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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（微积分）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（趋势）. 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．西方人被分成了两类人——“酷儿”和“非酷儿”。这种分类法是从学校开始的。

2．“酷儿”们擅长体育。与下一段的“非酷儿”相比较，有很多特点是相反的，7空处和此处相比，此处谈论的应该是体育。

3．这些“酷儿”们长相俊美，体育场上又非常活跃，平时引人注目，自然受到了异性的喜爱。be popular with“受到……的欢迎／喜爱”，其他三项均不和with构成固定搭配。

4．正因为他们“酷”，所以人们才去模仿他们。

5．从这句话的谓语动词形式可以判断，这是一个虚拟语气的句子。相当于if they made a big effort, that would not be cool。

6．这些“非酷儿”们头脑聪明，但是没有太多的社会经验。从上文可判断。“酷儿”们之所以受到大家的喜爱，除他们的外貌外，他们言谈举止大方潇洒，善于交际等都是“非酷儿”所缺乏的。

7．与“酷儿”们的擅长体育相比，“非酷儿”们的体育一定不能再糟糕了。hopeless“无望的，无能力的”。

8．从文章意思及词的搭配上看，只能选known。be known as“以……而著名”；admire“钦佩”，从意义上首先排除；refer要和to连用；think of sb. as是固定搭配。

9．句意为“这些吉客们正在占上风”take构词很活跃，而且一词多义的情况很多。take on “呈现”； take up“拿起，从事，占据”；take in“拿进，欺骗”。

10．bring sth. to ruin固定搭配，意为“使……毁灭，使……没落”。其他三项不构成固定搭配。

11．“得到学位”可用take/get/obtain a degree来表达。

12．后面的computers and IT是此空处的词的解释，可看用同位语。computers and IT“电子计算机和信息技术”是一个行业，所以用industry。

13．吉客们的创造使人类社会进入了一个新时代——信息时代。他们的杰出令世人钦佩，叹服。所以像比尔·盖茨这样的吉客英雄成了别人效仿的榜样。excite“激发；刺激”；promise“许诺，保证”；discourage“使泄气，阻止”demand“要求”。

14．互联网的创造给了吉客们属于自己的一片天地。space作“空间”解是不可数名词。根据空缺前的不定冠词可排除。

15．他们的力量影响到全球。

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

17．吉客们对大众文化的影响有了一个新的趋势。和过去的观点完全相反，过去人们看重处表，现在人们更看重内涵。

18．分析句式，这是一个比较结构。相对比的两项必须是同类的东西。what you know和what you look like相对比。

19．最后一段含有作者幽默的语气，吉客们在学校时往往是大家欺负和嘲笑的对象。现在某个吉客可能是你的老板，你如果欺负过他，现在该是你受惩罚的时候了，所以存着危险。