Question

【题目】One of the most efficient ways to achieve peace and speed up economies (经济) is to provide girls with better education and more rights. Today, girls’ lack of access (进入) to basic education is getting more serious when it comes to the use of digital (数码的) technology, leaving them far behind boys. And because the world is even more digital, those who lack basic internet skills will find it increasingly more difficult to take part in the formal economy, to get a quality education, and to have their voices heard.

Since 2013 the global gender gap (性别差异) in male and female access to the Internet has actually increased from 11 to 12 percent. Worse yet, women and girls living in the poorest countries are 31 percent less likely than men and boys to have access to the Internet. In developing countries, some 200 million fewer women than men own a mobile phone, the most common means of internet access there. This digital divide is increasing, and should it continue at the present pace, it is projected that over 75 percent of women and girls will lack internet access and digital skills.

There are many causes of the digital gender gap. They include girls’ exclusion (排斥) from basic education, from specific technology education and high costs of mobile phones and internet access.

Indeed, one of the so-called reasons why girls may be discouraged from learning how to access and use digital technology is also a groundless one: that girls are simply not good at using technology.

Without the help of the government, most of the benefits of technological change will be enjoyed only by men, exacerbating gender inequality.

【1】What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Women suffer a lot from the poor economy.

B. Digital technology is greatly beneficial to men.

C. The digital gender gap needs to be closed.

D. Girls are lacking in basic education.

【2】How is Paragraph 2 organized?

A. By giving reasons. B. By giving numbers.

C. By following time order. D. By giving examples.

【3】What is the writer’s attitude to the idea that girls are simply not good at using technology?

A. Positive. B. Negative.

C. Acceptable. D. Unconcerned.

【4】What does the underlined word “exacerbating” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. worsening B. causing

C. reducing D. improving

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】通过本文了解到，没有政府的帮助，技术变革的大部分好处只有男人才能享受，从而加剧性别的不平等。因此The digital gender gap需要被关闭。

【1】C

主旨大意题。根据第三段There are many causes of the digital gender gap. They include girls’ exclusion (排斥) from basic education, from specific technology education and high costs of mobile phones and internet access.可知本段大意是“The digital gender gap需要被关闭”。故选Ｃ。

【2】B

推理判断题。根据第二段中Since 2013 the global gender gap (性别差异) in male and female access to the Internet has actually increased from 11 to 12 percent. Worse yet, women and girls living in the poorest countries are 31 percent less likely than men and boys to have access to the Internet. In developing countries, some 200 million fewer women than men own a mobile phone, the most common means of internet access there. This digital divide is increasing, and should it continue at the present pace, it is projected that over 75 percent of women and girls will lack internet access and digital skills.可知第二段是通过显示数字来组织的。故选B。

【3】B

推理判断题。根据倒数第二段Indeed, one of the so-called reasons why girls may be discouraged from learning how to access and use digital technology is also a groundless one: that girls are simply not good at using technology.可知作者对女孩根本不擅长使用科技的的观点是消极的。故选Ｂ。

【4】A

词义猜测题。根据最后一段中Without the help of the government, most of the benefits of technological change will be enjoyed only by men没有政府的帮助，技术变革的大部分好处只有男人才能享受。由此可知：这会加剧性别的不平等。划线词的意思是“加剧，恶化”，故选Ａ。