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In some places, it has helped curb corruption, encouraged more girls to go to school and enabled citizens to monitor election vi
In some places, it has helped curb corruption, encouraged more girls to go to school and enabled citizens to monitor election vi
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2019-11-20
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In some places, it has helped curb corruption, encouraged more girls to go to school and enabled citizens to monitor election violence.
But according to a report issued Wednesday by the World Bank, the vast changes wrought by technology have not expanded economic opportunities or improved access to basic public services in ways that many had expected. Rather, the report warned darkly, Internet innovations stand to widen inequalities and even hasten the hollowing out of middle-class employment.
Those who are already well-off and well-educated have been able to take advantage of the Internet economy, the report concluded pointedly, and despite the expansion of Internet access, 60 percent of humanity remains offline.
"Countries that are investing in both digital technology and its analog complements will reap significant dividends, while others are likely to fall behind" the reported added. "Technology without a strong foundation risks creating divergent economic fortunes, higher inequality and an intrusive state."
How a society takes advantage of information technology depends on what kind of a society it is, the report concluded.
Women are discouraged from going online in some countries, the report found, and across the countries of South Asia, they were far less likely to own a mobile phone. Those who are illiterate— still 20 percent of the world’s population—cannot take advantage of the Internet at all; and in the developing world, the technology industry employs barely 1 percent of the work force. In rich countries, technology employs 3 to 5 percent of the work force, still a small fraction of total employment.
According to the bank’s survey, more than half of all countries had privacy laws on the books, but only 51 of them were in the developing world.
The bank, which says it has itself invested $12.6 billion in information technology projects, calls on countries to make the Internet "universal, affordable, open and safe." Yet it also takes pains to say that expanding access will not be enough for citizens to take advantage of the benefits. It also recommends enabling companies to compete, strengthening the skills of workers so they can obtain the new jobs and making government institutions accountable.
"The triple complements—a favorable business climate, strong human capital and good governance—will sound familiar—and they should because they are the foundation of economic development," the report concluded.
In the first paragraph, the word "it" means______.
选项
A、technology
B、Internet
C、economic development
D、World Bank
答案
B
解析
细节题。根据题干关键词定位到文章第一段。第一段说明it可以遏制腐败、监督选举暴力等。第二段则提出与第一段相反的观点,指出“互联网创新加剧了不平等,甚至加速了中产阶级就业机会的消失。且文章第三段也在说明当今互联网的使用情况。”通读全文后可发现,文章讲的是互联网(Internet)扩大了贫富差距,故本题选B。
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