Directions: In this section, there are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blanh there arefour choices marhed A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Thenblachen the corresponding letter on The Answer Sheet.(20 marks)
The Western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool.It is a division that _____36_____ in school. The cool kids are good_____ 37_____sports. They are _____38 _____withthe opposite sex. They are very good-looking and people want to _____39_____their style. They can dotheir homework but they don't make a big_____ 40_____ . That would not be cool.
The uncool kids are in the other corner of the playground. They are very bright, but theydon't have great _____41_____ skills and they are_____ 42_____ at sports. When they are not programmingcomputers or doing calculus(微积分)in their heads, they are reading comic books and watchingshows like the X-Files. They are _____43_____as the geeks(土包子).
Here's the news. The geeks are _____44_____. Make friends with them now, or they will put a virusin your computer. They might not be popular at the school, _____45_____ they do pass their examinations.They might not be too popular at the university, but_____ 46 _____good degrees.
The most important _____47_____of the 21st century has been at least partly created by geeks. Geekheroes like Bill Gates excited others to _____48_____ their examples. _____49_____ a geek is a way of earninggood money. And the invention of the Internet gave them a world of their own to work and play in,making them a global _____50_____ .Besides, the effect of the geeks _____51 _____popular culture has started anew trend. It is now cool_____ 52 _____uncool. Geek culture is becoming an important part of popularculture, in _____53 _____what you know is more important than what you look like.
But there are also _____54_____ .Geeks were often bulied or laughed at in the school. But now ageek may be your boss. Perhaps it is time for_____ 55_____.
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句意：这个差异开始于上学期间。continue:继续做，继续存在；make:使得，制造remain:仍然是，遗留；start:开始，(使)发生。根据句意可知，选D。
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be good at…为固定搭配，意为“擅长……”。故选C.
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句意：他们受异性欢迎。unfriendly;不友好的，常与介词to搭配；popular;流行的，受欢迎的，be popular with意为"受……欢迎";crazy:疯狂的，热衷的，迷恋的，常与介词about搭配average:平均的。根据句意和搭配可知，选B。
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句意：他们很好看，而且人们想模仿他们的风格。copy:复制，模仿，仿效；advance:(为了进攻、威胁等)前进，(知识、技术等)发展；put:放，安置；act:行动，举止。根据句意可知，选A。
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make an effort为固定搭配，意为“做出努力”。fact:现实，(可证实的)事实；lie:谎言outcome:结果，效果，这三项均不常与make搭配。故选A。
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句意：他们很聪明，但是他们没有卓越的交际能力，而且他们对体育运动一窍不通speaking:讲话的，富有深意的；operating:营业收支的；social:社会的，交际的，social skills意为"交际能力";experimental:实验性的。根据句意可知，选C。
42.
be hopeless at sth.为固定搭配，意为“缺乏……的技能，对……一窍不通”。speechless:(尤指气得或惊讶得)说不出话的；sharp:锋利的，锐利的；active:积极的，活跃的，这三项通常不与介词at搭配。故选D。
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句意：他们被认为是土包子。regard:看待，be regarded as…意为“被认为是……”;reply:回答，答复；think:想，思考，be thought of as….意为"被认为是……";admire:钦佩。根据句意和搭配可知，选A.
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take back:与……重归于好，退回；take off:(飞机等)起飞，脱下(衣服),(观念、产品等)迅速流行；take over;占上风，取而代之，接管；take in:欺骗，吸入，领会。根据下文可推知，此处表达的是"土包子正在占上风"。故选C。
45.
上文讲"他们在学校可能不受欢迎",下文讲"他们确实通过了考试"。由此可推知，上下文之间是转折关系。for:因为，常引导原因状语从句；so:因此，表示因果；yet:但是，然而，表示转折；still:(adv.)仍然，依旧。故选C。
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句意：他们在大学可能不太受欢迎，但获得了好学位。abandon;(不顾责任、义务等)离弃，(不得已而)舍弃；obtain:(尤指经努力)获得，赢得；wish:希望，企求，怀着(不可能实现的)愿望mind:注意，介意。根据句意可知，选B。
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句意：21世纪最重要的行业至少有一部分是由土包子们创造的。industry:行业，工业touch:触摸，触；distribution:分配，分布；description:描写(文字),形容，说明。根据句意可知，选A。
48.
句意：像比尔·盖茨这样的土包子英雄激励其他人效仿。promise:许诺，保证discourage:劝阻，使灰心；demand:强烈要求，需要；follow:跟随，仿效，follow one's example意为"仿效某人的做法，以某人为榜样"。根据句意和搭配可知，选D。
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分析句子结构可知，空处应用非谓语动词，和空后的a geek一起在句中作主语。根据句意可知，be动词与其逻辑主语之间是主谓关系，所以此处应用动名词的一般式Being。A、B两项不是非谓语动词形式；D项为过去分词，这三项均不能作主语。故选C。
50.
句意：而且互联网的发明给了他们一个属于自己的用来工作和娱乐的世界，使他们成为一股全球性的力量。force:力量大的人(或事物),影响大的人(或事物);company:公司，陪伴organization:组织；department:部门。根据句意可知，选A。
51.
effect on…为固定搭配，意为"对……的影响"。故选B。
52.
It is/was+adj.+to do sth.为固定句型，意为"做某事是……的",其中It作形式主语，真正的主语为不定式(短语),所以此处应用不定式to become。故选D。
53.
分析句子结构可知，逗号后面是一个非限制性定语从句，从句中缺少介词in的宾语，且先行词为指物的“土包子文化”,所以引导词应用which。how一般不引导定语从句；that不能引导非限制性定语从句，且不能位于介词后面；whom引导定语从句时，可位于介词后面，但先行词指人，这三项均不符合题意。句意：土包子文化正在成为大众文化的一个重要组成部分，在这种文化中，你知道的比你的外表更为重要。故选C。
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根据下文可知，土包子在学校经常被欺负或嘲笑，但现在他们可能会是你的老板。由此可推知，此处表达的是“但是也有危险”。opportunity:机会；danger:危险，威胁；possibility:可能，可能性；advantage:优势，优点。故选B。
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句意：也许是时候该惩罚(你)了。punishment:惩罚；argument:争论；competition:竞争；employment:就业。根据句意可知，选A。