【Thewesternworldhasalwaysbeendividedintotwotypesofpeople—thecoolandtheuncool.Itisa11thatstartsinschool.Thecoolkidsaregoodatsports.Theyarepopularwiththeoppositesex.Theyaregood-lookingandpeoplewant】

　　Thewesternworldhasalwaysbeendividedintotwotypesofpeople—thecoolandtheuncool.Itisa 11 thatstartsinschool.Thecoolkidsaregoodatsports.Theyarepopularwiththeoppositesex.Theyaregood-lookingandpeoplewantto 12 theirstyle.Theycandotheirhomeworkbuttheydon’tmake abigeffort.Thatwouldnotbecool.

　　The 13 kidsareintheothercorneroftheplayground.Theyareverybright,buttheydon’thavegreat 14 skills,notpopularwiththeoppositesexandtheyare 15 atsports.Whentheyarenotprogrammingcomputersordoingcalculus(微积分),theyarewatchingshowslikethe“XFiles”.Theyareknownasthegeeks.

　　Butthegeeksaretakingover.Makefriendswiththemnowortheywillputvirusinyourcomputerand 16 yourmathshomeworktoruin.Geeksmightnotbepopularatschool,yettheydopasstheirexaminations.They 17 gooddegrees,thoughtheymightnotbetoopopularatuniversity.

　　Themostimportant 18 ofthe21stcentury,computersandIT,hasbeenatleastpartlycreatedbygeeks.GeekheroeslikeBillGates 19 otherstofollowtheirexamples.Beingageekisawayofearninggoodmoney.AndthecreationoftheInternetgavethema 20 oftheirowntoworkandplayin,makingthemaglobalforce. 21 ,theeffectofthegeeksonpopularculturehasstartedanewtrend.Itisnowcooltobe 22 .Geekcultureisbecominganimportantpartofgeneralpopularculture,inwhichwhatyou 23 ismoreimportantthanwhatyoulooklike.

　　Buttherearealso 24 .Geekswereoftenbullied(欺侮)orlaughedatinschool.Nowageekmaybeyour 25 .Perhapsitistimeforpunishment.

　　小题1:A．timeB．divisionC．groupD．part小题2:A．showB．act