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The Western world has always been divided into two types of people-the cool and the uncool.
It is a
1 that starts in school. The cool kids are good at sports. They are
2 with the opposite sex.
They are goodlooking and people want to
3 their style. They can do their homework but they don't
4 a big effort. That would not be cool.
The uncool kids are in the
5 of the playground. They are very bright, but they don't have great
6 skills and they are
7 at sports. When they are not programming computers or doing calculus(微
积分) in their heads, they are reading comic books and watching shows
8 the X Files. They are
9 as the geeks(怪人).
Here are the geeks. The geeks are taking over(占上风). Make friends with them now
10 they
will put virus in your computer and
11 your math homework to ruin. Geeks might not be popular
at school, yet they do pass their examinations, and they might not be too popular at university, but
12 good degrees.
The most important
13 of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created
by geeks. Geek heroes like Bill Gates
14 others to follow their examples. Being a geek is a way of
earning good money. And the creation of the Internet gave them a
15 of their own to work and play
in, making them a global force.
16 , the effect of the geeks
17 popular culture has started a new
trend. It is now cool to be
18 . Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture,
in which what you know is more important than
19 you look like.
But there are also
20 . Geeks were often bullied (欺侮)or laughed at in school. Now a geek may
be your boss. Perhaps it is time for punishment.
( )1. A. division
( )2. A. pleasant
( )3. A. take
( )4. A. have
( )5. A. corner
( )6. A. operating
( )7. A. good
( )8. A. like
( )9. A. admired
( )10. A. and
( )11 A. put
( )12. A. win
( )13. A. industry
( )14. A. excite
( )15. A. room
( )16. A. Somehow
( )17. A. in
( )18. A. rich
( )19. A. how
( )20. A. risks |
B. part
B. popular
B. act
B. suffer
B. team
B. speaking
B. active
B. for
B. thought
B. so
B. place
B. take
B. progress
B. discourage
B. world
B. However
B. of
B. uncool
B. that
B. questions |
C. class
C. crazy
C. copy
C. support
C. group
C. social
C. hopeless
C. such
C. known
C. or
C. bring
C. wish
C. discovery
C. demand
C. chance
C. Though
C. on
C. attractive
C. how much
C. shortcomings |
D. habit
D. particular
D. advance
D. make
D. center
D. experimental
D. sharp
D. as
D. treated
D. that
D. take
D. finish
D. improvement
D. promise
D. heaven
D. Besides
D. for
D. handsome
D. what
D. chances |