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There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow. As the Internet becomes more and more __6__, it is in the interest of business to universalize access-after all, the more people online, the more potential __7__ there are. More and more __8__, afraid their countries will be left __9__, want to spread Internet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be __10__ together. As a result, I now believe the digital divide will __11__ rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for __12__ world poverty that weve ever had. Of course, the use of the Internet isnt the only way to __13__ poverty. And the Internet is not the only tool we have. But it has __14__ potential. To __15__ advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices __16__ respect to foreign investment. Countries that still think foreign investment is a/an __17__ of their sovereignty might well study the history of __18__ in the United States. When the United States built its industrial infrastructure, it didnt have the capital to do so. And that is __19__ Americas Second Wave infrastructure-__20__ roads, harbors, highways, ports and so on-were built with foreign investment. 1. A) divideB) informationC) world D) lecture 2. A) obscure B) visible C) invisible D) indistinct 3. A) forcesB) obstaclesC) eventsD) surprises 4. A) SeriouslyB) EntirelyC) Actually D) Continuously 5. A) negative B) optimistic C) pleasant D) disappointed 6. A) developed B) centralized C) realized D) commercialized 7. A) users B) producers C) customers D) citizens 8. A) enterprises B) governments C) officials D) customers 9. A) away B) for C) aside D) behind 10. A) netted B) worked C) put D) organized 11. A) decreaseB) narrow C) neglectD) low 12. A) containingB) preventing C) keeping D) combating 13. A) winB) detail C) defeatD) fear 14. A) enormous B) countlessC) numericalD) big 15. A) bring B) keep C) holdD) take 16. A) at B) with C) ofD) for 17. A) offence B) investmentC) invasion D) insult 18. A) construction B) facility C) infrastructureD) institution 19. A) whyB) where C) whenD) how 20. A) concerningB) concludingC) accordingD) including | 
