(填空题) Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank, there are four choices marked A. B, C and D. You should choose the ONE answer that best completes the passage.
The Internet began more than thirty years ago, and its 1 __ was to increase communication among universities, the government and some 2 ___American businesses by linking their computers together. The Internet makes it easy for them to send large 3 __ of information quickly.
As time passed, more people began using the Internet. In 1981, the Internet linked 213 computers. Only nine years later, it 4 __more than 350, 000 computers. Today experts say there are about 300 million computers connected to the Internet.
The Internet has changed the way people work. They can travel from place to place 5 ___ getting in touch 6 ___ their office all the time via the Internet. A 7 __report in the America magazine, Newsweek, said more than 89 million Americans now use the Internet at work. Companies around the world now use the Internet. One can hardly imagine how business could be done 8___ the Internet.
The Internet is becoming more9 ___ than anyone had thought possible. And its importance is 10 ___to increase more in the future.
1. A. result B. goal C. finding D. experiment
2. A. major B. minor C. mentioned D. stated
3. A. amount B. number C. size D. part
4. A. increased B. raised C. 1imited D. 1inked
5. A. as B. when C. while D. however
6. A. to B. on C. into D. with
7. A. decent B. recent C. absent D. present
8. A. with B. without C. through D. on
9. A. creative B. crazy C. important D. smart
10. A. proved B. improved C. expected D. regarded
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