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To tweet, or not to tweet?

A guide to the social networking/ microblogging service Tewitter

SINCE its creation in 2006, Twitter, the social networking service, has taken cyber space by storm. At first glance it might seem like Facebook, but Twitter is in a league of its own, connecting people with fast-paced updates. It has become a place for activities, celebrities, businesses and everyday people to let others know about videos, opinions, interesting news, advertisements-and, yes what they are eating for lunch.

Twitter: n. a free social networking service that connects users through fast-paced status updates.

Twitter-er: n. one who uses Twitter.

Tweet: n. short updates or messages, of 140 characters or less, wh ich are posted on your profile and sent to your followers.

Retweet (RT): n. unofficial Twitter feature that indicates a re-posting of a tweet from another user. Often uses the text RT@username (of the original source) before the post.

Follower: n. one who receives another user’s updates on his or her Twitter profile.

Direct message: n. a private message sent from one Twitter-er to another.

The phenomenon includes a host of new vocabulary terms and concepts that every self-respecting Twitter-er should know. Here’s a quick course on Twitter.

       So you’ve finally been swept up by the techno-tide and gotten a Twitter account. But what to write? Who knew 140 characters could be so overwhelming?

Darren Rowse of the TwiTip blog(www.twitip.com) recommends a two- step tweeting process: figure out what your follows want, and then give it to them. Some combination of cool links, conversation- starting quotes or questions , retweets and photos works well, Rowse writes.

Keep in mind that Twitter doesn’t directly offer photo hosting. You will need to use a third-party site like TwitPic (www.twitip.com) to upload your photos. Other sites, like TwitVid (tweetdeck.com/beta) can be used to post videos.

If you th ink the Twitter Web Site too complicated, try a Twiiter client—Tweetdeck(tweetdeck. Com/beta) and the Mac-only Tweetie(www. stebits. com)are popular, and both also are available as iPhone apps(应用程序).

Even without an iphone, you can update you Twitter on the go. After adding your phone number to your Twitter account, you can text updates to 40404(check Twitter’s Web site for numbers to use outside the United States)

But no matter how you tweet, remember that people can see what you post, and Twitter might not be the best place to complain about your boss, even if you make your Twitter private, your followers may not share your sense of discretion.

       Twitter is crowded with celebrith accounts. The famous , who once avoided the media in their private lives, are posting everything on Twitter for all the cyber world to see, gathering followers in the millions. Who’s leading the celebrity pack? TwitterCounter(www.twittercounter.com), a site that tracks the most popular Twitter users, lists Ashton Kuntcher and former fashion model, as the nost popular Twitter-er with, as of our publication date, 2,691,112 followers.

Title: To tweet, or not to tweet?

Introductionto Twitter	(71)     in 2006, twitter, the soclal networking service, has enjoyed(72)    among the cyber world.
Basic Twitter(73)	●twitter ●twitter-er ●tweet ●retwwet
(74)     to tweet your tweets	●Follow a two-step tweeting process, according to the (75)    of Darren Rowse. ●Use a third-party site to upload your photos and post videos. ●Try Twitter clients to help you (76)   Twitter, among which the Tweet-deck and the Mac-only Tweetie are well (77)    . ●Add your phone number to your Twitter account if you don’t have an iPhone. ●Be(78)   of what you post even if your twitter is made private
Celebrity twitter-ers	Celebrties now are (79)    about tweeting, among whom Ashton Kutcher is the most popular, (80)    by the largest number of twitter users.

阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。

       The worst US economic depression in the recent 70 years is forcing senior citizens out of retirement, leaving them fighting for jobs in a weak labor market or risking homelessness.

       The study by Experience Works, released on Tuesday, showed 46 percent of the 2,000 low income people over 55 years who participated needed to find work to keep their homes. Nearly half of them had been searching for work for more than a year.

      “These people are at the age where they understandably thought their job-searching years were behind them,” said Cynthia Metzler, president and CEO of Experience Works.

       “Bur here they are, many in their 60s, 70s and beyond, desperate to find work so they can keep a roof over their heads and food on the table.”

       According to the study, many of the participants had no intention of working past their 60 th birthday, but _______ after being laid off or following the death of the partner. Over a third of the participants had retired.

       Ninety percent of the respondents 76 years and older planned to continue working for the next five years.

       Huge medical bills due to a persona illness or that of a partner were also reasons for coming out of retirement, the survey found. The longest and deepest economic decline since the 1930s is making finding a job for the low-income elderly workers a difficult challenge.

       The Experience Works study found that 46 percent of the elderly jobseekers were sometimes forced to choose between paying rent and buying food or medication. Almost three-quarters believed their age made it harder to compete for jobs with younger workers.

       “This study underscores calls for the need to create policies that remove barriers to employment for elder workers and provide additional programs and services specifically aimed at helping elder people re-enter the work force or remain working,” said Metzler.

81. What’s the main idea of the passage? (no more than 12 words)

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82. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)

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83. Complete the following statement with proper words. (no more than 3 words)

   The people over 55 years are hard to avoid the feeling that they have passed the age of

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84. What might be the solution to the problem according to the study? (no more than 15 words)

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85. What does the word “them” (line2, paragraph 2) probably refer to? (no more than 7 words)

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71．The 26 th Shenzhen Summer Universiade was grandly opened on August 12 th．___________ （最吸引我们的） was the door to the world formed by the 365 electronic giant LED screen．（appeal）

72．—Have you seen the film Under the Hawthorn Tree?

—Of course, I have．It was in our village that __________（拍摄的）．（make）

73．Not until I turned on TV  __     （我知道） that the Chinese ship was rescued by the European Union Task Force．

74．Advertisements have become part of everyday life so it is important that we educate ourselves about them ___________ （避免受愚弄）by them．（avoid） ．

75．I ___________ （多亏了我的父母） that I went through the hard time after I lost my job．Everything couldn’t have been going so smoothly without them．（owe）

76．It’s important for the figures                      （更新）regularly．（update）

77．________ （全心投入）your job and finally you will succeed． （devote）

78．The secretary forgot to type her business letter, _____________（集中注意力去阅读）an interesting report．（focus）

79．He made a commitment that he would spend as much time as he could __________（教这位调皮的孩子）．（teach）

80．However, Australia has a federal government ____________（负责） matters that affect people all over the country such as defence, foreign policy and taxation．（responsible）