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__.6 R* }4 y8 M/ C' O; X) B
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.
7 h7 l% h: Q3 O" j9 r 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.
+ h( }) t/ S) g/ c1 n5 ~+ _5 }' g* G To __15__ advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices __16__ respect to foreign investment.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.( x h$ {7 |5 B
__1. A) divide B) information C) world D) lecture
2 M: V5 O! G! J. L" c4 v __2. A) obscure B) visible C) invisible D) indistinct) @! w- F( y0 k* C' C3 `2 G
__3. A) forces B) obstacles C) events D) surprises# I4 h* ]9 k- h9 D1 l+ O
__4. A) Seriously B) Entirely C) Actually D) Continuously+ P& m( a# Y+ B" D# A
__5. A) negative B) optimistic C) pleasant D) disappointed
3 c$ r! {& r1 u7 P4 l4 i __6. A) developed B) centralized C) realized D) commercialized) ~; h; h9 W. X( k, m
__7. A) users B) producers C) customers D) citizens; y' b) Z; x. f2 v" S
__8. A) enterprises B) governments C) officials D) customers, x4 l' h* S, ^* l
__9. A) away B) for C) aside D) behind# J/ Y3 n# {% ]2 O
__10. A) netted B) worked C) put D) organized6 Z: c& }" N* E$ C8 p
__11. A) decrease B) narrow C) neglect D) low) j. P$ H( G5 R3 T' H
__12. A) containing B) preventing C) keeping D) combating5 M! G0 b, }8 q( P9 d
__13. A) win B) detail C) defeat D) fear
$ T, _: F/ I7 ^) M __14. A) enormous B) countless C) numerical D) big
7 h; F( X9 b5 q7 T% R __15. A) bring B) keep C) hold D) take9 s) o2 _, v/ u' W$ U
__16. A) at B) with C) of D) for7 k" @9 P& }% K4 L
__17. A) offence B) investment C) invasion D) insult
! K( _- A5 a: B! T __18. A) construction B) facility C) infrastructure D) institution: j* p* o! f5 Y& o! }
__19. A) why B) where C) when D) how
3 o. N' ?( k% } __20. A) concerning B) concluding C) according D) including |