We are fortunate to be living in a time when all people have the ability to access any knowledge they desire. This digital society that we live in affords us opportunities that our ancestor only dreamed of having. We should not take this privilege for granted.
In the not so distant past of the 1950s, people who wanted to research an idea, a product, or anything else, had to go to a library where they could look up information in books. Not all people had the same access to the books, and the information they contained. In America, if your skin was black, you could not use the same library that a person with white skin used. If a black skinned person was allowed access to a library, it most likely was stocked with outdated books that white skinned people had discarded.
In the digital society we live in today, the color of your skin does not determine the access you have to information. Technology has brought to us the powerful tools like the Internet where we can find information on almost every subject.
Access to the Internet has allowed us to research the things we are planning to purchase. We are capable of comparing prices on things like insurance, appliances, entertainment, clothing, and all other things. We also now have the ability to purchase items online without ever leaving our homes. We have been freed from the restrictions of store hours, and regional sales. A person in America can purchase a product from a person in Germany, without leaving home.
Because of the digital society we live in our children can learn about anything they are interested in. When they ask you what the dinosaurs ate, you can look it up, and tell them the answer. Because of this people will be smarter in the future, and technology will only improve.
小題1:By “We should not take this privilege for granted”, the writer means that ______.
A.we have special right to do anything
B.it is wrong to make use of the privilege
C.knowledge is important in the digital society
D.we should seize the chances the modern society offers
小題2:The main idea of the fourth paragraph is that ______.
A.the Internet brings us a lot of convenience
B.people in modern society are mostly wealthy
C.we would like to stay at home every day
D.we can find anything we like in the world
小題3:The dinosaurs are mentioned in the last paragraph in order to tell us that _____.
A.people will be much clever than ever
B.what the dinosaurs ate seems strange to us
C.finding out what the dinosaurs looked like is easy
D.we can learn knowledge with the help of technology
小題4:The writer’s attitude toward the digital society is ______.
A.criticalB.positiveC.neutralD.negative

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析:文章主要是介紹現(xiàn)代科技和網(wǎng)絡(luò)給人們帶來(lái)的好處,在網(wǎng)絡(luò)世界,沒(méi)有偏見(jiàn),歧視,會(huì)給人們帶來(lái)很多便利,也可以學(xué)到很多感興趣的知識(shí)。
小題1:句意理解題:從第一段的句子:This digital society that we live in affords us opportunities that our ancestor only dreamed of having可知我們的數(shù)字科技給我們提供的機(jī)會(huì)是祖先夢(mèng)想擁有的,所以我們應(yīng)該抓住現(xiàn)代社會(huì)的科技提供的機(jī)會(huì)。選D
小題2:段落大意題:從第四段的句子:Access to the Internet has allowed us to research the things we are planning to purchase.和后面的例子,可知這段講的是網(wǎng)絡(luò)給我們帶來(lái)了便利。選A
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題:從最后一段的句子:Because of the digital society we live in our children can learn about anything they are interested in. 可知孩子可以學(xué)到自己感興趣的東西,拿恐龍舉例,說(shuō)明在科技的幫助下我們可以學(xué)到知識(shí)選D
小題4:作者態(tài)度題:文章主要是介紹現(xiàn)代科技和網(wǎng)絡(luò)給人們帶來(lái)的好處,所以作者對(duì)數(shù)字科技是樂(lè)觀的態(tài)度,選B
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