[单项选择]It may turn out that the "digital divide"--one of the most fashionable political slogans of recent years--is largely fiction. As you will recall, the argument went well beyond the unsurprising notion that the rich would own more computers than the poor. The disturbing part of the theory was that society was dividing itself into groups of technology "haves" and "have-nots" and that this segregation would, in turn, worsen already large economic inequalities. It is this argument that is either untrue or wildly exaggerated.
We should always have been suspicious. After all, computers have spread quickly because they have become cheaper to buy and easier to use. Falling prices and skill requirements suggest that the digital divide would spontaneously shrink--and so it has.
Now, a new study further discredits the digital divide. The study, by economist David Card of the University of California, Berkeley, challenges the notion that computers have significantly worsened wage inequali
A. the impact of computers on routine work.
B. the delayed effects in the early 1980s.
C. the complexity of poverty problem.
D. the narrowing of the digital divide.

[单项选择]It may turn out that the "digital divide"--one of the most fashionable political slogans of recent years--is largely fiction. As you will recall, the argument went well beyond the unsurprising notion that the rich would own more computers than the poor. The disturbing part of the theory was that society was dividing itself into groups of technology "haves" and "have-nots" and that this segregation would, in turn, worsen already large economic inequalities. It’s this argument that’s either untrue or wildly exaggerated.
We should always have been suspicious. After all, computers have spread quickly because they’ve become cheaper to buy and more user-friendly. Falling prices and skill requirements suggest that the digital divide would spontaneously shrink--and so it has.
The U.S. Census Bureau’s latest survey of computer use reports narrowing gaps among different income and ethnic groups. In 1997, only 37% of Americans in families with incomes from $15,000 to $24,999
A. is something the world must guard against
B. has worsened the gaps between the rich and the poor
C. is less shocking as is commonly perceived
D. has given rise to some inconceivable changes

[单项选择]It may turn out that the "digital divide"—one of the most fashionable political slogans of recent years—is largely fiction. As you will recall, the argument went well beyond the unsurprising notion that the rich would own more computers than the poor. The disturbing part of the theory was that society was dividing itself into groups of technology "haves" and "have-nots" and that this segregation would, in turn, worsen already large economic inequalities. It is this argument that is either untrue or wildly exaggerated.
We should always have been suspicious. After all, computers have spread quickly because they have become cheaper to buy and easier to use. Falling prices and skill requirements suggest that the digital divide would spontaneously shrink—and so it has.
Now, a new study further discredits the digital divide. The study, by economist David Card of the University of California, Berkeley, challenges the notion that computers have significantly worsened wage inequality.
A. that is responsible for economic inequalities.
B. deemed to be positive in poverty-relief.
C. that results from falling computer prices.
D. getting worse because of the Internet.

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It may turn out that the "digital divide"--one of the most fashionable political slogans of recent years--is largely fiction. As you will recall, the argument went well beyond the unsurprising notion that the rich would own more computers than the poor. The disturbing part of the theory was that society was dividing itself into groups of technology "haves" and "have-nots" and that this segregation would, in turn, worsen already large economic inequalities. It is this argument that is either untrue or wildly exaggerated.
We should always have been suspicious. After all, computers have spread quickly because they have become cheaper to buy and easier to use. Falling prices and skill requirements suggest that the digital divide would spontaneously shrink--and so it has.
Now, a new study further discredits the digital divide. The study, by economist David Card of the University of California, Berkeley, challenges the notion that computers
A. that is responsible for economic inequalities.
B. deemed to be positive in poverty-relief.
C. that results from falling computer prices.
D. getting worse because of the Internet.