a)The availability of workers with the right accent.
b) A change in the legal system.
c) Local familiarity with outsourcing techniques.
d) The country’s geographical position.
2. The writer says that in both health and education …
a) more training is needed in the use of ICTs;
b) international organizations need to provide more support with ICTs;
c) ordinary people are gaining more skill in the use of ICTs;
d) ICTs can help to provide services to more people than before.
3. The key idea of e-government is …
a) to provide an opportunity for citizens to make tax payments online;
b) to make it easier to apply for licences using the Internet;
c) to provide people with direct access to information;
d) to facilitate the process of decision-making.
4. The writer aims primarily at …
a) showing how ICTs can help doing business globally;
b) persuading people to market goods and services electronically;
c) proving the importance of ICTs for people from the lower levels of social ladder;
d) comparing the use of ICTs in different spheres of society.
5. Overall, the writer’s main argument in the passage is that …
a) ICT access is a basic need for a fairer world;
b) the digital divide is the cause of our present inequalities;
c) the developed world should do more to provide ICT training;
d) the digital divide may never be successfully bridged.
Read the passage and mark the statements T (True), F (False) or NG (Not given)