The western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool. It is a division that
in school. The cool kids are good at
.They are
with the opposite sex .They are good-looking and people want to
their style. They can do their homework but they don’t make a big effort. That would
be cool.
The uncool kids are in the other corner of the playground. They are very bright ,but they don’t have great
skills and they are
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 like the “X Files” .They are
as the geeks.
Here’s the news. The geeks are
.Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and
your maths 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
good degrees.
The most important
of the 21st century ,computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks .Geek heroes like Bill Gates
others to follow their example .Being a geek is a way of earning good money .And the creation of the Internet gave them a
of their own to work and play in ,making them a global
.Besides ,the effect of the geeks
popular culture has started a new trend（趋势）.It is now cool to be
.Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture ,in which what you know is more important than
you look like.
But there are also
. Geeks were often bullied or laughed at in school. Now a geek may be your boss .Perhaps it is time for
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| 小题1: | | A．continues | B．makes | C．remains | D．starts |
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| 小题2: | | A．computers | B．studies | C．sports | D．maths |
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| 小题3: | | A．pleasant | B．popular | C．crazy | D．average |
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| 小题4: | | A．copy | B．advance | C．take | D．act |
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| 小题5: | | A．not | B．indeed | C．perhaps | D．actually |
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| 小题6: | | A．speaking | B．operating | C．social | D．experimental |
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| 小题7: | | A．speechless | B．sharp | C．active | D．hopeless |
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| 小题8: | | A．known | B．referred | C．thought | D．admired |
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| 小题9: | | A．taking on | B．taking up | C．taking over | D．taking in |
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| 小题10: | | A．put | B．cause | C．bring | D．serve |
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| 小题11: | | A．win | B．take | C．wish | D．finish |
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| 小题12: | | A．industry | B．discovery | C．progress | D．development |
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| 小题13: | | A．promise | B．discourage | C．demand | D．excite |
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| 小题14: | | A．chance | B．space | C．world | D．career |
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| 小题15: | | A．force | B．company | C．organization | D．department |
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| 小题17: | | A．rich | B．attractive | C．handsome | D．uncool |
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| 小题18: | | A．how | B．that | C．what | D．how much |
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| 小题19: | | A．opportunities | B．dangers | C．possibility | D．question |
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| 小题20: | | A．punishment | B．argument | C．competition | D．employment |
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