Scholars of the information society are divided over whether social inequality decreases or increases in an information-based society. However, they generally agree with the idea that inequality in the information society is【C1】______different from that of an industrial society. As informatization progresses in society, the cause and structural nature of social inequality changes as well.
    It seems that the information society【C2】______the quantity of information available to the members of a society by revolutionizing the ways of using and exchanging information. But such a view is a【C3】______analysis based on the quantity of information supplied by various forms of the mass media. A different【C4】______is possible when the actual amount of information【C5】______by the user is taken into account. In fact, the more information【C6】______throughout the entire society, the wider the gap becomes between "information haves" and "information have-nots" , leading to digital divide.
    According to recent studies, digital divide has been caused by three major【C7】______: class, sex, and generation. In terms of class, digital divide exists among different types of workers and between the upper and middle classes and the lower class. With【C8】______to sex, digital divide exists between men and women. The greatest gap, however, is between the Net-generation,【C9】______with personal computers and the Internet, and the older generation,【C10】______to an industrial society.
A)accustomed I)flows
B)acquired J)fundamentally
C)assembly K)interpretation
D)attribute L)passive
E)champions M)regard
F)elements N)respectively
G)expands O)superficial
H)familiar