Scholars of the information society are divided over whether social inequality decreases or increases in an information-based society. However, they generally agree with the idea that inequality in the information society is (26)_____ different from that of an industrial society. As information progresses in society, the cause and structural nature of social inequality changes as well.

    It seems that the information society (27)_____ the quantity of information available to the members of a society by revolutionizing the ways of using and exchanging information. But such a view is a (28)_____ analysis based on the quantity of information supplied by various forms of the mass media. A different (29)_____ is possible when the actual amount of information (30)_____ by the user is taken into account. In fact, the more information (31)_____ throughout the entire society, the wider the gap becomes between “information haves” and “information have-mots”, leading to digital divide.

    According to recent studies, digital divide has been caused by three major (32)_____ class, sex, and generation. In terms of class, digital divide exists among different types of workers and between the upper and middle classes and the lower class. With (33)_____ to sex, digital divide exists between men and women. The greatest gap, however, is between the Net-generation, (34)_____ with personal computers and the Internet, and the older generation, (35)_____ to an industrial society.

accustomed习惯于

acquired 取得（-ed）

assembly 集合

attribute 把……归于

champions 冠军(s)

elements 原理，元素(s)

expands 扩大(s)

familiar 熟悉的

flows 流动(s)

fundamentally 从根本上地

interpretation 解释

passive 被动的

regard有关

respectively 分别地

superficial 表面的，肤浅的

26. fundamentally副词辨析题。空格前后分别是系动词与形容词，可以判断此处应该填副词修饰different。备选项fundamentally，respectively。再根据上下文，从根本上来说，信息化社会与工业化社会的不平等是不一样的。

27. expands 动词辨析题。空格前后都是名词，因此此处缺少谓语动词，主句是现在时态，因此that从句的谓语动词也是现在时态。备选项expands，flows。根据上下文，信息化社会向社会成员扩大了可接收到的信息量，选expands。

28. superficial 形容词辨析题。空格前是不定冠词a，后面是名词analysis，因此空格处应填入形容词。备选项accustomed，familiar，passive，superficial。联系上文，It seems that 表示看起来好像……，表明这是一种表象，因此选择superficial。

29. interpretation名词辨析题。空格前是不定冠词a，空格处应为名词单数形式。备选项assembly，interpretation。根据上下文，只有interpretation符合句意，一个合理的解释。

30. acquired动词辨析题。空格前是名词information，空格后是by，可以看出此处缺少动词的一个被动语态，即过去分词形式。备选项accustomed，acquired。由于信息是被获取的，故选择acquired。

31. flows动词辨析题。空格前是information，空格后是throughout the entire society作地点状语，句子缺少谓语动词成分，这句话的格式是the…the…的形式，前后时态一致。因此谓语动词应为第三人称单数形式。备选项expands，flows。结合上文，信息在社会中传播，流传，因此选择flows。

32. elements名词辨析题。three后面应加名词复数形式，备选项champions，elements。很明显，class，sex，generation是三个要素，选择elements。

33.  regard 此处考查固定搭配：with regard to，就...而言。

34. familiar空格后的短语是修饰Net-generation的，应填入形容词或分词形式。这句话是说，代沟存在于两代人之间，一个是熟悉电脑网络的一代，因此选familiar。be familiar with，对...熟悉。

35. accustomed空格前是older generation，空格后短语修饰older generation。需要填入形容词或分词形式，结合上题，老一代人习惯于工业社会。be accustomed to,适应，习惯于。