笔译二级综合能力（完形填空）模拟试卷14
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In the popular mind, the Internet is the realization of the global village, where the flow of information and ideas is unimpeded by distance or national barriers. Much has been written【C1】________the technology and the benefits that this system of unregulated information exchange will bring. But【C2】________has been very little discussion about the languages—human, not computer languages【C3】________are being used on the Internet.
Central【C4】________the ideology of the emerging Internet community is the freedom of the individual users to express【C5】________as they like. Nevertheless, 【C6】________recently, it has been very difficult to communicate through the Internet in any language【C7】________could not be expressed in the standard English alphabet as defined【C8】________the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).
English is already the premier【C9】________of science and technology worldwide. The peculiar restriction of【C10】________able to communicate with only the limited ASCII character set has worked to further encourage the【C11】________English, especially by those【C12】________native language is not normally expressed in some version of【C13】________Roman alphabet
In fact, it seems to be typical that【C14】________accessing a network in a non-English speaking country【C15】________is often presented with a choice of the local language(s) or English. Many of the national networks that have now linked【C16】________to the Internet are used【C17】________scientific and technical communication, 【C18】________a rapidly growing portion of the Internet\’s community are non-professional people.
Familiarity with English may be assumed【C19】________a linguist or a physicist, but growing【C20】________of users with no English language skills are joining the net in spite of the dominance of English in message forums and mail lists. Messages on the Usenet newsgroups are overwhelmingly written in English, and the bulk of the moderated mailing lists (including the Linguist Discussion List, and international e-mail discussion list for linguists) are conducted in English.
1.【C1】(B)
A. of
B. about
C. in
D. with
解析：write about…意为“写有关……东西”，about后面跟写的内容。write of“写到，提到……”；write in“向某一机构写信”；write with“用……写作”。
2.【C2】(A)
A. there
B. here
C. that
D. this
解析：上文提到Much has been written“有关……的著述已经有很多”，引出另外一种情况，there be句型，表示“有……存在”，填入there表示“但是很少有人去讨论语言”，符合语境。
3.【C3】(C)
A. whose
B. if
C. that
D. what
解析：首先找到先行词是computer languages，用来指物的关系代词有which／that，故正确答案为C。
4.【C4】(D)
A. through
B. in
C. about
D. to
解析：be central to是固定搭配，意为“是……的核心，对……极为重要”，填入本句意为“新必互联网社区的思想核心是随意表达自我的自由”，故选D。
5.【C5】(B)
A. itself
B. themselves
C. himself
D. oneself
解析：express的逻辑主语是individual users，代词与其保持一致，也应该用复数，正确答案为themselves。
6.【C6】(A)
A. until
B. before
C. toward
D. during
解析：until recently意为“直到最近”，其他三个选项一般不与recently连用。
7.【C7】(C)
A. what
B. who
C. that
D. this
解析：画线部分是对先行词any language进行解释，先行词是物，故正确答案为C项that。
8.【C8】(D)
A. at
B. through
C. with
D. by
解析：be defined by意为“由……规定的”，引出规定的依据或标准，本句意为“美国ASCII规定的通用字母表”，故选D。
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