The Telegraph's John Bingham believes that the transformation of the word was helped along by the success of the US movie The Social Network，about the creation of the US website Facebook.“Commentators said the film showed that it had become fashionable to be a geek”，Bingham wrote.

　　【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文。戴着瓶底眼镜的书呆子们曾经被嘲笑为无用的“geek”，然而时代在变化，咸鱼也有翻身的一天！科林斯字典给了这个词一个全新的、积极的含义。

　　1.The underlined word “makeover” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ________.

　　A.evolution

　　B.result

　　C.influence

　　D.response

　　2.When did the word “geek” begin to have a positive meaning?

　　A.In the 20th century.

　　B.From the 1990s.

　　C.In the 1980s.

　　D.At the end of 2017.

　　3.According to the article，“geek” now mainly refers to ________.

　　A.someone who is addicted to computing and new technology

　　B.someone who is boring and unfashionable

　　C.someone who is smart but awkward in social situations

　　D.someone who is well－informed and devoted to a certain field

　　4.What helped to transform the meaning of “geek” from negative to positive according to the article?

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