2019-2020年高考英语阅读理解、书面表达自练（3）

2019-2020年高考英语阅读理解、书面表达自练（3）阅读理解。【xx·山东省泰安市高三第一轮复习质量检测】The World Bank estimates there are about 650

2019-2020年高考英语阅读理解、书面表达自练（3） 阅读理解。 xx· 【山东省泰安市高三第一轮复习质量检测】 The World Bank estimates there are about 650 million mobile phone users in African countries south of the Sahara Desert.That is greater than the number of users in the United States and European Union. Samia Melhem works for the World Bank to increase information technologies in Africa.She says mobile phones are the fastest growing technology on the continent. “Faster than TVand definitely faster than electricity.More people have access ， to mobile phones and therefore munication.More people have Internet access today in Africa than they have access to waterclean wateror even sanitation ，， ()So we can say that this has been the most significant revolution in 卫生设备． terms of changing the African landscape and how people live their daily life.” CNN television recently named seven ways of life that have been revolutionized because of mobile phones.They include political activismeducation ，， entertainmentdisaster managementagriculture and health. ，， Another area is banking.Reports say half or more of the adults in GabonKenya ， and Sudan use mobile money.Rene Mendy sells goods in the streets of Dakar ， Senegal.But he never had enough money to open abank account. Now he uses amobile phone banking service called Orange Money.With his telephonehe can add or take out as little as one dollar.He can make payments ， and send money to family members who live far away.