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__.
; C* B7 ~6 l7 U6 s8 C 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.
2 f2 X [1 N$ p7 h% o5 ~ 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.
1 u- @7 ]+ |5 I, x To __15__ advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices __16__ respect to foreign investment.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 k0 t' s7 B+ G" v0 T0 N" \
__1. A) divide B) information C) world D) lecture
# g' T$ b$ H# S, N/ U __2. A) obscure B) visible C) invisible D) indistinct6 z. v0 s$ H5 w) }. C& ^) B) t& z
__3. A) forces B) obstacles C) events D) surprises. F. f2 z( [ Z/ \/ d; t9 |: n
__4. A) Seriously B) Entirely C) Actually D) Continuously$ v& W5 K7 p7 w0 H4 g! c1 S3 T
__5. A) negative B) optimistic C) pleasant D) disappointed
, ]. g. o- T0 j: l __6. A) developed B) centralized C) realized D) commercialized
7 [3 z/ B$ n4 g+ X1 U6 U Y6 L! o __7. A) users B) producers C) customers D) citizens2 {- H! a, ~) Y; z1 [: p( m- y5 d5 y0 `
__8. A) enterprises B) governments C) officials D) customers
/ M- S/ s& g( D \4 t$ L __9. A) away B) for C) aside D) behind
2 J# h5 I/ A) u! z9 Q( H1 h! ] __10. A) netted B) worked C) put D) organized
0 L" y6 x1 s; }" w. A7 g __11. A) decrease B) narrow C) neglect D) low
, b C: {! i' y- H5 E __12. A) containing B) preventing C) keeping D) combating
4 q" C3 ~' z+ s3 {. {& g7 A __13. A) win B) detail C) defeat D) fear
/ A; ~4 X2 E( [! U! {9 G __14. A) enormous B) countless C) numerical D) big6 [% r& W" G, f* Q5 u4 K0 o
__15. A) bring B) keep C) hold D) take3 z, R( T$ t+ ^8 x0 e- h* y
__16. A) at B) with C) of D) for
1 j0 w& P. P8 `4 t' Z0 G __17. A) offence B) investment C) invasion D) insult
3 N v3 f' b" q+ [ __18. A) construction B) facility C) infrastructure D) institution
2 n: S3 o& W. L3 [! X4 S9 J __19. A) why B) where C) when D) how
( `' v' @2 o8 ^# v __20. A) concerning B) concluding C) according D) including |
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