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 __1__ does exist today. My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago. What was less __2__ then, however, were the new, positive __3__ that work against the digital divide. __4__,there are reasons to be __5__.
' B, T, W7 ]3 T" X9 z There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow. As the Internet becomes more and more __6__, it is in the interest of business to universalize access-after all, the more people online, the more potential __7__ there are. More and more __8__, afraid their countries will be left __9__, want to spread Internet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be __10__ together. As a result, I now believe the digital divide will __11__ rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for __12__ world poverty that we’ve ever had.. w* e ]- E+ d
Of course, the use of the Internet isn’t the only way to __13__ poverty. And the Internet is not the only tool we have. But it has __14__ potential.
) y* v' i$ w* S9 S! t5 N To __15__ advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices __16__ respect to foreign investment. Countries that still think foreign investment is a/an __17__ of their sovereignty might well study the history of __18__ (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 __19__ America’s Second Wave infrastructure-__20__ roads, harbors, highways, ports and so on-were built with foreign investment.0 d2 n. R$ P% F
1. A) divide B) information C) world D) lecture
0 [4 x$ V9 U% ^0 Y 2. A) obscure B) visible C) invisible D) indistinct
: i2 Z3 C$ e" h( e 3. A) forces B) obstacles C) events D) surprises
- n4 @# w* b. X& a, I3 R. x 4. A) Seriously B) Entirely C) Actually D) Continuously
, f+ Q3 q2 i$ u; H- J5 Z/ F/ M 5. A) negative B) optimistic C) pleasant D) disappointed
- a! r7 ]* Q# F) L 6. A) developed B) centralized C) realized D) commercialized3 _9 l4 j9 C7 e M8 I! d
7. A) users B) producers C) customers D) citizens
" y$ q, f4 N. M1 i 8. A) enterprises B) governments C) officials D) customers
+ X3 ]4 L9 }/ K& F 9. A) away B) for C) aside D) behind( B+ Y6 b' o( T! K% t5 J1 Q* H
10. A) netted B) worked C) put D) organized l$ [$ a! R- R6 f# f' h" D" o
11. A) decrease B) narrow C) neglect D) low# X- x. d2 [) l& `! Z( p
12. A) containing B) preventing C) keeping D) combating
3 B0 t' b; ~( j, T) w/ b1 m 13. A) win B) detail C) defeat D) fear9 k! x% c' P5 k: y$ D# W. a: T; b
14. A) enormous B) countless C) numerical D) big
/ l! K* E+ H3 p, M 15. A) bring B) keep C) hold D) take
# ^7 c* P2 R2 A* R 16. A) at B) with C) of D) for/ ]8 e* h$ L9 k# L _
17. A) offence B) investment C) invasion D) insult
! d' Q @# u2 @4 J 18. A) construction B) facility C) infrastructure D) institution8 H3 A& U. R$ r: Y
19. A) why B) where C) when D) how
( b. J; n- I O, ]$ K B 20. A) concerning B) concluding C) according D) including |