TT2 Open Cloze Preparation 4 Entering the blogosphere

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The explosive growth of the Internet over the past decade has been accompanied (a)   a rise in new ways of interacting and communicating in cyberspace.

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First came emails and (a)   chat rooms.

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Now, growing in popularity at an incredible rate, is

something known (a)   blogging.

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For those (a)   have never heard of it, a blog, which is short for web log, is a kind of journal or diary that people write to 'post' online.

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The beauty of blogging is that anyone (a)   put a blog on the web and write about any topic under the sun.

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Many people just write about their daily lives while others use a blog (a)   give their opinions about current topics.

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Favourite subjects tend to (a)   sports, politics, food and gossip.

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Some of the most interesting blogs can be found on Internet newspaper sites (a)   readers post their comments on articles in the news.

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One surprising development of blogging is that they (a)   now often used as a source of news themselves.

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It is not uncommon for journalists to use information that they (a)   found on blog sites to write their articles.