II. Summarize and rearrange the following text into a passage around 250 words, and present 5 cloze testquestions in that passage, with answers. (15%)Mobile phones, tablets and e-readers with broadband connectivity could prove to be the long-sought answer inthe global effort to bring high-quality, multidisciplinary education to people everywhere, especially the world’spoorest or most isolated communities, according to the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development, whichheld its 11th meeting at UNESCO headquarters in Paris today.A report by the Commission’s Working Group on Education, led by UNESCO, indicated that, worldwide, over60 million primary-school age children do not currently attend school; almost half that number never will. Thesituation worsens as children get older, with over 70 million not enrolled in secondary school. And while classroomcomputers can help, lack of resources remains critical. If eight children share each classroom computer in OECDnations, in Africa teachers can struggle to share each computer among 150 or more pupils. But with increasinglysophisticated mobile devices now packing more computing power than the famed ‘supercomputers’ of the late 1990s,the Commission believes broadband-connected personal wireless devices could be the solution.5 of 5ITU figures show that mobile broadband is the fastest growing technology in human history. The number ofmobile phone subscriptions now exceeds the world’s total population of around seven billion, and active mobilebroadband subscriptions exceed 2.1 billion – three times higher than the 700 million wireline broadband connectionsworldwide. Even more encouragingly, most of this progress has taken place in the developing world, which hasaccounted for 90% of global net additions for mobile cellular and 82% of global net additions of new Internet userssince early 2010.“Every day, everywhere, women and men are inventing new ways to use broadband, mobile telephones andcomputers to be empowered, more autonomous and free,” said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova. “We need totap this inventiveness to improve education, especially for girls and women. But we have a long way to go. Twothirds of illiterate adults are women, and two thirds of the world’s out-of-school primary-age children are girls. This isa huge injustice, and a gap that we must fill. The continued expansion of broadband combined with technology canhelp us make giant strides towards this.”Established in 2010, the Broadband Commission is a top-level advocacy body which focuses on strategies tomake broadband more available and affordable worldwide. It is chaired by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda andMexico’s Carlos Slim Helú, with ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokovaas co-Vice Chairs. As the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals fast approaches, Commissioners are nowfocusing on ensuring broadband is recognized as a fundamental pillar of the UN Sustainable Development Goals,which will be agreed at the forthcoming Sustainable Development Summit in New Year in September.Today’s meeting of the Commission was held in conjunction with UNESCO’s flagship ICT education-focusedevent, Mobile Learning Week (MLW), co-organized this year with sister agency UN Women. BroadbandCommissioners participating in the MLW High-level Policy Forum of “Leveraging technology to empower womenand girls” took advantage of the opportunity to interact with Ministers of Education and senior representatives ofinternational organizations on the uses of mobile broadband for education.“Education is one of the most powerful uses to which broadband connectivity can be put,” said ITUSecretary-General Houlin Zhao. “For the first time in history, mobile broadband gives us the chance to truly bringeducation to all, regardless of a person’s geographical location, linguistic and cultural frameworks, or ready access toinfrastructure like schools and transport. Education will drive entrepreneurship, especially among the young – whichis why we must strive harder to get affordable broadband networks in place which can deliver educationalopportunities to children and adults,” he said.Speaking at the opening of the Commission session earlier today, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda stressedthat broadband should be regarded as a basic utility, like water and electricity. “In Rwanda, investing in ICTs has beenindispensable to the attainment of our development goals. Broadband enables business and social entrepreneurs tofind ways to offer world class education at low cost, to populations that have never had access. These centres ofknowledge already exist, but in order for developing countries and isolated communities to access and use themproductively, they will need faster, more reliable, and more affordable Internet. The same principle extends togovernment more widely, particularly in delivering essential services. Broadband technology can enhance publicadministration efficiency and accountability to citizens, no matter where they live.”[!--empirenews.page--]