Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away. Life has __16__for millions of teenagers across the world who now make friends online. 17 you use chat rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are 18 of a virtual community(虚拟社区).
"I rarely talk with my parents or grandparents, 19 I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ," said Fox's Shadow, the online nickname(网名)used by a Senior 2 girl in China. "Eighty per cent of my classmates use QQ 20 school."
QQ is the biggest messaging 21 in China. A record 4 million people used it on Saturday nights in October, 22 to Tencent, the company which developed QQ.
And Fox's Shadow might well have been one of them. "I log in (登陆) on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel 23 . I usually 24 about 10 hours chatting online every week," she said. "But I rarely talk with 25 , especially boys or men."
Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making 26 with strangers online. "You don't know 27 you're talking to. You should 28 be careful about who you trust online."
Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to 29 someone very well. Fox's Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face. It was a girl who was a comic fan like 30 and they went to a comic show together.
16. A. improved B. become C. changed D. increased
17. A. Whether B. If C. When D. Unless
18. A. member B. part C. partner D. number
19. A. but B. while C. when D. still
20. A. before B. at C. after D. since
21. A. service B. product C. structure D. organization
22. A. granting B. depending C. considering D. according
23. A. sleepy B. tired C. bored D. busy
24. A. take B. cost C. pay D. spend
25. A. friends B. adults C. males D. strangers
26. A. relation B. touch C. contact D. friends
27. A. who B. what C. whose D. which
28. A. often B. usually C. sometimes D. always
29. A. know B. recognize C. tell D. judge
30. A. herself B. him C. anybody else D. everyone
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I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all ___36____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they ___37____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____38___ for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother __39_____ me the ticket. I was really ___40____!
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our __41____ . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___42____. I could barely make out the stage in the ___43____. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ___44____ the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t ____45___ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as ____46___ a jet engine. I could ___47____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just __48_ that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to _ 49_. But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the 50_ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just 51_from a long sleep. My ears were still 52_with the beat of the last song.
After the 53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, 54_, I listen to one of their songs and 55_I’m back at that first show.
40. A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. excited D. encouraged
41. A. seats B. entrance C. spots D. space
42. A. comfortable B. quite C. serious D. nervous
43. A. silence B. noise C. darkness D. smoke
44. A. fell upon B. got through C. broke into D. stepped onto
45. A. forget B. hear C. repeat D. bear
46. A. loud B. heard C. sweet D. fast
47. A. feel B. touch C. enjoy D. digest
48. A. realize B. understand C. believe D. remember
49. A. continue B. delay C. finish D. change
50. A. party B. theatre C. opera D. stage
51. A. escaped B. traveled C. benefited D. woken
52. A. aching B. burning C. ringing D. rolling
53. A. competition B. performance C. interview D. celebration
54. A. though B. otherwise C. instead D. besides
55. A. decide B. regret C. conclude D. imagine