2019年高考英语江苏卷阅读理解C讲解

　　Who cares if people think wrongly that the Internet has had more important influences than the washing machine?

　　谁在乎人们是否错误地认为互联网的影响比洗衣机更重要?

　　Why does it matter that people are more impressed by the most recent changes?

　　为什么人们对最近的变化印象更深刻这一点很重要?

　　It would not matter if these misjudgments were just a matter of people's opinions.

　　如果这些错误判断只是人们的意见问题，那就无关紧要了。

　　However, they have real impacts, as they result in misguided use of scarce resources.

　　然而，它们有真正的影响，因为它们导致对稀缺资源的错误使用。

　　The fascination with the ICT(Information and Communication Technology) revolution, represented by the Internet, has made some rich countries wrongly conclude that making things is so "yesterday" that they should try to live on ideas.

　　对以互联网为代表的ICT(信息和通信技术)革命的迷恋，使一些富裕国家错误地认为制造产品太“过时”了，他们应该尝试依靠创意生活。

　　This belief in "post-industrial society" has led those countries to neglect their manufacturing sector(制造业) with negative consequences for their economies.

　　这个“后工业社会”的信念,导致这些国家忽视他们的制造业(制造业)经济的负面影响。

　　Even more worryingly, the fascination with the Internet by people in rich countries has moved the international community to worry about the "digital divide" between the rich countries and the poor countries.

　　更令人担忧的是，富裕国家的人们对互联网的迷恋已经使国际社会开始担心富国和穷国之间的“数字鸿沟”。

　　This has led companies and individuals to donate money to developing countries to buy computer equipment and Internet facilities.

　　这导致公司和个人向发展中国家捐款，购买计算机设备和互联网设施。

　　The question, however, is whether this is what the developing countries need the most.

　　然而，问题是这是否是发展中国家最需要的。

　　Perhaps giving money for those less fashionable things such as digging wells, extending electricity networks and making more affordable washing machines would have improved people's lives more than giving every child a laptop computer or setting up Internet centres in rural villages, I am not saying that those things are necessarily more important,

　　与其说给每个孩子一台笔记本电脑或在农村设立互联网中心，也许不如给钱买一些不流行的东西对，如挖井,扩展电力网络和制造更多的负担得起的洗衣机，这些可以改进人们的生活,我并不是说这些事情必然是更重要的,

　　but many donators have rushed into fancy programmes without carefully assessing the relative long-term costs and benefits of alternative uses of their money.

　　但是许多捐赠者在没有仔细评估其资金的其他用途的相对长期成本和收益的情况下就匆忙地投入了花哨的项目。

　　In yet another example, a fascination with the new has led people to believe that the recent changes in the technologies of communications and transportation are so revolutionary that now we live in a "borderless world".

　　还有另一个例子，对新事物的迷恋使人们相信，最近通信和交通技术的变化是如此革命性，以至于我们现在生活在一个“无国界的世界”。

　　As a result, in the last twenty years or so, many people have come to believe that whatever change is happening today is the result of great technological progress, going against which will be like trying to turn the clock back.

　　因此，在过去的二十年左右，许多人已经开始相信今天发生的任何变化都是巨大的技术进步的结果，与之相反就像试图让时钟倒转。

　　Believing in such a world, many governments have put an end to some of the very necessary regulations on cross-border flows of capital, labour and goods, with poor results.

　　在这样一个世界里，许多国家的政府终止了一些非常必要的关于资本、劳动力和商品跨境流动的规定，结果却很糟糕。

　　Understanding technological trends is very important for correctly designing economic policies, both at the national and the international levels, and for making the right career choices at the individual level.

　　无论是在国家层面还是国际层面，理解技术趋势对于正确设计经济政策，还是在个人层面做出正确的职业选择都非常重要。

　　However, our fascination with the latest, and our under valuation of what has already become common, can, and has, led us in all sorts of wrong directions.

　　然而，我们对最新事物的迷恋，以及我们对已经变得普遍的事物的低估，可能并已经把我们引向各种错误的方向。

　　61.Misjudgments on the influences of new technology can lead to __________.

　　误判的影响新技术会导致__________。

　　A. a lack of confidence in technology

　　对技术缺乏信心

　　B a slow progress in technology

　　技术的缓慢进步

　　C. a conflict of public opinions

　　.舆论的冲突

　　D. a waste of limited resources

　　有限资源的浪费

　　答案分析：考查细节理解，根据第二段中的However, they have real impacts, as they result in misguided use of scarce resources.可知，对于新技术影响的误判导致了对于稀缺资源的误用，故选择D。

　　62.The example in Paragraph 4 suggests that donators should __________.

　　段4中的示例表明,捐款人应__________。

　　A. take people's essential needs into account

　　把人们的基本需要考虑进去

　　B. make their programmes attractive to people

　　使他们的节目吸引人们

　　C. ensure that each child gets financial support

　　确保每个孩子都得到经济支持

　　D provide more affordable internet facilities

　　提供更多经济实惠的互联网设施

　　答案分析：考查推理判断，根据第四段Perhaps giving money for those less fashionable things such as digging wells, extending electricity networks and making more affordable washing machines would have improved people's lives more than giving every child a laptop computer or setting up Internet centres in rural villages, I am not saying that those things are necessarily more important。

　　可知，作者想通过事例说明捐赠者应该考虑人们的基本需求，而不是片面的认为有了高科技产品，受赠者的生活水平就会产生巨大飞跃。故选择A。

　　63.What has led many governments to remove necessary regulations?

　　是什么导致许多政府取消了必要的监管?

　　A. Neglecting the impacts of technological advances.

　　忽视技术进步的影响。

　　B. Believing that the world has become borderless.

　　相信世界已经没有边界。

　　C. Ignoring the power of economic development.

　　忽视经济发展的力量。

　　D. Over-emphasizing the role of international communication.

　　过分强调国际交流的作用。

　　答案分析：考查细节理解，根据第五段可知，随着通信和交通运输技术的发展，人们认为我们生活在一个无国界的世界，因此许多政府取消了一些必要的规则，故选择B。

　　64.What can we learn from the passage?

　　我们可以从文章中了解到什么?

　　A. People should be encouraged to make more donations.

　　应该鼓励人们进行更多的捐赠。

　　B. Traditional technology still has a place nowadays.

　　传统技术现在仍然有一席之地。

　　C. Making right career choices is crucial to personal success.

　　正确的职业选择对个人成功至关重要。

　　D.Economic policies should follow technological trends.

　　经济政策应跟随技术趋势。

　　答案分析：考查推理判断，通读全文，尤其是根据文章最后一段中的However, our fascination with the latest, and our under valuation of what has already become common, can, and has, led us in all sorts of wrong directions.可知，我们对于最新技术的入迷，和对于已经普遍存在的技术作用的低估会将我们引向错误的方向，即传统的技术在当今仍有着重要的作用。故选择B。

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