We were discussing the housing problem when a middle-aged man cut in and said, "There's no
A. intersect
B. interject
C. penetrate
D. adulterate
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Why does the author mention both Boston and Chicago?
A. To demonstrate positive and negative effects of growth
B. To show that mass transit changed many cities
C. To exemplify cities with and without mass transportation
D. To contrast their rate of growth
The word "sparked" in line 11 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. brought about
B. surrounded
C. sent out
D. followed
The earthquake that occurred in India this year was a major calamity in which a great many
A. casualty
B. catastrophe
C. catalogue
D. crusade
As an individual and societal resource, information has some interesting characteristics that separate it from the traditional notions of economic resources. Unlike other resources, information is expansive, with limits apparently imposed only by time and human cognitive capabilities. Its expansiveness is attributable to the following: (1) it is naturally diffusive; (2) it reproduces rather than being consumed through use; and (3) it can' be shared only, not exchanged in transactions. At the same time, information is compressible, both syntactically and semantically.
The second perception of information is that it is an economic commodity, which helps to stimulate the worldwide growth of a new segment of national economies-the information service sector. Taking advantage of the properties of information and building on the perception of its individual and societal utility and value, this sector provides a broad range of information products and services. By 1992 the market share of the U.S. information service sector had grown to about $ 25 billion. This was equivalent to about one-seventh of the country's computer market, which, in turn, represented roughly 40 percent of the global market in computers in that year. However, the probable convergence of computers and television (which constitutes a market share 100 times larger than computers) and its impact on information services, entertainment, and education are likely to restructure the respective market shares of the information industry before the onset of the 21st century.
The first paragraph is mainly about ______.
A. the remarkable rise in information-processing activities
B. a sharp increase in information-intensive activities
C. information as an economic resource
D. the birth of information society