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 are millions of blogs on the Internet today.They provide news, information and ideas to 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 life.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.He started the blog four years ago, and thousands of people had written on it.
One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca’s Pocket.It involves much useful information for readers.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.
Ms Blood says Rebecca’s Pocket gets about 30,000 visitors a month.She writes about anything and everything----politics, culture and movies.She recently provided medical advice.And she wrote about how to prevent people from stealing money from online bank accounts.
小題1:The text is written mainly to _____
A.introduce an Internet computer web site called “blog”
B.introduce a way of reading on blogs.
C.tell readers how to write blogs
D.tell readers about blogs
小題2:From the text we can learn that blogs cover almost everything except ____.
A.different ideas   B.medical advice    C.a(chǎn)ccount codes D advertisements.
小題3:According to this passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A.A lot of bloggers no longer write or read blogs
B.Politicians don’t use blogs at all
C.Those who like to use blogs are mostly teenage girls
D.Dave Winer closed his “weblogs.com” because of money shortage
小題4:The reason why Rebecca’s Pocket is still going strong is that_____
A.it provides plenty of useful information and advice
B.it was created by a woman
C.it is about the history of books
D.it has editions in at least four different languages

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:A

小題1:D主旨大意題,根據(jù)文章的第一句話,看出作者主要介紹博客的信息。
小題2:C題目問(wèn)的是博客涉及的內(nèi)容,除了…,根據(jù)文章的最后一段And she wrote about how to prevent people from stealing money from online bank accounts.看出銀行密碼不可以泄漏。
小題3:A細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第三段the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs.可知政治家也會(huì)寫(xiě)博客。
小題4:A細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文章最后一段She writes about anything and everything----politics, culture and movies.She recently provided medical advice.可知原因
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小題2:
A.but B.so C.a(chǎn)nd D.then
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小題8:
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Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
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C.he was walking around the car D.Paul received an expensive car
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A.should be avoided
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