Cyberspace,datasuperhighway,multimedia,forthosewhohaveseenthefuture,andthelinkingofcomputers,televisionsandtelephoneswillchangeourlivesforever.Yetforallthetalksofaforthcomingtechnologicalutopia,littleattentionhas

　　Cyberspace,datasuperhighway,multimedia,forthosewhohaveseenthefuture,andthelinkingofcomputers,televisionsandtelephoneswillchangeourlivesforever.Yetforallthetalksofaforthcomingtechnologicalutopia,littleattentionhasbeengiventotheimplicationsofthesedevelopmentsforthepoor.Asforallthenewhightechnology,theWestconcernsitselfwiththe“how”,whilethequestionof“forwhom”isputasideonceagain.

　　Economistsareonlynowrealizingthefullextenttowhichthecommunicationrevolutionhasaffectedtheworldeconomy.Informationtechnologyallowstheextensionoftradeacrossgeographicalandindustrialboundaries,andtransnationalcorporationstakefulladvantageofit.Termsoftradeandexchange,interestratesandmoneymovementsaremoreimportantthantheproductionofgoods.Theelectroniceconomymadebyinformationtechnologyallowsthehavestoincreasetheircontrolonglobalmarkets—withadestructiveimpactonthehave­nots.

　　Forthemtheresultisunstable.Developingcountrieswhichrelyontheproductionofasmallrangeofgoodsforexportaremadetofeellikesmallpartsintheinternationaleconomicmachine.As“futures”aretradedoncomputerscreens,developingcountriessimplyhavelessandlesscontroloftheirdestinies.

　　Sowhataretheoptionsofregainingcontrol？Onealternativefordevelopingcountriesistobuyinthelatestcomputersandtelecommunications.Yetthisleadstolong-termdependencyandperhapspermanentconstraintsondevelopingcountries’economies.

　　CommunicationtechnologyisgenerallyexportedfromtheUS,EuropeorJapan；thepatents,skillsandabilityremaininthehandsofafewindustrializedcountries.Itisalsoexpensive,thereforeimportedproductsandservicesmustbeboughtoncreditusuallyprovidedbytheverycountrieswhosecompaniesstandtogain.

　　1.Fromthepassageweknowthatthedevelopmentofhightechnologyisintheinterestsof________.

　　A．therichcountries B．scientificdevelopment

　　C．thelocalelites &nb