阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool．It is a division that___1___ in school．The cool kids are good at _2____ ．They are ______3with the opposite sex ．They are good-looking and people want to __4___ their style．They can do their homework but they don’t make a big effort．That would __5______ be cool．
The uncool kids are in the other corner of the playground．They are very bright ,but they don’t have great___6___skills and they are ____7____ at sports ．When they are not programming computers or doing calculus（微积分）in their heads ,they are reading comic books and watching shows like the “X Files” ．They are __8____ as the geeks（古怪的人）．
Here’s the news．The geeks are _9_____．Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and__10_____ your maths homework to ruin．Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations, and they might not be too popular at university, but ______11____ good degrees．
The most important___12____ of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks ．Geek heroes like Bill Gates___13_____ others to follow their example ．Being a geek is a way of earning good money ．And the creation of the Internet gave them a___14_____ of their own to work and play in, making them a global___15_____．Besides ,the effect of the geeks ___16_______ popular culture has started a new trend．It is now cool to be ___17____ ．Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture, in which what you know is more important than___18______ you look like．
But there are also_19_____ ．Geeks were often bullied or laughed at in school．Now a geek may be your boss ．Perhaps it is time for __20___ ．
1.A．continues B．makes C．remains D．starts
2.A．computers B．study C．sports D．maths
3.A．pleasant B．popular C．crazy D．average
4.A．copy B．advance C．take D．act
5.A．not B．indeed C．perhaps D．actually
6.A．speaking B．operating C．social D．experimental
7.A．speechless B．sharp C．active D．hopeless
8.A．known B．referred C．thought D．admired
9.A． taking on B．taking up C．taking over D．taking in
10.A．put B．cause C．bring D．serve
11.A．win B．take C．wish D．finish
12.A．industry B．discovery C．progress D．development
13.A．promise B．discourage C．demand D．excite
14.A．chance B．space C．world D．career
15.A．force B．company C．organization D．department
16.A．of B．on C．in D．for
17.A．rich B．attractive C．handsome D．uncool
18.A．how B．that C．what D．how much
19.A．opportunities B．dangers C．possibility D．question
20.A．punishment B．argument C．competition D．employment
For some time now, world leaders _____ out the necessity for agreement on climate change, the world economy and African development．
A．had been pointing B．have been pointing
C．were pointing D．pointed
Though it is 30 years ____ we last met, I still remember the scene _____ we got separated on a rainy day．
A．before; where B．since; where
C．before; which D．since; when
The fellow left without a word as if ________．
A．never to return B．never returning
C．he had never returned D．he would never be returning
His sacrifices for the country were never officially _____, which made all of us feel discouraged．
A．acknowledged B．appealed C．associated D．approved
What a pity! I missed meeting my friend at the airport because my car was _____ in the traffic jam．
A．broken up B．held up C．kept back D．kept up
