因特网作为主题已经不是一次两次了，本文将其比喻成信息高速公路，介绍了它的各种用途，并没有涉及尖端高新技术，甚至显得有些老旧，很有可能是数十年前的文章。作为科技文体， 上下文并无故事性可言，若在语段理解中出现，考生一不留神就会忽略考点。幸好作为第一大题，只需集中精力填写空格即可。
较难拼写的单词有：
ever-increasing 不断增长的
information superhighway 信息高速公路
analogies to 类比
Interstate system 州际系统
subscribe 订购
bulletin boards 公告板
navigate 导航
intricate link structure 错综复杂的链接构造
虽说难词不多，但我们不能忽略了虚词。中口Spot部分的评分标准跟高口略有不同：高口每个实词0.5分，虚词2至3个加在一起0.5分；中口虚词的分值要高一些，一般都会占到0.5分一个。若小看了虚词，积少成多到最后扣的就不是小分了。我们课堂上反复强调的常见字笔记方式，如果考生能够熟练掌握的话，定能在“and, to, of, in, some, the”等词上节省时间，投入较长实词的填写中。
1. dig up
2. colleagues or friends
3. computer networks
4. interstate highway system
5. many different routes
6. electronic pathways
7. software
8. accessing computers
9. available on the Internet
10. reference resources
11. anywhere in the world
12. primary types
13. can read messages
14. mail address
15. bulletin boards
16. post an article
17. most frequently encounter
18. transfer text
19. navigate
20. popular and well-known
附原文：
The internet is an excellent source for finding many types of information and for keeping up with new developments in the world. Today, an ever-increasing number of people are using the Internet to dig up related information, conduct business or personal activities, access electronic data basis, send email and network with relatives, colleagues or friends. Frequently referred to as the information superhighway, the Internet is actually a network of computer networks. You may think of the Internet as analogies to the Interstate highway system. Just as the Interstate system connects to you different cities via many different routes, the Internet connects computers around the world via a number of different electronic pathways. At the most basic level, a computer, a modem and the right type of software can a person onto the Internet. Through the Internet, you can access massive amounts of information by accessing computers that are linked together. Generally speaking, two types of information available on the Internet are the most useful for people. That is conversational resources and reference resources. Conversational resources allow users to have conversations with individuals anywhere in the world.
Mailing lists and news groups are the primary types of conversational resources. Mailing lists include electronic mail whereby the user can read messages, send to any other individual or group of individuals who have subscribed by having their names and electronic mail address placed on the sender’s list of addresses. News groups are essentially electronic bulletin boards. Anyone with Internet access can post an article to the board, and anyone with Internet access can read the board. The reference resources you most frequently encounter are the worldwide web---www, or the web for short. The web uses HTML---hyper texted markup language to transfer text, sound, graphics and video. Of course, you need browsers to view documents, and navigate through the intricate link structure. The most popular and well known browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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