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Practice Listening: Highlight Correct Summary ID: #47322 Medium The rapid expansion

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The history of software is of course very, very new. The whole IT industry is really only 67 years old, which is extraordinary. To be so close to the birth of a major new technology, a major new discipline is quite remarkable given where we've got to in those 67 years. And the progression has been not so much a progression as a stampede, because Moore's law, the rapid expansion in the power of computing and the rapid fall of the cost of computing and storage and communications has made it feasible for information technology to move into all sorts of areas of life that were never originally envisaged. What has happened is that there has been, as I said, a stampede for people to pick the low-hanging fruit. And that is what's guided the development of software and information technology over the past decades and continues to do so, with a number of consequences that we will explore.

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The rapid expansion in the power of computing and the rapid fall of the cost of computing and storage and communications has made it feasible for information technology to move into all sorts of areas of life. The history of software is only 67 years old. A major new discipline is quite remarkable given where we got to in those 67 years. We will continue to do so with a number of consequences that we will explore. There has been as lately a stampede for people to pick the low-hanging fruit. And that is what's guided the development of software and information technology over the past decades. The history of software is of course very very new. And the whole IT industry is really only 57 years old which is extraordinary. And that is what's guided the development of software and information technology.

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Option 1: "The rapid expansion in the power of computing and the rapid fall of the cost of computing and storage and communications has made it feasible for information technology to move into all sorts of areas of life. The history of software is only 67 years old."

Explanation: This option accurately captures the main idea of the text, which discusses the rapid advancements in computing power and the decrease in costs that have allowed information technology to permeate various aspects of life. It also correctly states that the history of software is only 67 years old, aligning with the text's emphasis on the youth of the IT industry.

Option 2: "A major new discipline is quite remarkable given where we got to in those 67 years. We will continue to do so with a number of consequences that we will explore."

Explanation: This option misrepresents the text by focusing on the remarkableness of the discipline without addressing the significant factors of computing power and cost reduction. Additionally, it introduces the phrase 'we will continue to do so,' which is not explicitly stated in the text, leading to a lack of clarity and relevance.

Option 3: "There has been as lately a stampede for people to pick the low-hanging fruit. And that is what's guided the development of software and information technology over the past decades."

Explanation: While this option mentions the 'stampede' for low-hanging fruit, it fails to encompass the broader context of the text, particularly the rapid expansion of computing power and cost reduction. The phrase 'as lately' is also grammatically incorrect and does not reflect the text's timeline accurately.

Option 4: "The history of software is of course very very new. And the whole IT industry is really only 57 years old which is extraordinary. And that is what's guided the development of software and information technology."

Explanation: This option contains a factual error, stating that the IT industry is only 57 years old instead of the correct 67 years. While it captures the idea of the youth of the software industry, it does not address the critical themes of computing power and cost reduction that are central to the text, making it incomplete.

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