SECTION 4: READING VII. Read the passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the blank. (2.0 points)

Some people believe that soon schools will no longer be necessary. They say that ___(1)____________the Internet and other new technologies, ___(2)___________no longer any need for school buildings, formal classes, or teachers. Perhaps this will be true one day, but this is hard to___(3)___________a world without schools. In fact, we need to look at how we can use new technology to make schools better, not ___(4)__________them. We should invent a new kind of school that is ___(5)___________to libraries, museums, science centers, laboratories, and even corporations. ___(6)___________could give talks on video or over the Internet. TV networks and local stations could develop programming about things students are ___(7)___________studying in school.
Already there are several towns ___(8)___________this is beginning to happen. Blacksburg, Virginia, is one of them. Here the entire city is linked to the Internet, and learning can ___(9)____________at home, at school and in the office. Businesses provide programs for the schools and the schools provide computer labs for people without their own ___(10)_________at home.