Section ⅠUse of English

　　Directions:

　　Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

　　It is generally recognized in the world that the second Gulf War in Iraq is a crucial test of high-speed web. For decades, Americans have anxiously 1 each war through a new communication 2, from the early silent film of World War I to the 24-hour cable news 3 of the first Persian Gulf War.

　　Now, 4 bombs exploding in Baghdad, a sudden increase in wartime 5 for online news has become a central test of the 6 of high-speed Internet connections. It is also a good 7 both to attract users to online media 8 and to persuade them to pay for the material they find there, 9 the value of the Cable News Network persuaded millions to 10 to cable during the last war in Iraq.

　　11 by a steady rise over the last 18 months in the number of people with high-speed Internet 12, now at more than 70 million in the United States, the web sites of many of the major news organizations have 13 assembled a novel collage (拼貼) of 14 video, audio reports, photography collections, animated weaponry 15, interactive maps and other new digital reportage.

　　These Internet services are 16 on the remarkable abundance of sounds and images 17 from video cameras 18 on Baghdad and journalists traveling with troops. And they have found a 19 audience of American office workers 20 their computers during the early combat. (245 words)

　　1. [A] notified [B] publicized [C] followed[D] pursued

　　2. [A] means[B] medium[C] method [D]measure

　　3. [A] coverage[B] publication [C] convention [D] conveyance

　　4. [A] during[B] in [C] as [D] with

　　5. [A] report [B] demand[C] concern[D] prospect

　　6. [A] ability [B] chance [C] potential [D] power

　　7. [A] opportunity [B] perspective [C] message [D] response

　　8. [A] outlets [B] resources[C] circumstances[D] positions

　　9. [A] for all that[B] now that [C] just as[D] as if

　　10. [A] subject[B] contribute[C] apply [D] subscribe

　　11. [A] Discouraged [B] Inspired [C] Impressed[D] Effected

　　12. [A] approach [B] usage[C] application[D] access

　　13. [A] radically [B] plausibly [C] orderly[D] hastily

　　14. [A] living[B] alive[C] live [D] lively

　　15. [A] destruction [B] displays [C] installation [D] contest

　　16. [A] capitalizing [B] embarking[C] broadcasting[D] operating

　　17. [A] accessible [B] desirable [C] feasible[D] available

　　18. [A] focused[B] rested [C] reckoned [D] depended

　　19. [A] continuous [B] perpetual[C] captive [D] temporary

　　20. [A] with [B] at [C] beside[D] near

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