In the popular mind, the Internet is the realization of the global village, where the flow of information and ideas is unimpeded

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问题     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 nonprofessional 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.
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选项 A、vehicle
B、language
C、means
D、instrument

答案B

解析 语境搭配。句子的主语是English,它是一种语言,因此,要添language一词。
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