The purpose of the information superhighway is to provide remote electronic banking , schooling , shopping , taxpaying , chatting , game playing , video conferencing , movie ordering and medical diagnosing .

      Here's what it won't do : It won't remove the need to shop at stores , drive a car , visit friends , or do most of the things you normally do now .

      It might make many things you do easier and more convenient . Movies you now can get only at video stores will be available on your TV 24 hours a day .

      The information superhighway will carry all kinds of personal matters from your tastes in movies to your buying habits . How this information will be protected is one of the great unknowns .

      Computer hackers represent another threat . Last February , high-tech marauders were able to steal thousands of passwords from Internet ; this would allow them to read hundreds of personal files , including E-mail . Such a break-in could result in anything from a small inconvenience to a loss of privacy .

      On the other hand , computerized system gives financial institutions and police stations much better tools for picking out patterns of criminal behavior .

      60. According to the passage , the information superhighway can't be used for ____ . 
      A. education    B. conversation   C. going out dining    D. medical service

      61. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage ?
      A. The information superhighway will get rid of the need to shop at stores .
      B. It is possible to do shopping through the information superhighway .
      C. The information superhighway can perform the operation in hospital .
      D. The information superhighway will do most of the things you normally do now .

      62. From the passage we can learn that ______ .
      A. it is hard to protect the privacy of superhighway users
      B. superhighway has a thousand password
      C. financial institutions can deal with criminal behavior
      D. nobody knows your buying habits from the superhighway

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