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.
【C11】

选项 A、means of
B、use of
C、availability of
D、indication of

答案B

解析 语境搭配。从本段前两句可知谈论的是英语的运用。因此选用use of表示“英语的使用”。
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