the world used new ways to communicate and connect with each other through the Internet.
36___ Blog is a short way of saying Web log. Through these personal websites, people can
share their experiences, ideas and opinions with anyone on the Internet.
People of all ages have their own blogs. For young people, they are a way to show their
writings and other forms of self-expression.
37____ These sites include “MySpace”, used mainly by teenagers and young adults.
“MySpace” is an online community that lets people share message and pictures with an increasing
number of friends. 38____
YouTube is another Internet site that became more popular this year. This website lets anyone
create, share and watch short videos. People can watch almost anything on YouTube: news, sports
and entertainment events. 39____ These include videos of people singing or dancing, or animals
doing funny things. Three young men created YouTube almost two years ago as a personal’video
sharing service. They recently sold it to Google for more than one half billion dollars.
Games and entertainment also became a larger part of the Internet this year. One Internet
social site is called Second Life. 40____ They get married, build homes, operate businesses,
buy and sell goods, work, play and attend school. A. The blog is one form of communication that enjoys growing popularity.
B. People of all ages use computers to express themselves.
C. It is an online world in which computer users create a new self and live a different life.
D. Many Websites offer free services to create personal Web pages and fill them with writing
site on the web.
E. There are music videos, and videos made by people in their own homes.
F. More and more people are buying computers because of the lower price.
G. It is the most popular social networking site on the web.
第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分45分)
第一节:完形填空 (共20小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B, C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,
并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked(停车) her car under some trees.
Rolling down the windows to 41 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she 42 a big bald(秃顶的)man running through the parking lot. Before she came to 43 what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “Get out!” Neilson 44 . Pulling open her door, the man seized her 45 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, 46 her purse and the keys.
Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a 47 , heard the screams and began running. When they 48 Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s seat and was 49 searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out.
The attacker 50 back. But even in his great panic, he was no 51 for the two athletic
men.
Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to 52 the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes—used to tie up
newspapers. With his arms 53 tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 54 , “I
hope you guys feel good about yourselves—you just caught one of the most wanted(最高通缉犯)
men.” They 55 him and waited for the police. Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the 56 carjacker(劫车
者)and suspected murderer, whose 57 —but with a full head of hair—had been recently
printed in their own newspaper.
Neilson considers herself lucky 58 she suffered injuries. She believes the story might