402. Although many people claim that, along with the rapid economic development, .... the information I've collected over the recent years lead me to believe that... will continue to play extremely important roles in...
尽管许多人认为，随着经济的高速发展，……，然而，这几年我收集的一些信息让我相信，……仍会继续在……中发挥极其重要的作用。

六级词汇讲解:
此句可作为对立观点型议论文的第一段。所谓对立观点型是指题目就某一事物或社会现象给出两个对立的观点（A和B），让考生将两种观点进行对比，然后表明自己的看法和立场。本句借助although引导的状语从句，首先表明反方观点，再指出自己的观点。第一个省略号处，可填人表达他人观点的句子，充当claim的宾语从句，第二个省略号处则可填人表示自己观点的句子，做believe的宾语从句。along with是一个介词短语，此处意为“和……一起，随着……”。play an important role in...意为“在……中扮演重要角色／发挥重要作用。

句型拓展:
Although there are some similarities between the Chinese culture and the Korean culture, there still exist great differences between them in the following fields.
尽管中国文化和韩国文化有一些相似之处，但它们在以下的这些方面都存在巨大的差异。
Even though the number of successful small companies has increased dramatically in the past few years, the information I've collected leads me to believe that working for a large company can offer me more opportunities.
尽管在过去的几年，发展壮大的小企业迅速增多，但我所收集的一些信息让我相信，在大企业里工作能给我提供更多的机会。