Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Question 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
Scholars of the information society are divided over whether social inequality decreases or increases in an information-based society. However, they generally agree with the idea that inequality in the information society is 26 different from that of an industrial society. As information progresses in society, the cause and structural nature of social inequality changes as well.
It seems that the information society 27 the quantity of information available to the members of a society by revolutionizing the ways of using and exchanging information. But such a view is a 28 analysis based on the quantity of information supplied by various forms of the mass media. A different 29 is possible when the
actual amount of information 30 by the user is taken into account. In fact, the more information 31 throughout the entire society, the wider the gap becomes between “information haves” and “information have-nots”, leading to digital divide.
According to recent studies, digital divide has been caused by three major 32 : class, sex, and generation. In terms of class, digital divide exists among different types of workers and between the upper and middle classes and the lower class. With 33 to sex, digital divide exists between men and women. The greatest gap, however, is between the Net-generation, 34 with personal computers and the Internet, and the older generation, 35 to an industrial society.
A) accustomed | I) flows |
B) acquired | J) fundamentally |
C) assembly | K) interpretation |
D) attribute | L) passive |
E) champions | M) regard |
F) elements | N) respectively |
G) expands | O) superficial |
H) familiar |
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答案解析：
26. J 根据原文 "Scholars... agree with the idea that inequality in the information society is 26 different from that of an industrial society." 可知，学者们认为信息社会的不平等与工业社会的不平等是...不同的。此处需要一个副词来修饰形容词 different。 fundamentally (根本上，从根本上说) 准确地表达了两者在本质上的区别，符合语境。
27. G 根据原文 "It seems that the information society 27 the quantity of information available to the members of a society..." 可知，信息社会似乎...了社会成员可获取的信息量。此处需要一个动词。 expands (扩大，增加) 描述了信息社会带来的信息量的增长，符合文意。
28. O 根据原文 "But such a view is a 28 analysis based on the quantity of information supplied by various forms of the mass media." 可知，这种观点是基于大众媒体提供的信息数量的...分析。此处需要一个形容词来修饰 analysis。 superficial (肤浅的，表面的) 指出这种分析只看到了表面现象，与后文提出的不同视角形成转折，逻辑通顺。
29. K 根据原文 "A different 29 is possible when the actual amount of information... is taken into account." 可知，当考虑到用户实际获取的信息量时，可能会产生一种不同的...。此处需要一个名词。 interpretation (解释，诠释) 指对信息社会不平等现象的另一种解读，符合语境。
30. B 根据原文 "...when the actual amount of information 30 by the user is taken into account." 可知，当考虑到用户...的信息量时。此处需要一个过去分词作定语，修饰 information。 acquired (获得，学到) 指用户实际获取的信息，与 supplied by the media (由媒体提供) 形成对比。
31. I 根据原文 "the more information 31 throughout the entire society, the wider the gap becomes..." 可知，信息...得越多，信息拥有者与信息匮乏者之间的差距就越大。此处需要一个动词，且与 more... the more... 结构搭配。 flows (流动) 形象地描述了信息在社会中的传播过程。
32. F 根据原文 "digital divide has been caused by three major 32 : class, sex, and generation." 可知，数字鸿沟是由三个主要...造成的。冒号后面是三个名词，说明空格处需要一个可数名词的复数形式。 elements (要素，因素) 是最合适的选项。
33. M 根据原文 "With 33 to sex, digital divide exists between men and women." 可知，在...性别方面，男女之间存在数字鸿沟。此处需要一个固定搭配。 regard to (关于，至于) 常用于引出话题，符合句意。
34. H 根据原文 "...the Net-generation, 34 with personal computers and the Internet, and the older generation..." 可知，网络一代...个人电脑和互联网，而老一代则...。此处需要一个形容词与 with 搭配。 familiar (熟悉的) 指网络一代对电脑和互联网很熟悉，与后文的老一代形成对比。
35. A 根据原文 "...the older generation, 35 to an industrial society." 可知，老一代...于工业社会。此处需要一个形容词与 to 搭配。 accustomed (习惯于) 指老一代习惯了工业社会的生活方式，与网络一代形成鲜明对比，逻辑一致。
