48. Why does the author say “witnessing companies...feels particularly irritating” (Lines 2-4, Para. 6)?
A) The UK digital divide would further worsen due to the metaverse.
B) The concept of the metaverse is believed to be still quite illusory.
C) School children would be drawn farther away from the real world.
D) Most families in the UK do not have stable broadband connections.
（本题出自2023年12月六级真题卷二）
答案&解析：
48.D）
题干定位部分意为：脸书等公司却将元于由作为下一个伟大的前沿领域而大肆宣扬，这让人感到格外恼火。作者感到恼火的原因在上文：在过去两年中，英国的数字鸿沟加深了，导致诸多贫困家庭家中没有宽带连接。故答案为D项。“数字鸿沟”加深不是因为元宇宙的出现，A项曲解文意，故排除。B、C两项原文未提及，均排除。
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