A “blogger” is a person who writes on an Internet computer Web site called a “blog”．The word “blog” is a short way of saying Web log，or personal Web site．Anyone can start a blog，and they can write about anything they like．

There ale millions of blogs on the Internet today．They provide news，information and ideas to the many people who read them．They contain links to other Web sites．And they provide a place for people to write their ideas and react to the ideas of others．

A research company called Perseus has studied more than 3，000 Web logs．It says that blogs are most popular with teenage girls．They use them to let their friends know what is happening in their lives．The study also says that more than 100，000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year．

However，some people develop serious blogs to present political and other ideas．For example，the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs．And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their products．

      At the same time，some long-standing blogs have ended．Last week，blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service，weblogs．com．He says the site became too costly to continue．

      One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca’s Pocket．Rebecca Blood created the Web site in 1999．She wrote about the history of blogs on the site．That article led to a book called The Weblog Handbook．It has been translated into four languages so far．

Mizz Blood says Rebecca’s Pocket gets about thirty thousand visitors a month．She writes about anything and everything：politics，cultures and movies．She recently provided medical advice．And she wrote about how to prevent people from stealing money from on-line bank accounts．

1．The passage is written mainly to         ．

A．introduce an Internet computer Web site called “blog”

B．introduce a short way of saying Web log

C．tell readers something about blogs

D．tell readers how to write blogs

2．From the passage we can learn that blogs cover almost everything except           ．

    A．different ideas                                  B．medical advice

    C．products advertisements                      D．account passwords

3．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

      A．Politicians don’t make use of blogs at all．

      B．A lot of bloggers no longer write or read blogs．

C．Those who like to use blogs ate mostly teenage girls

D．Dave Winer closed his weblogs．com because of money shortage．

4．Why is the blog Rebecca’s Pocket still going strong?

A．Because it was created by a young woman

B．Because it is about the history of blogs．

C．Because it provides useful information and advice．

D．Because it has editions in at least four different languages．