The world has almost seven billion people, at least two billion of whom are expected to be on the Internet. New growth is mostly from developing countries, though only 20% of their population is online, a new report says. A group called the World Wide Web Foundation is working to make the Web more usable to more of the world. Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web, announced the launch of the Web Foundation last November. The group says many people can access the Web but are unable to use it. The biggest reason is illiteracy. The latest United Nations report says about 800 million adults are unable to read or write. Even for those who can read, much of the information that is available on the Web is not in a language they can understand.
Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web as a way to help people share information. He says the World Wide Web Foundation wants everyone to be able to use this information. It’s focusing on (concentrating ) the Web not just as a technology, but as one of the most powerful means for connecting people to knowledge and people to each other. World Wide Web Foundation’s cooperation with the Web Science Trust and the World Wide Web Consortium aims to creat applications that make the Web more user-friendly. Steve Bratt says mobile technology is an important part of that work, as more and more people use their phones to go online. One of the challenges (挑战) the Foundation has now is to make the Web a lot easier to use even on the simplest and least expensive mobile phones.
56. What does the speaker say about Net users?
A. The number of Net users is growing fast in developing countries.
B. Most people in developed world are Net users.
C. Net users are more active in developing countries.
D. There are more Net users in developing countries.
57. Why can’t many people use the Internet?
A. They don’t have access to Internet.
B. They can’t understand any foreign language.
C. They can’t read and write.
D. They don’t know how to search information.
58. What’s Tim Berners-Lee’s main purpose of creating the World Wide Web?
A. To develop the information technology.
B. To provide ways of communication and study.
C. To help Net users with their own problems.
D. To make the Web more user-friendly.
59. What challenge does World Wide Web Foundation face now?
A. Making the illiterate have access to Internet.
B. Creating simplier language for its users.
C. Attracting more phone users to join its networks.
D. Making it easier to use the Web.
60. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. Unable to pay. B. Unble to read or write.
C. Unable to use together. D. Unable to use.