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  3. A. always B. barely C. demise D. emergence E. gainedF. implications G. leaf H.

A. always B. barely C. demise D. emergence E. gainedF. implications G. leaf H.

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问题 A. always B. barely C. demise D. emergence E. gained
F. implications G. leaf H. lost I. naturally J. object
K. one L online M. rising N. single O. value
    Millions of people now rent their movies the Netflix way. They fill out a wish list from the 50,009 titles on the company’s web site and receive the first few DVD’s in the mail: when they mail each one back, the next one on the list is sent. The Netflix model has been exhaustively analyzed for its disruptive, new-economy【C1】______. What will it mean for video stores like Blockbuster? What will it mean for movie studios and theaters? What does it show about "long tail" businesses—ones that combine many markets into a【C2】______ target audience? But one other major implication has【C3】______ been mentioned: what this and similar Internet-based businesses mean for the United States Postal Service.
    Every day, some two million Netflix envelopes come and go as firstclass mail. They are joined by millions of other shipments from【C4】______ pharmacies, eBay vendors, Amazon.com and other businesses that did not exist before the Internet.
    The【C5】______ of "snail mail" in the age of electronic communication has been predicted at least as often as the coming of the paperless office. But the consumption of paper keeps【C6】______. It has roughly doubled since 1980. On average, an American household receives twice as many pieces of mail a day as it did in the 1970’s.
    The harmful side of the Internet’s impact is obvious but statistically less important than many would guess. People【C7】______ write fewer letters when they can send e-mail messages. To【C8】______ through a box of old paper correspondence is to know what has been【C9】______ in this shift: the pretty stamps, the varying look and feel of handwritten and typed correspondence, the tangible【C10】______ that was once in the sender’s hands. [br] 【C6】
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答案 M
解析 空格前的keeps提示空格处需填入形容词作表语，或填入动名词，构成keep doing sth．结构。上一句人们预言the paperless office“办公无纸化”，若办公无纸化，则纸的消耗量会减少，但由本句的But可知，此处表示纸的消耗量增加，词库中M项rising“增加”符合要求。
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