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__. / I& I( r% C& I& [% o: Q$ \% _% ?; m
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. 5 j9 T; k3 ^0 Z1 x" t) l( U1 q
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.
. `9 C& L1 l( x, m# P+ U) U# Q To __15__ advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices __16__ respect to foreign investment.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.
2 r4 X+ a+ ]" G2 d. s' c 1. A) divide B) information C) world D) lecture
% v4 z* _, ~$ [6 H; U+ s9 _" R 2. A) obscure B) visible C) invisible D) indistinct ) v% e$ [! G& z
3. A) forces B) obstacles C) events D) surprises
5 e! [2 H' a/ u: ` {6 ~3 i' ^ 4. A) Seriously B) Entirely C) Actually D) Continuously
' i* b* I8 w, u5 z 5. A) negative B) optimistic C) pleasant D) disappointed 8 N1 w! Q8 i, |7 m$ \0 @7 u
6. A) developed B) centralized C) realized D) commercialized
1 m, J1 Y/ p9 k D7 D- [9 N 7. A) users B) producers C) customers D) citizens
& `" z, _6 k$ l, O 8. A) enterprises B) governments C) officials D) customers
* o5 \2 T) V0 m 9. A) away B) for C) aside D) behind
( h! i& L2 B# E5 g2 v9 j 10. A) netted B) worked C) put D) organized
1 L* @1 h/ F2 x( w$ v9 k$ o3 ^. C 11. A) decrease B) narrow C) neglect D) low # H% c7 W6 L' X6 m9 J
12. A) containing B) preventing C) keeping D) combating $ Z- {& Z r% l# y
13. A) win B) detail C) defeat D) fear
% D, U9 F8 z! O3 g% O 14. A) enormous B) countless C) numerical D) big
. _/ \0 U$ @ k 15. A) bring B) keep C) hold D) take ! j4 j& R8 g& k
16. A) at B) with C) of D) for
5 ? O% U% o) W6 I 17. A) offence B) investment C) invasion D) insult ! b4 z, V C5 N! v3 F7 y: b3 l
18. A) construction B) facility C) infrastructure D) institution
6 S! q h6 u+ |5 Y 19. A) why B) where C) when D) how
* P* Q R$ v m8 `+ G 20. A) concerning B) concluding C) according D) including " X5 [8 ^" k+ m# F w* I1 b
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