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     A "blogger" is a person who writes on an Internet computer Web site called a "blog". The word "blog"

is a short way of saying web log, or personal Web site. Anyone can start a blog, and they can write about anything they like.

     There are millions of blogs on the Internet today. They provide news, information and ideas to many

people who read them. They contain links to other Web sites. And they provide a place for people to

write their ideas and react to the ideas of others.

     A research company called Perseus has studied more than 3,000 Web logs. It says that blogs are

most popular with teenage girls. They use them to let their friends know what is happening in their lives.

The study also says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year.

     However, some people develop serious blogs to present political and other ideas. For example, the

Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs.

And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their products.

     At the same time, some long-standing blogs have ended. Last week, blogging leader Dave Winer

closed his free blog service, weblogs.com. He says the site became too costly to continue. He started the

blog four years ago, and thousands of people had written on it.

     One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca's Pocket. It involves much useful information for

readers. Rebecca Blood created the Web site in 1999. She wrote about the history of blogs on the site.

That article led to a book called "The Weblog Handbook". It has been translated into four languages so

far.

     Ms Blood says Rebecca's Pocket gets about 30,000 visitors a month. She writes about anything and

everything-politics, culture and movies. She recently provided medical advice. And she wrote about how

to prevent people from stealing money from online bank accounts.

1. The text is written mainly to ____.

A. introduce an Internet computer Web site called "blog"

B. introduce a way of reading on blogs

C. tell readers about blogs  

D. tell readers how to write blogs

2. From the text we can learn that blogs cover almost everything except ___.

A. different ideas

B. medical advice  

C. advertisements

D. account codes

3. According to this passage , which of the following is NOT true?

A. Politicians don't use blogs at all

B. A lot of bloggers no longer write or read blogs

C. Those who like to use blogs are mostly teenage girls

D. Dave Winer closed his "weblogs.com" because of money shortage

4. The reason why Rebecca's Pocket is still going strong is that ____.

A. it was created by a woman

B. it provides plenty of useful information and advice

C. it is about the history of books

D. it has editions in at least four different languages