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　　The western world has always been divided into two types of people——the cool and the uncool. It is a division that __1__ in school. The cool kids are good at __2__. They are __3__ with the opposite sex. They are good-looking and people want to __4__ their style. They can do their homework but they don't make a big effort. That would __5__ be cool.

　　

　　The uncool kids are in the other corner of the playground. They are very bright, but they don't have great. __6__ skills and they are __7__ at sports. When they are not programming computers or doing calculus（微積分）in their heads, they are reading comic books and watching shows like the“X Files”. They are __8__ as the geeks.

　　

　　Here's the news. The geeks are __9__. Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and __10__ your maths homework to ruin. Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations, and they might not be too popular at university, but __11__ good degrees.

　　The most important __12__ of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks. Geek heroes like Bill Gates __13__ others to follow their example. Being a geek is a way of earning good money. And the creation of the Internet gave them a __14__ of their own to work and play in, making them a global __15__. Besides, the effect of the geeks __16__ popular culture has started a new trend（趨勢）. It is now cool to be __17__. Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture, in which what you know is more important than __18__ you look like.

　　

　　But there are also __19__. Geeks were often bullied or laughed at in school. Now a geek may be your boss. Perhaps it is time for __20__.

(1)A.continues	B.makes
C.remains	D.starts
(2)A.computers	B.studies
C.sports	D.maths
(3)A.pleasant	B.popular
C.crazy	D.average
(4)A.copy	B.advance
C.take	D.act
(5)A.not	B.indeed
C.perhaps	D.actually
(6)A.speaking	B.operating
C.social	D.experiments
(7)A.speechless	B.sharp
C.active	D.hopeless
(8)A.known	B.referred
C.thought	D.admired
(9)A.taking 　　 on	B.taking 　　 up
C.taking 　　 over	D.taking 　　 in
(10)A.put	B.cause
C.bring	D.serve
(11)A.win	B.take
C.wish	D.finish
(12)A.industry	B.discovery
C.progress	D.development
(13)A.promise	B.discourage
C.demand	D.excite
(14)A.chance	B.space
C.world	D.career
(15)A.force	B.company
C.organizaiton	D.department
(16)A.of	B.on
C.in	D.for
(17)A.rich	B.attractive
C.handsome	D.uncool
(18)A.how	B.that
C.what	D.how 　　 much
(19)A.opportunities	B.dangers
C.possibility	D.question
(20)A.punishment	B.argument
C.competition	D.employment

Answer 1

答案：D;C;B;A;A;C;D;A;C;C;B;A;D;C;A;B;D;C;B;A
解析：

1．西方人被分成了兩類人——“酷兒”和“非酷兒”。這種分類法是從學校開始的。

2．“酷兒”們擅長體育。與下一段的“非酷兒”相比較，有很多特點是相反的，7空處和此處相比，此處談論的應該是體育。

3．這些“酷兒”們長相俊美，體育場上又非常活躍，平時引人注目，自然受到了異性的喜愛。be popular with“受到……的歡迎／喜愛”，其他三項均不和with構成固定搭配。

4．正因為他們“酷”，所以人們才去模仿他們。

5．從這句話的謂語動詞形式可以判斷，這是一個虛擬語氣的句子。相當于if they made a big effort, that would not be cool。

6．這些“非酷兒”們頭腦聰明，但是沒有太多的社會經驗。從上文可判斷。“酷兒”們之所以受到大家的喜愛，除他們的外貌外，他們言談舉止大方瀟灑，善于交際等都是“非酷兒”所缺乏的。

7．與“酷兒”們的擅長體育相比，“非酷兒”們的體育一定不能再糟糕了。hopeless“無望的，無能力的”。

8．從文章意思及詞的搭配上看，只能選known。be known as“以……而著名”；admire“欽佩”，從意義上首先排除；refer要和to連用；think of sb. as是固定搭配。

9．句意為“這些吉客們正在占上風”take構詞很活躍，而且一詞多義的情況很多。take on “呈現”； take up“拿起，從事，占據”；take in“拿進，欺騙”。

10．bring sth. to ruin固定搭配，意為“使……毀滅，使……沒落”。其他三項不構成固定搭配。

11．“得到學位”可用take/get/obtain a degree來表達。

12．后面的computers and IT是此空處的詞的解釋，可看用同位語。computers and IT“電子計算機和信息技術”是一個行業，所以用industry。

13．吉客們的創造使人類社會進入了一個新時代——信息時代。他們的杰出令世人欽佩，嘆服。所以像比爾·蓋茨這樣的吉客英雄成了別人效仿的榜樣。excite“激發；刺激”；promise“許諾，保證”；discourage“使泄氣，阻止”demand“要求”。

14．互聯網的創造給了吉客們屬于自己的一片天地。space作“空間”解是不可數名詞。根據空缺前的不定冠詞可排除。

15．他們的力量影響到全球。

16．“對……的影響”是have effect on sth., effect＋on是固定搭配。

17．吉客們對大眾文化的影響有了一個新的趨勢。和過去的觀點完全相反，過去人們看重處表，現在人們更看重內涵。

18．分析句式，這是一個比較結構。相對比的兩項必須是同類的東西。what you know和what you look like相對比。

19．最后一段含有作者幽默的語氣，吉客們在學校時往往是大家欺負和嘲笑的對象。現在某個吉客可能是你的老板，你如果欺負過他，現在該是你受懲罰的時候了，所以存著危險。