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5 Read the article and fill in the gaps with suitable words.

A

Look at the tag on your jeans and you are likely to see that they were not (1) b) made in the country where you are now.

Read about the latest American blockbuster on the Internet, then go and watch it at your local cinema in your language, and then spend the evening in front of your computer discussing it with your (2) b) peers all over the world.

These are just a few examples of a phenomenon called globalisation.

Borders are (3) a) disappearing, businesses are going global, countries and people are becoming more and more interconnected and (4) b) interdependent. It is not unusual for different members of a family to live in different countries and regularly meet for family occasions.

B

On 1 November 1993, 27 European countries (1) с) established the European Union (EU) and made the free movement of people, goods, services and money possible in huge areas of Europe. Thus a lot of countries with different political systems and historical backgrounds became united under one (2) c) government: the European Parliament with its headquarters in Strasbourg. Later these countries adopted common laws and policies and some even introduced a common (3) c) currency the euro.

Many scholars argue that similar things happened in the past, and give numerous (4) c) examples, from the trade links between Sumer and the Indus Valley Civilisation in the third millennium B.C. to the European colonisation of the Americas.

However, at that time international (5) c) exchange was much more difficult, as long distances made it slow and inefficient. The great inventions of the twentieth century solved these problems. International travel became easy: any part of this planet is within hours by plane. Communication is (6) b) instant: people can phone, exchange e-mails and even participate in international meetings through video conferences without leaving their place of work.

C

Information and knowledge is shared, tested and discussed. (1) a) Innovations successfully used by one country quickly become available everywhere. Mistakes made in one field are analysed and (2) a) avoided in another.

As people came to understand that we live in a small world where everything is connected, they also realised that global problems can only be (3) b) solved by human beings working together. Non-governmental international organisations unite people from different countries to deal with the problems that have no (4) c) borders (global climate change, air and water pollution, energy use or child labour regulations).

D

Globalisation has a lot of positive aspects.

• (1) b) Wealthy countries help developing countries and people there get educational, medical and financial help which they didntaskt have before.

• Cooperation between governments is more (2) b) efficient and problems are solved faster and more successfully.

• Scientists from different countries combine their efforts and (3) c) achieve better results.

• There is greater access to all sorts of information (4) a) sources: online libraries, books, films, media.

• There is a universal means of communication: (5) c) knowledge of English is becoming a must.

• Tolerance is becoming one of the key (6) b) values of society, where people will learn to understand and respect each othertasks differences.

E

Antiglobalists say that the following negative aspects cantaskt be ignored.

• Cultural diversity and individuality is (1) c) disappearing. A lot of countries are already bilingual, using English as often as their national language.

• Local businesses are finding it hard to (2) a) compete with global ones, and have to close down.

• Countries all over the world are getting more and more westernised.