Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 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 you 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.
As the plane circled over the airport, everyone sensed that something was wrong. The plane was moving unsteadily through the air, and -47- the passengers had fastened their seat belts, they were suddenly -48- forward. At that moment, the air-hostess -49- .She looked very pale, but was quite -50- .Speaking quickly but almost in a whisper, she -51- everyone that the pilot had -52- and asked if any of the passengers knew anything about machines or at -53- how to drive a car. After a moment -54- , a man got up and followed the hostess into the pilot's cabin. Moving the pilot -55- , the man took his seat and listened carefully to the -56- instructions that were being sent by radio from the airport below. The plane was now dangerously close to ground, but to everyone's relief, it .
A. although B. anxious C. thrown D. shifted E. appeared F. urgent G. presented H. aside I. even J. informed
K. calm L. least M. fainted N. length O. hesitation
Direction: There are 2 passage in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
In the early days of the internet, many people worried that as people in the rich world embraced new computing and communications technologies, people in the poor world would be left stranded on the wrong side of a “digital divide.” Yet the debate over the digital divide is founded on a myth — hat plugging poor countries into the internet will help them to become rich rapidly.
This is highly unlikely, because the digital divide is not a problem in itself, but a symptom of deeper, more important divides: of income, development and literacy. Fewer people in poor countries than in rich ones own computers and have access to the internet simply because they are too poor, are illiterate, or have other more immediate concerns, such as food, health care and security. So even if it were possible to wave a magic wand and cause a computer to appear in every household on earth, it would not achieve very much: a computer is not useful if you have no food or electricity and cannot read. Yet such Wand-waving — through the construction of specific local infrastructure projects such as rural telecenters — is just the sort of thing for which the UN's new fund is intended.
This sort of thing is the wrong way to go about addressing the inequality in access to digital technologies: it is treating the symptoms, rather than the underlying causes. The benefits of building rural computing centers, for example, are unclear. Rather than trying to close the divide for the sake of it, the more sensible goal is to determine how best to use technology to promote bottom-up development. And the answer to that question turns out to be remarkably clear: by promoting the spread not of PCs and the Internet, but of mobile phones.
57. What is the main idea of this passage? A) Plugging poor countries into the Internet will help them to become rich rapidly. B) Poor countries should be given more basic devices other than advanced ones. C) Rich countries should help poor ones becoming rich. D) People in poor countries cannot afford devices such as computer.
58. What did the author mean by referring "digital divide." (Line 3, Para. 1)? A) Digital technology will make the gap between rich world and poor world wider. B) Digital technology will divide people into rich and poor world. C) People can be divided digitally. D) To divide people in digital world is wrong.
59. We can infer from the 2nd paragraph that. A) people in poor countries cannot use computer because of illiteracy. B) poor people cannot use computers. C) there would be no magic to cause a computer to appear in every household on earth. D) people in poor countries need more basic living conditions than computers.
60. Considering the following sentences, which one would the author most agree? A) Digital technology is useless. B) Digital divide will help poor countries becoming rich. C) Poor people need more immediate concerns, such as food, health care and security. D) Mobile phones should be promoted firstly.
61. The following passage will probably be: A) How to promote using of mobile phones. B) How to use technology to promote bottom-up development. C) The benefits of building rural computing centers. D) How to meet the need of food, health and security in poor countries.
Passage 1 文章导读：许多人认为数字化给落后的国家带来了一个迅速发展的机会，而另一些人认为数字化加大了富国和穷国之间的距离，使穷国更加落后。作者分析了穷国的情况，认为穷国应该在更加基础的方面得到帮助，而不是迅速普及电脑等先进设施。 57. B 从第二段我们可以看出，作者认为，穷国的人民关心更加现实的东西，比如食物、医疗和安全保障。即使提供给他们许多先进的数字设备，他们也会因为缺乏知识或没有电力而不能用。所以与其提供这些，不如提供更加基础的援助，所以选B。第一段最后一句话说，作者认为只是数字技术使穷国变富是一个神话，所以A错误。作者只是从数字设备和基础设备两个方面比较，而不是笼统的说富国应该帮助穷国变富，所以C错，从第二段可以看出，作者说即使提供给世界上每个家庭一台计算机，也不会有太多作用，显然问题不在于能不能负担起计算机，所以D错。 58. A divide的意思是分离，隔开。digital divide 可译成“数字鸿沟”，即数字化使世界的贫富差距越来越大。所以A正确。在没有数字化之前，世界上就存在贫富分化。数字化的出现只是 使其差距更大，而不是产生的原因，所以B，C，D错误。 59. D 文章的大意是穷国更需要基础设施和帮助，而第二段作者通过举例和论证说明了论点，所以本题选D。第二段虽然说了，穷国的人民因为没有文化而不能使用计算机，但这不是全部的原因，所以A错。答案B过于笼统，只说穷人无法使用电脑，而文章说明了穷人不能使用电脑是有具体原因的，所以B错。让每个家庭都有一台电脑是作者的一个假设，用于说明穷人无法使用电脑的原因，而不是讨论这个假设可不可能实现，所以C错。 60. C 文章的第二段第二句说明了穷国更多关注的是"food, health care and security." 所以选C。作者分析了数字化在现阶段大多数穷国没有太多好处，但是并没有否定数字技术的作用，所以A错误。在第一段的最后一句，作者说在给他们电脑和网络等高级设备之前，应该先晋级基础设备。在这里移动电话只是基础设施的一个例子，并不是说一定要先拥有移动电话才能用电脑，所以答案D错。 61. B 本题用排除法：移动电话只是一个例子来说明更加基础的设备，所以答案A错误。建造乡村电脑中心的好处与文章说明的问题无关，所以答案C错误。解决粮食、健康、安全保障的问题范围过于宽广与本文主旨无关，所以答案D错，最后得出答案为B。
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