IELTS reading inference Practice
According to Paragraph C, a smart city fails its main purpose if it...
Question type: multiple choice · Difficulty: advanced
- A. cannot predict traffic congestion accurately.
- B. relies on renewable energy sources.
- C. increases the gap between different social groups.
- D. fails to collect data from all residents.
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Paragraph C states that 'a smart city that exacerbates the digital divide or creates surveillance-heavy, impersonal public realms has failed its primary mandate to serve its people.' Exacerbating the digital divide is a way of increasing the gap between social groups.