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In the popular mind, the Internet is the realization of the global village, where the flow of information and ideas is unimpeded by distance or national barriers. Much has been written ---|||________|||---(1) the technology and the benefits that this system of unregulated information exchange will bring. But ---|||________|||---(2) has been very little discussion about the languages — human, not computer languages ---|||________|||---(3) are being used on the Internet.
Central ---|||________|||---(4) the ideology of the emerging Internet community is the freedom of the individual users to express ---|||________|||---(5) as they like. Nevertheless, ---|||________|||---(6) recently, it has been very difficult to communicate through the Internet in any language ---|||________|||---(7) could not be expressed in the standard English alphabet as defined ---|||________|||---(8) the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).
English is already the premier ---|||________|||---(9) of science and technology worldwide. The peculiar restriction of ---|||________|||---(10) able to communicate with only the limited ASCII character set has worked to further encourage the ---|||________|||---(11) English, especially by those ---|||________|||---(12) native language is not normally expressed in some version of ---|||________|||---(13) Roman alphabet.
In fact, it seems to be typical that ---|||________|||---(14) accessing a network in a non-English speaking country ---|||________|||---(15) is often presented with a choice of the local language(s) or English. Many of the national networks that have now linked ---|||________|||---(16) to the Internet are used ---|||________|||---(17) scientific and technical communication, ---|||________|||---(18) a rapidly growing portion of the Internet''s community are non-professional people.
Familiarity with English may be assumed ---|||________|||---(19) a linguist or a physicist, but growing ---|||________|||---(20) of users with no English language skills are joining the net in ---|||________|||---(21) of the dominance of English in message forums and mail lists. Messages ---|||________|||---(22) the Usenet newsgroups are overwhelmingly ---|||________|||---(23) in English, and the bulk of the moderated mailing lists (including ---|||________|||---(24) Linguist Discussion List, and international E-mail discussion list for linguists) are conducted in ---|||________|||---(25).
【正确答案】习惯搭配。write about就……写作：get the children to write about what they do in their free time．让孩子们讲述一下他们课余时间做什么。---|||---结构搭配。存在句型there + be表示“有”。---|||---结构搭配。连词that引导定语从句，在从句中作主语。---|||---习惯搭配。central to中央的，主要的，重要的：His alibi was central to his defense．他的辩解围绕他的自卫。Such values are central to our way of life．这类价值观对于我们的生活方式是至关重要的。---|||---习惯搭配。express oneself表达自己的思想(感情，意见)。---|||---词语搭配。until recently直到最近：Until recently，homosexual men were considered to be freaks or perverts．直到今日，同性恋男子仍被视为变态或反常。---|||---结构搭配。that引导定语从句，且在从句中作主语。---|||---结构搭配。Defined是过去分词，在句中表示被动意义，后面应跟by，表示“由……定义的，由……规定的”：The powers of a judge are defined by law．法官的权力是由法律规定的。---|||---语境搭配。句子的主语是English，它是一种语言，因此，要添language一词。---|||---结构搭配。be able to能，会。句中介词of后应用动名词形式。---|||---语境搭配。从本段前两句可知谈论的是英语的运用。因此选用use of表示“英语的使用”。---|||---结构搭配。形容性疑问代词whose引导定语从句，而且在句中与native language做从句的主语。---|||---习惯搭配。the用在含有“形容词 + 名词”的名称的前面，表特指。---|||---结构搭配。用when引导时间状语从句，表达“当……的时候”。---|||---语境搭配。根据句意，此处应填入泛指人的代词作主语。因此选用one这一代词。---|||---习惯搭配。link up连接，会合。---|||---习惯搭配。be used for用来做……(后面跟名词或动名词)：A hammer is used for driving in nails．锤子是用来钉钉子的。---|||---语境搭配。根据上下文，用but表转折关系，连接两个简单句。---|||---语境搭配。be assumed for表示“被认为是……”。---|||---习惯搭配。numbers of大量，大批。---|||---习惯搭配。in spite of不管，不顾……。---|||---语境搭配。介词on表示“关于……”。---|||---词语搭配。write a message写条信息。---|||---习惯搭配。the用在含有“形容词+名词”的名称的前面，表特指。---|||---习惯搭配。in + 语言，表示“用某种语言”。根据上下文这里表示“用英语”。