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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.
There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow. As the Internet becomes more and more commercialized, it is in the interest of business to universalize access—after all, the more people online, the more potential customers there are. More and more governments, afraid their countries will be left behind, want to spread Internet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be netted together. As a result, I now believe the digital divide will narrow rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for combating world poverty that we’ve ever had.
Of course, the use of the Internet isn’t the only way to defeat poverty. And the Internet is not the only tool we have. But it has enormous potential.
To take advantage of this tool, some impoverished countries will have to get over their outdated anticolonial prejudices with respect to foreign investment. Countries that still think foreign investment is an invasion of their sovereignty might well study the history of infrastructure （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 why America’s Second Wave infrastructure—including roads, harbors, highways, ports and so on—were built with foreign investment. The English, the German, the Dutch and the French were investing in Britain’s former colony. They financed them. Immigrant Americans built them. Guess who owns them now? The Americans believe the same thing would be true in places like Brazil or anywhere else for that matter. The more foreign 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 foreign corporations run uncontrolled. But it does mean recognizing how important they can be in building the energy and telecom infrastructures needed to take full advantage of the Internet.
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
56．Governments attach importance to the Internet because it .
［A］offers economic potentials［B］can bring foreign funds
［C］can soon wipe out world poverty［D］connects people all over the world
57．The writer mentioned the case of the United States to justify the policy of .
［A］providing financial support overseas［B］preventing foreign capital’s control
［C］building industrial infrastructure［D］accepting foreign investment
58．It seems that now a country’s economy depends much on .
［A］how well developed it is electronically
［B］whether it is prejudiced against immigrants
［C］whether it adopts America’s industrial pattern
［D］how much control it has over foreign corporations
核心詞匯：
attach［E5tAtF］v.系，貼，裝，連接；使成為一部分；使依戀（at+tach→釘子→附上）
attention［E5tenFEn］n.注意，注意力；立正；特別照顧；照料（at+tent+ion名詞后綴→思維伸展出去→注意）
colony［5kClEni］n.殖民地；僑民；聚居區(qū)；（動(dòng)植物的）群體
combat［5kCmbAt］v./n.戰(zhàn)斗,搏斗,格斗(com共同+bal打，擊→共同→共同打→戰(zhàn)斗)
divide［di5vaid］v.分,劃分,分開;分配;（by）除（di分開+vid+e分開）
enormous［i5nC:mEs］a.巨大的; 極大的(e出+norm規(guī)則，規(guī)范+ous形容詞后綴→出了正常狀態(tài)→巨大的，過分的)
finance［5fainAns］n.財(cái)政,金融v.為……提供資金（fin+ance→最后起作用的東西→資金）
foundation［faun5deiFEn］n.建立，設(shè)立，創(chuàng)辦;地基；基金，捐款；機(jī)構(gòu)(found基礎(chǔ)+ation名詞后綴→基礎(chǔ)，地基)
impoverish［im5pCvEriF］v.使貧窮；使枯竭(im加強(qiáng)前綴+pover詞根+ish動(dòng)詞后綴)；同根詞：poverty （貧窮）←pover+ty名詞后綴。
infrastructure［5infrE9strQktFE］n.基礎(chǔ)結(jié)構(gòu)，基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施（infra內(nèi)+struct+ure名詞后綴→基礎(chǔ)結(jié)構(gòu)）
invasion［in5veiVEn］n.入侵,侵略,侵犯（in+vas+ion名詞后綴）
investment［in5vestmEnt］n.投資,投資額
loom［lu:m］n.織布機(jī),織機(jī)v.隱現(xiàn),(危險(xiǎn)、憂慮等)迫近
prejudice［5predVudis］n.偏見,成見;損害,侵害v.使抱偏見,損害（pre預(yù)先+judice→預(yù)先判斷→偏見）
respect［ris5pekt］n./v.尊敬,尊重n.敬意,問候,關(guān)系,方面（re再+spect→反復(fù)看→尊敬）
responsible［ris5pCnsEbl］a.承擔(dān)責(zé)任 ;（指人）可靠的, 可信賴的(response回應(yīng)+ible形容詞后綴→能回應(yīng)的→負(fù)責(zé)任的)
sovereignty［5sCvrinti］n.主權(quán)；主權(quán)國(guó)家(sover+（r）eign+ty)，sover（=over）在上，reign統(tǒng)治，ty名詞后綴，在上面統(tǒng)治；sovereign（統(tǒng)治的；統(tǒng)治者）←sover+（r）eign。
universal［ju:ni5vE:sEl］a.普遍的,全體的,通用的;宇宙的,世界的（univers+al形容詞后綴）;universalize（v.使普遍化）即universal+ize
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.
There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow. As the Internet becomes more and more commercialized, it is in the interest of business to universalize access—after all, the more people online, the more potential customers there are. More and more governments, afraid their countries will be left behind, want to spread Internet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be netted together. As a result, I now believe the digital divide will narrow rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for combating world poverty that we’ve ever had.
Of course, the use of the Internet isn’t the only way to defeat poverty. And the Internet is not the only tool we have. But it has enormous potential.
To take advantage of this tool, some impoverished countries will have to get over their outdated anticolonial prejudices with respect to foreign investment. Countries that still think foreign investment is an invasion of their sovereignty might well study the history of infrastructure （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 why America’s Second Wave infrastructure—including roads, harbors, highways, ports and so on—were built with foreign investment. The English, the German, the Dutch and the French were investing in Britain’s former colony. They financed them. Immigrant Americans built them. Guess who owns them now? The Americans believe the same thing would be true in places like Brazil or anywhere else for that matter. The more foreign 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 foreign corporations run uncontrolled. But it does mean recognizing how important they can be in building the energy and telecom infrastructures needed to take full advantage of the Internet.
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
56．Governments attach importance to the Internet because it .
［A］offers economic potentials［B］can bring foreign funds
［C］can soon wipe out world poverty［D］connects people all over the world
57．The writer mentioned the case of the United States to justify the policy of .
［A］providing financial support overseas［B］preventing foreign capital’s control
［C］building industrial infrastructure［D］accepting foreign investment
58．It seems that now a country’s economy depends much on .
［A］how well developed it is electronically
［B］whether it is prejudiced against immigrants
［C］whether it adopts America’s industrial pattern
［D］how much control it has over foreign corporations
核心詞匯：
attach［E5tAtF］v.系，貼，裝，連接；使成為一部分；使依戀（at+tach→釘子→附上）
attention［E5tenFEn］n.注意，注意力；立正；特別照顧；照料（at+tent+ion名詞后綴→思維伸展出去→注意）
colony［5kClEni］n.殖民地；僑民；聚居區(qū)；（動(dòng)植物的）群體
combat［5kCmbAt］v./n.戰(zhàn)斗,搏斗,格斗(com共同+bal打，擊→共同→共同打→戰(zhàn)斗)
divide［di5vaid］v.分,劃分,分開;分配;（by）除（di分開+vid+e分開）
enormous［i5nC:mEs］a.巨大的; 極大的(e出+norm規(guī)則，規(guī)范+ous形容詞后綴→出了正常狀態(tài)→巨大的，過分的)
finance［5fainAns］n.財(cái)政,金融v.為……提供資金（fin+ance→最后起作用的東西→資金）
foundation［faun5deiFEn］n.建立，設(shè)立，創(chuàng)辦;地基；基金，捐款；機(jī)構(gòu)(found基礎(chǔ)+ation名詞后綴→基礎(chǔ)，地基)
impoverish［im5pCvEriF］v.使貧窮；使枯竭(im加強(qiáng)前綴+pover詞根+ish動(dòng)詞后綴)；同根詞：poverty （貧窮）←pover+ty名詞后綴。
infrastructure［5infrE9strQktFE］n.基礎(chǔ)結(jié)構(gòu)，基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施（infra內(nèi)+struct+ure名詞后綴→基礎(chǔ)結(jié)構(gòu)）
invasion［in5veiVEn］n.入侵,侵略,侵犯（in+vas+ion名詞后綴）
investment［in5vestmEnt］n.投資,投資額
loom［lu:m］n.織布機(jī),織機(jī)v.隱現(xiàn),(危險(xiǎn)、憂慮等)迫近
prejudice［5predVudis］n.偏見,成見;損害,侵害v.使抱偏見,損害（pre預(yù)先+judice→預(yù)先判斷→偏見）
respect［ris5pekt］n./v.尊敬,尊重n.敬意,問候,關(guān)系,方面（re再+spect→反復(fù)看→尊敬）
responsible［ris5pCnsEbl］a.承擔(dān)責(zé)任 ;（指人）可靠的, 可信賴的(response回應(yīng)+ible形容詞后綴→能回應(yīng)的→負(fù)責(zé)任的)
sovereignty［5sCvrinti］n.主權(quán)；主權(quán)國(guó)家(sover+（r）eign+ty)，sover（=over）在上，reign統(tǒng)治，ty名詞后綴，在上面統(tǒng)治；sovereign（統(tǒng)治的；統(tǒng)治者）←sover+（r）eign。
universal［ju:ni5vE:sEl］a.普遍的,全體的,通用的;宇宙的,世界的（univers+al形容詞后綴）;universalize（v.使普遍化）即universal+ize