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英语专四考试完形填空练习题(5)
Agreatdealofattentionisbeingpaidtodaytotheso-calleddigitaldivide--thedivisionoftheworldintotheinfo(information) richandtheinfopoor. Andthat __1__ doesexisttoday. MywifeandIlecturedaboutthisloomingdangertwentyyearsago. Whatwasless __2__ then, however, werethenew, positive __3__ thatworkagainstthedigitaldivide. __4__,therearereasonstobe __5__.
Therearetechnologicalreasonstohopethedigitaldividewillnarrow. AstheInternetbecomesmoreandmore __6__, itisintheinterestofbusinesstouniversalizeaccess-afterall, themorepeopleonline, themorepotential __7__ thereare. Moreandmore __8__, afraidtheircountrieswillbeleft __9__, wanttospreadInternetaccess. Withinthenextdecadeortwo, onetotwobillionpeopleontheplanetwillbe __10__ together. Asaresult, Inowbelievethedigitaldividewill __11__ ratherthanwidenintheyearsahead. AndthatisverygoodnewsbecausetheInternetmaywellbethemostpowerfultoolfor __12__ worldpovertythatweveeverhad.
Ofcourse, theuseoftheInternetisnttheonlywayto __13__ poverty. AndtheInternetisnottheonlytoolwehave. Butithas __14__ potential.
To __15__ advantageofthistool, somepoorcountrieswillhavetogetovertheiroutdatedanti-colonialprejudices __16__ respecttoforeigninvestment. Countriesthatstillthinkforeigninvestmentisa/an __17__ oftheirsovereigntymightwellstudythehistoryof __18__ (thebasicstructuralfoundationsofasociety) intheUnitedStates. WhentheUnitedStatesbuiltitsindustrialinfrastructure, itdidnthavethecapitaltodoso. Andthatis __19__ AmericasSecondWaveinfrastructure-__20__ roads, harbors, highways, portsandsoon-werebuiltwithforeigninvestment.
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