The reading passage explores the advantages of Internet. The author considers that Internet makes people's live more convenient and several reasons are offered in support of this argument. However, the listening material cast doubt on the advantages of Internet because of the following downsides) First, the author of the passage thinks Internet brings a communication revolution because of its fast response speed and the efficiency of the message delivering, but the listening material argues this also accelerate the speed of accessing personal information, such as personal identity and credit card numbers. Those who steal other's information are so called "identity thief". Second, although the writer thinks it is pretty convenient to book flight tickets or trade stocks online, the listen material considers it risky because of the expansive purchase. Many crimes may post threat through the Internet and take away the money immediately. Last but not least, the author of the passage agrees that Internet helps those physical challenging people with their live and they can access to the outside world more easily. On the other hand, Internet can also set up some gambling and porn websites that lure people to engage with it, which may do harm to people's physical and mental health. Also, because Internet is lack of control, the copyright problem is hard to be solved in a short time.

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