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題干：Agreatdealofattentionisbeingpaidtodaytotheso-calleddigitaldivide-thedivisionoftheworldintotheinfo(information)richandtheinfopoor.Andthatdividedoesexisttoday.MywifeandIlecturedaboutthisloomingdangertwentyyearsago.Whatwaslessvisiblethen,however,werethenew,positiveforcesthatworkagainstthedigitaldivide.Therearereasonstobeoptimistic.Therearetechnologicalreasonstohopethedigitaldividewillnarrow.AstheInternetbecomesmoreandmorecommercialized，itisintheinterestofbusinesstouniversalizeaccess-afterall，themorepeopleonline,themorepotentialcustomersthereare.Moreandmoregovernments,afraidtheircountrieswillbeleftbehind，wanttospreadInternetaccess.Withinthenextdecadeortwo，onetotwobillionpeopleontheplanetwillbenettedtogether.Asaresult,Inowbelievethedigitaldividewillnarrowratherthanwidenintheyearsahead.AndthatisverygoodnewsbecausetheInternetmaywellbethemostpowerfultoolforcombatingworldpovertythatwe’veeverhad.Ofcourse，theuseoftheInternetisn’ttheonlywaytodefeatpoverty.AndtheInternetisnottheonlytoolwehave.Butithasenormouspotential.Totakeadvantageofthistool，someimpoverishedcountrieswillhavetogetovertheiroutdatedanti-colonialprejudiceswithrespecttoforeigninvestment.Countriesthatstillthinkforeigninvestmentisaninvasionoftheirsovereigntymightwellstudythehistoryofinfrastructure(thebasicstructuralfoundationsofasociety)intheUnitedStates.WhentheUnitedStatesbuiltitsindustrialinfrastructure,itdidn’thavethecapitaltodoso.AndthatiswhyAmerica’sSecondWaveinfrastructure-includingroads,harbors，highways,portsandsoon-werebuiltwithforeigninvestment.TheEnglish,theGermans,theDutchandtheFrenchwereinvestinginBritain’sformercolony.Theyfinancedthem.ImmigrantAmericansbuiltthem.Guesswhoownsthemnow?TheAmericans.IbelievethesamethingwouldbetrueinplaceslikeBraziloranywhereelseforthatmatter.ThemoreforeigncapitalyouhavehelpingyoubuildyourThirdWaveinfrastructure，whichtodayisanelectronicinfrastructure，thebetteroffyou'regoingtobe.Thatdoesn’tmeanlyingdownandbecomingfooled，orlettingforeigncorporationsrununcontrolled.ButitdoesmeanrecognizinghowimportanttheycanbeinbuildingtheenergyandtelecominfrastructuresneededtotakefulladvantageoftheInternet.
題目：Governments attach importance to the Internet because it_____. - A 、offers economic potentials
- B 、can bring foreign funds
- C 、can soon wipe out world poverty
- D 、connects people all over the world
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參考答案【正確答案：A】
細(xì)節(jié)題。第二段提到，隨著互聯(lián)網(wǎng)越來越趨于商業(yè)化，普及上網(wǎng)會符合商家的利益，因為上 網(wǎng)的人越多，潛在的顧客人數(shù)就越多，因此，許多國家的政府唯恐落后于形勢, 想要擴(kuò)大上網(wǎng) 率?？梢姡P(guān)心的是互聯(lián)網(wǎng)帶來的經(jīng)濟(jì)利益。因此Α選項正確。
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