I live in a small coastal town of 398 people located halfway between San Francisco and the Oregon border. The nearest traffic light is nine miles north in the town of Mendocino; its closest __________ (1) to the south is over 90 miles away. The nearest four-lane highway is 58 miles east. Federal Express (联邦快递) doesn't __________ (2) here on Saturdays. But there is Internet __________ (3) here. It enables me to work at home, writing computer books and articles for computer magazines. It enables local students and historians to conduct research. It __________ (4) local businesses — inns, music stores, driving schools — to reach new __________ (5). It enables local people to enjoy the benefits of email and the __________ (6) of websites and chat rooms. In fact, because small towns have few people, few stores, and few libraries and schools, you could argue that the Internet __________ (7) more benefits to small towns than it does to big cities. But Internet service providers are not interested in __________ (8) markets. What they are interested in is making money. As a result, people in many small towns and __________ (9) areas are unable to keep up with the development of __________ (10) technology. information deliver place access carries enables customers provides urban delights small remote companion reach software