The Internet

The Internet is a global （globe） system of computer networks to serve billions of users worldwide. The Internet has reshaped most_____（41）（tradition） means of communication including telephone, music, film and television. This has given birth to new_____（42）（develop） of mass media.

Newspaper, book and other print publishing are_____（43）（adapt） themselves to this new technology.

The Internet has_____（44）（enable） new forms of human communications such as online chatting and social networking. Online shopping has_____（45）（grow） rapidly for major stores and small traders. The business-to-business service on the Internet affects the supply chains across all_____（46）（industry）.

The origins of the Internet date back to research in the 1960s. The project was to build_____（47）（power） computer networks. It was supported by the US_____（48）（govern） in cooperation with private businesses. By the 1990s, the Internet was made a commercial _____（49）（produce） and became popular worldwide. As of 2011, _____（50）（near） a third of the Earth's population used the Internet.