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a. dot com opportunities decreased.
b. the number of teaching jobs increased.
c. salaries in chemical engineering increased.
d. the number of jobs with benefits decreased.
10. which of the following majors has the best job prospects, according to the story? 
a. information systems management.
b. accounting.
c. computer science.
d. teaching.         

d
steve nash scored seven of his 39 points in overtime(加時賽) after hitting a game-tying three-pointer in regulation, and the phoenix suns earned their first trip to the western conference finals in 12 years with a thrilling（激動人心的） 130-126 victory over dallas on friday. phoenix won two straight games to take this series 4-2 and set up a meeting with the san antonio spurs beginning sunday. it will be the suns' first appearance in the conference finals since their nba finals season in 1993. nash continues to back up his mvp status(最有價值球員) with memorable games. in addition to his 39 points, he grabbed(抓住) nine rebounds and handed out 12 assists -- continually setting up his teammates for clutch field goals at key moments in the game. his leaning three-pointer with 5.7 seconds left in regulation tied the game and quieted an american airlines center crowd that used to cheer for him when he played for the mavericks.
11. according to the news, which of the following statements is true?
a. it was the first time that the phoenix suns had gotten to the western conference finals.
b. steve nash played an important role in the phoenix suns’ earning their trip to the western conference finals.
c. the phoenix suns will defeat the san antonio spurs.
d. nash just played for the phoenix suns.
12. what does the underlined part “back up” mean?
a. go backward    b. block    c. support    d. change

e
a technology for finding web sites by typing words into the address bar of a browser(瀏覽) is coming out in south korea after failing in the united states, and could make the internet more accessible(可用的) for non-english speakers.
the technology is the work of a company called netpia that aims to cut out search engines. it already works for hundreds of thousands of korean-language addresses recognized by netpia’s database（數據庫）, and the company is testing it in another 95 languages.
web site operators have to register key words with netpia, for a fee, to make the service work.
“two-thirds of the world use non-english language and if this technology is adopted（采用）, it will make it much easier to find a web site and thus boost（增強，提高） cyber transactions and accessibility to web information,” lee pan-jung, chief executive at netpia, said in a recent interview.