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CHINA--China’s mainland replaced Japan as home to the world’s second largest online population by the end of last year, according to a national survey released yesterday.
The mainland’s online population which hit 59. 1 million by the end of 2002, up nearly 30 percent from the middle of the year, is larger than Japan’s latest figure of 54 million, said the China Internet Network Information Center.
The center predicted the number of net surfers in China would jump 46 percent to 86.5 million this year.
However, China still lags far behind the United States, which is home to 170 million Internet users. And China’s online population is only 4.6 percent of its total population.

How many Internet users are there in the United States

[填空题]CHINA--China’s mainland replaced Japan as home to the world’s second largest online population by the end of last year, according to a national survey released yesterday.
The mainland’s online population which hit 59. 1 million by the end of 2002, up nearly 30 percent from the middle of the year, is larger than Japan’s latest figure of 54 million, said the China Internet Network Information Center.
The center predicted the number of net surfers in China would jump 46 percent to 86.5 million this year.
However, China still lags far behind the United States, which is home to 170 million Internet users. And China’s online population is only 4.6 percent of its total population.
Which country has the largest online population

[单项选择]where were British officials replaced by a home-grown governing class（　）.
A. Connecticut.
B. Rhode Island.
C. Both a and b.
D. None of the above.

[单项选择]Throughout Japan’s recent history of earthquakes, fires and tsunamis, none have matched the combined fury of those that battered the north of the country on March 11th, killing hundreds of people and leaving at least 1,000 unaccounted for. But on March 12th the Japanese faced another danger: a nuclear accident.
Two nuclear plants near the coast in Fukushima, a prefecture northeast of Tokyo, were being handled as emergency situations following the failure of systems to cool five nuclear reactors that have overheated. If any were to release large quantities of radioactive material, it could create s whole new level of catastrophe.
At this point, it is hard to gauge the degree of risk. It is an unprecedented situation in Japan, which is one of the world’s most nuclear intensive countries. Overnight, the government extended the radius from which it evacuated people near the Fukushima First (Daiichi) plant from 3 kilometers to 10km; according to news agency reports. This encompass
A. alteration
B. ferocity
C. devastation
D. distortion