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
考研
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
admin
2022-01-20
168
问题
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 I 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.
The best title for this text could be________.
选项
A、Internet: How to Change the World
B、Internet Promotes Economic Development
C、Internet: Angel or Devil
D、Internet Has Widened Inequality
答案
D
解析
主旨题。这篇文章主要解读世界银行发布的报告,即互联网并没有像人们想象的那样缩小贫富差距,相反地,对于技术的充分利用和经济发展的优势使得富者愈富,穷者愈穷。A项“互联网:如何改变世界”和C项“互联网:天使还是魔鬼?”范围太广,故排除。B项“互联网拉动经济增长”与文意不符,故排除。D项“互联网扩大贫富差距”符合题意。故本题选D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/xIi4777K
0
考研英语二
相关试题推荐
Excitement,fatigue,andanxietycanallbedetectedfromsomeone’sblinks,accordingtopsychologistJohnStern(21)Washington
Excitement,fatigue,andanxietycanallbedetectedfromsomeone’sblinks,accordingtopsychologistJohnStern(21)Washington
Excitement,fatigue,andanxietycanallbedetectedfromsomeone’sblinks,accordingtopsychologistJohnStern(21)Washington
Excitement,fatigue,andanxietycanallbedetectedfromsomeone’sblinks,accordingtopsychologistJohnStern(21)Washington
Excitement,fatigue,andanxietycanallbedetectedfromsomeone’sblinks,accordingtopsychologistJohnStern(21)Washington
IwasaddressingasmallgatheringinasuburbanVirginialivingroom-awomen’sgroupthathadinvitedmentojointhem.Through
Thelongestbullruninacenturyofart-markethistoryendedonadramaticnotewithasaleof56worksbyDamienHirst,Beauti
TheUnitedStateshashistoricallyhadhigherratesofmarriagethanthoseofotherindustrializedcountries.Thecurrentannual
Theclean-energybusinessisturningintothenextbiginvestmentboom,inwhichrisksarelightlyignored.Untilrecently,reca
Whatmakesagreathighschool?Americansthinkalotofthingsdo,fromoutstandingacademicsorasupportiveenvironmentfors
随机试题
Childmaltreatmentisaglobalproblemwithseriouslifelongconsequences.Therearenoreliableglobalestimatesforthepreval
女患,22岁,近5天来发热寒战,头痛,尿呈酱油色,巩膜黄染,心肺未见异常,腹软,无压痛,肝脾未触及,下列哪项检查支持溶血性贫血的诊断
购买政府出让或其他开发商转让的已完成征用拆迁的熟地,土地取得成本包括购买土地的价款和在购买时应由()缴纳税费。
混凝土面板垂直缝砂浆条铺设的施工程序正确的是()。
除室内无车道且无人员停留的机械式汽车库外,汽车库、修车库内每个防火分区的人员安全出口不应少于()个。
在[a]、[b]恰当的词语是()。文末四个画线的句子中语序不当的是()。
小芳是名超市促销员,因为丈夫有外遇,双方经常有冲突,每次都以她被挨打而结束,这种情况已经持续了近10年。今年8月12日,又遭到丈夫毒打的小芳住进了某妇女温馨驿站。该妇女温馨驿站是由该地区妇联和社保局牵头,委托该区阳光慈善救助服务社设立该站,目的是为该区遭受
经济全球化的消极后果主要表现在
有以下程序段inti,n;for(i=0;i
A、Theydonotknowanysolution.B、Theydonotgiveupdrunkdriving.C、Theydonotbehaveinpublicplaces.D、Theydonotadmit
最新回复
(
0
)