【英语】考研英语基础阅读真题---2001Text2

基础阅读精读2001-Q55

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 divide does exist today. My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago. What was less visible then, however, were the new, positive forces that work against the digital divide. There are reasons to be optimistic.

55. Digital divide is something ________.

[A] getting worse because of the Internet

[B] the rich countries are responsible for

[C] the world must guard against

[D] considered positive today

looming /'luːmɪŋ/

adj. 隐隐约约的；正在逼近的

visible /ˈvɪzəbl/

adj. 明显的；看得见的；现有的；可得到的

[S1] 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.

[S2] And that divide does exist today.

[S3] My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago.

[S4] What was less visible then, however, were the new, positive forces that work against the digital divide.

[S5] There are reasons to be optimistic.

55. Digital divide is something ________.

[A] getting worse because of the Internet

[B] the rich countries are responsible for

[C] the world must guard against

[D] considered positive today

题干中提到的digital divide定位到每个句子中，然后抓住每句话的关键信息，A,B属于无中生有;D属于偷换概念。

第一段

[S1] 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.

译文：如今，人们正在高度重视所谓数字分化问题——这一分化把世界划分为信息富裕地区和信息贫乏地区。

[S2]And that divide does exist today.

[S3]My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago.

解析：

[S2]And that divide（主）does exist（谓）today.

[S3]My wife and I（主）lectured about（谓）this looming danger（宾）[twenty years ago]（时间状语）。

译文：这种分化今天确实存在。20年前我和我妻子就曾就当时这种逼近的危险做过演讲。

[S4]What was less visible then, however, were the new, positive forces that work against the digital divide.

解析：

[S5]There are reasons to be optimistic.

解析：There be句型。There are (系) reasons（表）to be optimistic（不定式作定语）

译文：现在我们完全有理由感到乐观。