A “blogger is a person who writes on an Internet website called a “blog . The wo

A “blogger” is a person who writes on an Internet websitecalled a “blog”. The word “blog” is a short way of saying “web log”, or “personalwebsite”. Anyone can start a blog, and they can write about anything they like.

There are millions of blogs on the Internet today. Theyprovide news, information and ideas to the people who read them. They containlinks to other websites. And they provide a place for people to write theirideas and react to the ideas of others.

A research company called Perseus has studied more than3,000 web logs. It says that blogs are most popular with teenage girls. Theyuse them to let their friends know what is happening in their lives. The studyalso says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activityafter a year.

However, some people develop serious blogs to presentpolitical and other ideas. For example, the Republican and Democratic partiesin the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs. AndAmerican companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their products.

At the same time, some long-standing blogs have ended. Lastweek, blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service “weblogs.com”. Hesaid the site became too costly to continue. He started the blog four yearsago, and thousands of people had written on it. They are now upset because theydid not know that the site was closed

One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca’sPocket. Rebecca Blood created the website in 1999. She wrote about the historyof blogs on the site. That article led to a book called The Weblog Handbook. Ithas been translated into four languages so far.

Miss Blood says Rebecca’s Pocket get about thirty thousandvisitors a month. She writes about anything and everything — politics, cultureand movies. She recently provided medical advice. And she wrote about how toprevent being stolen from online bank accounts.

1.The text is mainly written to _______.

A. introduce an Internet website called “blog”  B.introduce a short way of saying “web log”

C. tell readers aboutblogs                  D. tell readers how to write blogs

2. From the text we can learn that blogs cover almosteverything except _______.

A. different ideas       B.medical advice   C. advertisements       D.account passwords

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true accordingto the text?

A. Politicians don’t use blogs atall.        B. A lot of bloggers no longerwrite or read blogs.

C. Those who like to use blogs are mostly teenage girls.

D. Dave Winer closed his “weblogs.com” because of the moneyshortage.

4.The reason why Rebecca’s Pocket is still going strong isthat _______.

A. it was created by awoman            B. it is about the history of blogs

C. it provides useful information and advice

D. it has editions in at least four different languages

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】略