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Cyberspace, data superhighways, multi media—for those who have seen the future, the linking of computers, television and telepho
Cyberspace, data superhighways, multi media—for those who have seen the future, the linking of computers, television and telepho
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2019-06-11
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Cyberspace, data superhighways, multi media—for those who have seen the future, the linking of computers, television and telephones will change our lives forever. Yet for all the talk of a forthcoming technological Utopia, little attention has been given to the implications of these developments for the poor. As with all new high technology, while the West concerns itself with the "how", the question of "for whom" is put aside once again.
Economists are only now realizing the full extent to which the communications revolution has affected the world economy. Information technology allows the extension of trade across geographical and industrial boundaries, and transnational corporations take full advantage of it. Terms of trade, exchange and interest rates and money movements are more important than the production of goods. The electronic economy made possible by information technology allows the haves to increase their control on global markets—with destructive impact on the have-nots.
For them the result is instability. Developing countries which rely on the production of a small range of goods for export are made to feel like small parts in the international economic machine. As "futures" are traded on computer screens, developing countries simply have less and less control of their destinies.
So what are the options for regaining control? One alternative is for developing countries to buy in the latest computers and telecommunications themselves—so-called "development communications" modernization. Yet this leads to long-term dependency and perhaps permanent constraints on developing countries’ economies.
Communications technology is generally exported from the U.S., Europe or Japan; the patents, skills and ability to manufacture remain in the hands of a few industrialized countries. It is also expensive, and imported products and services must therefore be bought on credit—credit usually provided by the very countries whose companies stand to gain.
Furthermore, when new technology is introduced there is often too low a level of expertise to exploit it for native development. This means that while local elites, foreign communities and subsidiaries of transnational corporations may benefit, those whose lives depend on access to the information are denied it.
From the passage, we know that the development of high technology is in the interests of
选项
A、the rich countries.
B、scientific development.
C、the elite.
D、the world economy.
答案
A
解析
细节题。本题问高新技术的发展符合谁的利益,考查了对文章主题的把握,参见文章大 意。文章中有多处信息,比如说第二段最后一句话说信息技术使电子经济成为可能,但是这却 使富国加强了对世界市场的控制,对穷国造成的是毁灭性的影响。第四段最后一句话也讲购买 新的技术造成了穷国对富国的依赖,对穷国的经济也是永久性的限制。由此可见,高新技术的 发展对富国有利,符合它们的利益,所以选A项。
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