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第二篇 The Net Cost of Making a Name for Yourself Companies are paying up to $10,000 to register a domain name on the Internet even though there is no guarantee that they will get the name they want. The task of registering domains ending in. com, org, .edu and. net is at present contracted out by the US government to the Virginia-based company Network Solutions. The contract runs out this year, and the government wants to bring in a different scheme. But last year, an ad hoc committee of the Internet’s great and good revealed its own plan. This involved setting up seven new domains, each indicating the kind of business or organisation using that name. The committee recruited 88 companies around the world to act as registrars for its firm, . shop, . web, . arts, . rec, . info and. nom domains. The US government has still to give the system its blessing, and may yet push ahead with its original scheme. Despite this, the 88 registrars have been taking applications for several months. They are due to start registering names this month with the Internet Council of Registrars, which grew out of the ad hoc committee. To prevent conflicting names from being registered, the council will take one name from each registrar in mm before going back for the second name in their queues, and so on. This has led to a flourishing trade, with companies trying to buy a place near the head of the queue. Global Names of Singapore is charging $10,000 to make sure a request for a name is the first one it sends off to the central database. Other registrars are charging nonrefundable deposits for places at the top of the queue. David Maher, chairman of the Policy Oversight Committee that is helping to set up and oversee the system, says that all registrars are subject to local laws regarding consumer protection and competition. But he says that the committee "will not act as an enforcement body in this area." What is the meaning of the phrase "net cost" in the title
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阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。 Animal’s "Sixth Sense" A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December, 2004. It killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals, (51) , seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami. This phenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a "sixth sense" for (52) , experts said. Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast clearly (53) wild beasts, with no dead animals found. "No elephants are dead, not (54) a dead rabbit. I think animals can (55) disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening," H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of Sri Lanka’s Wildlife Department, said about one month after the tsunami attack. The (56) washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National ’Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka’s biggest wildlife (57) and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards. "There has been a lot of (58) evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven," said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behavior (59) at Johannesburg Zoo. "There have been no (60) studies because you can’t really test it in a lab or field setting," he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred with this (61) . "Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain (62) , especially birds... there are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters," said Clive Walker, who has written several books on African wildlife. Animals (63) rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators. The notion of an animal "sixth sense" -- or (64) other mythical ’power -- is an enduring one which the evidence on Sri Lanka’s ravaged coast is likely to add to. The Romans saw owls (65) omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes.
阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。 Animal’s "Sixth Sense" A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December, 2004. It killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals, (51) , seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami. This phenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a "sixth sense" for (52) , experts said. Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast clearly (53) wild beasts, with no dead animals found. "No elephants are dead, not (54) a dead rabbit. I think animals can (55) disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening," H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of Sri Lanka’s Wildlife Department, said about one month after the tsunami attack. The (56) washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National ’Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka’s biggest wildlife (57) and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards. "There has been a lot of (58) evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven," said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behavior (59) at Johannesburg Zoo. "There have been no (60) studies because you can’t really test it in a lab or field setting," he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred with this (61) . "Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain (62) , especially birds... there are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters," said Clive Walker, who has written several books on African wildlife. Animals (63) rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators. The notion of an animal "sixth sense" -- or (64) other mythical ’power -- is an enduring one which the evidence on Sri Lanka’s ravaged coast is likely to add to. The Romans saw owls (65) omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes.
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阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。 Animal’s "Sixth Sense" A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December, 2004. It killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals, (51) , seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami. This phenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a "sixth sense" for (52) , experts said. Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast clearly (53) wild beasts, with no dead animals found. "No elephants are dead, not (54) a dead rabbit. I think animals can (55) disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening," H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of Sri Lanka’s Wildlife Department, said about one month after the tsunami attack. The (56) washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National ’Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka’s biggest wildlife (57) and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards. "There has been a lot of (58) evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven," said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behavior (59) at Johannesburg Zoo. "There have been no (60) studies because you can’t really test it in a lab or field setting," he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred with this (61) . "Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain (62) , especially birds... there are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters," said Clive Walker, who has written several books on African wildlife. Animals (63) rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators. The notion of an animal "sixth sense" -- or (64) other mythical ’power -- is an enduring one which the evidence on Sri Lanka’s ravaged coast is likely to add to. The Romans saw owls (65) omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes.
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