这里的looming danger指的就是the digital divide。早在20年前,防止产生这种鸿沟的积极因素还不太明显,而今日认为是乐观的。同时定位到其次段,提到了因特网的普及使这种鸿沟正得到缩小,可见,选项A是错误的,由于因特网而变得糟糕与原文意思相左。B不对,是由于没有提到这个方面。在看来,这种鸿沟是不好的现象,而网络的普及能帮忙世界战胜贫困。D的说法明显是错误的,由于就是要消退这个鸿沟。 2. Governments attach importance to the Internet because it_. 政府重视因特网是由于它_。 Aoffers economic potentials 供应许多经济可能 Bcan bring foreign funds 能够带来外国资金 Ccan soon wipe out world poverty 能够很快消退世界贫困 Dconnects people all over the world 将世界人民连在一起 【答案】 A 【考点】 事实细节题。 【分析】 定位到其次段,文中提到政府之所以大力推广因特网是出于因特网可能成为消退贫困的最好的工具的考虑。第三段更是提到因特网可能具有巨大的潜力。因此可以推断A是正确的。B选项认为可以带来海外投资,这仅仅是局部因素。C选项中,虽然提到了国际互联网的利用可能是战胜贫困的工具,但这仅仅是一种潜在的力气,并没有说能够很快消退贫困。D选项也是因特网的一个主要功能,但是也不是政府重视的主要缘由。 3 The writer mentioned the case of the United States to justifythe policy of _。 提到美国的案例是为了证明_政策是对的。 Aproviding financial support overseas 为海外供应资金支持 Bpreventing foreign capitals control 防止外国资金掌握 Cbuilding industrial infrastructure 建立工业根底 Daccepting foreign investment 承受外国投资 【答案】 D 【考点】 意图题。 【分析】 在第四段,美国和巴西的例子都被用以说明抛弃过去的在那种在利用外资上的,过时的反殖民偏见,提出充分利用外资建立电子根底设施的重要性,并且指出,哪个国家在建立第三次浪潮的根底设施上利用外资多,哪个国家就将变得更富有。因此可以推断正确选项是D。A选项把汲取外资的重要性和美国供应海外资金混淆起来。B的说法无法从美国这个案例中推断出来。C错在工业这个概念上。 4. It seems that now a countrys economy dependsmuch on _。 现在,一个国家的经济看起来极大地依靠于_。 Ahow well developed it is electronically 它的电子进展程度 Bwhether it is prejudiced against immigrants 它是否卑视移民 Cwhether it adopts Americas industrial pattern它是否承受美国的工业模式 Dhow much control it has over foreign corporations 它对外国公司的掌握有多大 【答案】 A 【考点】 推断题。 【分析】 文章最终一段提到哪个国家在建立第三次浪潮的根底设施上利用外资多,哪个国家就将变得更富有。这里的第三次浪潮指的就是电子根底建立。因此选项A是正确的。其他三个选项中,B和D文中没有提到。C再次消失工业模式,因此不正确。 难句解析: 1. As the Internet becomes more and more commercialized, it is inthe interest of business to universalize accessafter all, the morepeople online, the more potential customers there are。 【构造分析】 本句主句是It is in theinterest of business to universalize access,as引导一个伴随状语,随着,而非由于,后面破折号的局部是进一步解释说明前面的主句。 2. The more foreign capital you have helping you build your ThirdWave infrastructure, which today is an electronic infrastructure, the betteroff you re going to be。 【构造分析】 本句是一个the more.,the more.。.的句型。which today is an electronic infrastructure是修饰ThirdWave infrastructure的非限定性定语从句。 全文翻译: 今日,人们非常关注所谓的数字鸿沟问题,即世界被分为信息资源丰富区和信息资源贫乏区两类。这个鸿沟今日的确存在,我和我妻子20年前谈过这个隐伏的.危急。然而,那时一些抵抗数字鸿沟的、新的积极因素还不如今日明显。我们是有理由感到乐观的。 一些技术上的因素使我们有理由盼望鸿沟会缩小。随着互联网变得越来越商业化,普及上网对商家是有利的究竟,上网人数越多,潜在的客户就越多。越来越多的政府,由于担忧自己的国家会落后,都想推广互联网。一二十年之内,全球将有一二十亿人被网在一起。因此,我现在信任,在将来,数字鸿沟将会缩小而不是扩大。这是特别好的消息,由于互联网特别可能成为我们消退所面临的贫困的最强有效的工具。 固然,使用互联网不是唯一战胜贫困的方法。互联网也不是我们所拥有的唯一工具,但它却有巨大的潜力。 要想利用互联网这个工具,某些贫困国家必需克制在外国投资方面的过时的反殖民偏见。那些认为外国投资是对本国主权的侵害的国家最好还是讨论一下美国根底设施的历史。当时美国建立自己的工业根底设施时,缺乏资金,这就是为什么美国的其次波根底设施建立包括大路、港口,高速大路、港口城市等等都是利用的国外资金。英国人、德国人、荷兰人和法国人都在这片前英国殖民地投资。他们供应资金,美国移民建筑。想想看,现在谁拥有这一切?美国人。我想,同样的事情也可以发生在巴西或其他任何地方。你拥有的去建筑第三次浪潮根底设施的外国资金越多,那么你就越富有。这并不是说卑躬屈膝,任人愚弄,也不是让外国公司为所欲为。但这确实意味着你已熟悉到外国公司对本国能源及通信根底设施建立的重要性,这些根底设施是充分利用互联网所必要的。