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

There are millions of blogs on the internet today. They      news, information and ideas for people who read them. They contain       to other websites, and they provide a place for people to write their      and react to the ideas of others.

A research company called Perseus has       more than 3,000 web logs. It says that blogs are most      with teenage girls. They use them to      their friends know what is happening in their lives. The study      says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year.

      , some people develop      blogs to present political and other ideas.      , the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs. And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their      .

At the same time, some long-standing blogs have       . Last week, blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service “weblogs. com”. He said the site became too expensive to     . He started the blog four years ago, and thousands of people had       on it. They were     that the site had been closed.

One blog that is still going       is called Rebecca’s Pocket. Rebecca Blood created the website in 1999. She wrote about the history of blogs on the site. That       led to a book called The Weblog Handbook. It has been       into four languages so far.

1.A.  shortB.  longC.  regularD.  central

2.A.  companyB.  expressionC.  experimentD.  blog

3.A.  debateB.  exploreC.  provideD.  seek

4.A.  issuesB.  linksC.  recoveryD.  guidance

5.A.  reasonsB.  ideasC.  faultsD.  choices

6.A.  servedB.  reportedC.  studiedD.  attached

7.A.  popularB.  pleasedC.  boredD.  careful

8.A.  askB.  orderC.  demandD.  let

9.A.  insteadB.  yetC.  stillD.  also

10.A.  BesidesB.  HoweverC.  In factD.  Therefore

11.A.  fierceB.  relaxingC.  seriousD.  humorous

12.A.  For exampleB. In totalC. In the endD. On the contrary

13.A.  productsB.  employeesC.  systemsD.  predictions

14.A.  recognizedB.  endedC.  survivedD.  happened

15.A.  advertiseB.  startC.  continueD.  close

16.A.  writtenB.  appearedC.  workedD.  taken

17.A.  happyB.  upsetC.  excitedD.  confident

18.A.  devotedB.  gentleC.  weakD.  strong

19.A.  characterB.  historyC.  articleD.  usage

20.A.  dippedB.  fooledC.  mixedD.  translated