首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The Internet and mobile phones have transformed our connections to people around the world. This technology has also, however, l
The Internet and mobile phones have transformed our connections to people around the world. This technology has also, however, l
admin
2022-05-19
54
问题
The Internet and mobile phones have transformed our connections to people around the world. This technology has also, however, led to a widening gender gap in poorer countries. For it is largely men who control the information revolution that helps to educate, inform and empower.
In low-and middle-income countries, a woman is 21 percent less likely than a man to own a mobile phone, according to research done by GSMA. In Africa, women are 23 percent less likely than a man to own a cell phone. In the Middle East the figure is 24 percent and in South Asia, 37 percent.
The factors driving women’s lack of connectivity vary from community to community. But the end result is always the same: disempowerment.
【D1】_________
This disturbing finding is highlighted by the United Nations/Overseas Development Institute-led My World survey, a major, inclusive global poll. Respondents were asked to rank their priorities—including political freedoms, better healthcare, protection from violence and crime—in making the world better. They could vote paper, online or by mobile phone.
【D2】_________
The survey has already gathered 1.5 million votes. Women are just as keen as men to have their views heard—engagement offline is a 50-50 split between women and men, online women have voted more than men, with a 52-48 split.
【D3】_________
Consider Yemen, where 121,000 people voted on their mobile phones. Of those, 81, 000 were men.
Overall, women respondents picked education, healthcare and better job opportunities as their top priorities in making the world better.
【D4】_________
Getting more mobile phones into the hands of women in low- and middle-income countries will not be easy because the reasons behind their lack of ownership are so varied. But there are some solutions.
In these countries there are typically three key barriers: Mobile phones are too expensive, the monthly bills are too high or there is no urgent need to own one. Governments should help lower these barriers. They should set up transparent regulatory systems that would encourage more mobile phone providers to enter the market. More competition means lower prices and more affordable plans.
【D5】_________
Governments should also subsidize computer and smartphone ownership for low-income people.
[A] A mobile phone can bring benefits to women, and many of these we in the West take for granted: personal safety, reliable connection to friends and family and access to commerce and job opportunities.
[B] Most important for a world dominated by Facebook and Twitter and e-polls, a mobile phone gives women a voice.
[C] But mobile voting has told a different story. The difference in response rates between the sexes is obvious. Of the roughly 380, 000 respondents who took the survey via mobile, only 25 percent were women.
[D] But if you saw only the mobile vote, their views would have been diluted because men dominated. If women owned mobile phones in equal numbers, their access to education, healthcare and better jobs would indeed be improved.
[E] Women are not just missing out on educational and economic opportunities because they don’t own mobile phones. They are losing a voice.
[F] The results will help world leaders as they deliberate on the post-2015 global development agenda this week, during the conference of the U. N. Commission on the Status of Women.
[G] In addition, governments should ensure that women have access to microfinance plans to help purchase phones. They should strive to make equal access to mobile connectivity part of their development plans.
【D1】
选项
答案
E
解析
前一句指出,女性手机拥有率低的最终结果是消权,即她们的很多权利被剥夺了。下一段的第一句即指出“This disturbing finding”,可知横线上填的应是与消权等负面现象相关的语句。B项和E项都与话语权相关,但B项是从正面影响的角度分析的,与文意不符,故选E。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/HWCd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Mr.Smith,apassengeronthetranscontinentaltrain,appearedbeforethejudge.Apoliceofficerclaimedhehadattemptedto【
Thegovernmentistobanpaymentstowitnessesbynewspapersseekingtobuyuppeopleinvolvedinprominentcases【21】______
Teachersneedtobeawareoftheemotional,intellectual,andphysicalchangesthatyoungadultsexperience.Andtheyalsoneed
It’snottechnologythatwilldeterminetheshapeoflandtransportsomuchaspolitical,economicandenvironmentalconsiderati
Duringthe1980s,unemploymentandunderemploymentinsomecountrieswasashighas90percent.Somecountriesdidnot【21】enough
Allthewisdomoftheages,allthestoriesthathavedelightedmankindforcenturies,areeasilyandcheaply【21】toallofus【22
Itisoftenobservedthattheagedspendmuchtimethinkingandtalkingabouttheirpastlives,21aboutthefuture.Theseremin
HowlongdidEmilyDickinsonliveinthehousewhereshewasborn?
Whatdoestheprofessortellherstudentstodo?
Whydoesthewomantalktotheprofessor?
随机试题
PASSAGEONE(1)Buckdidnotreadthenewspapers,orhewouldhaveknownthattroublewasbrewing,notaloneforhimself,butf
在冲突理论中,科塞提出的理论被称为【】
根据我国会计准则的规定,企业外币交易会计的核算原则有
(2008年多项选择第32题)建立企业总法律顾问制度应遵循的基本原则有()。
【2007年第104题】钢筋混凝土高层建筑的高度大于下列哪一个数值时宜采用风洞试验来确定建筑物的风荷载?
背景资料:某施工单位以总价合同的形式与业主签订了一份施工合同,该项工程合同总价款为600万元,工期从2012年3月1日起开工至当年8月31日竣工。合同中关于工程价款的结算内容有以下几项:(1)业主在开工前7天支付施工单位预付款,预付款为
单位内部的会计工作管理主要包括()。
阅读某教师《悬崖上的一课》的教学实录(片段),回答问题。案例:师:课文中用了多个不同的动词表达“走”,找一找。(学生找出相关动词:“爬”“跑”“移”“攀”“踏”“探”“踩”等)师:作者为什么要运用这么多与“走”相关的动词?生:是为了避免呆板和单调。
下面不属于软件需求分析阶段主要工作的是
A、Categorysystem.B、ElectronicYellowPages.C、Introductionofthelocation.D、Buildinguptheimage.B录音最后一句即是答案所在之处,由此可知B正确。短
最新回复
(
0
)