Question

【題目】 “How can I keep healthy every day?”【1】And now? You can google it and find the answer in a second(秒)!

Google is the most popular Internet search engine(搜索引擎) in the world. Larry Page and Sergey Brin made it. They met in 1993, when they studied computer science at Stanford University, USA. They were both interested in spaceships(宇宙飛船)computer in TV program Star Trek(《星際迷航》).They also dreamed of making something that could answer any questions in seconds. 【2】In January 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine. Nobody would give them money for their project, so they used their own money and buy as many computers as they can. 【3】 Then, in 1998, with $100,000, they started their own company. Their first office was in a friend's garage(車庫). The company name Google comes from a number. A “google” is a very high number — 1 followed by a hundred zeros.

The google search engine soon got popular in the world because it was fast, easy and correct. By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet. 【4】Google hopes that in the future, all the world's information will be put on the Internet so that everybody can find everything.

A.They also borrowed money from family and friends.

B.It answers all kinds of questions, from sport to science, and from music to medicine.

C.How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 20 years ago?

D.Google moved its offices to Mountain View, California in 2004.

E.Internet search engines at the time were slow and not smart enough.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】E

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述拉里·佩奇和謝爾蓋·布林建立谷歌搜索引擎的經(jīng)歷。

【1】句意：20年前找到這個(gè)問題的答案需要花人們多長時(shí)間？

根據(jù)“And now? You can google it and find the answer in a second”現(xiàn)在直接在Google搜索一秒找到答案，可知此處在介紹以前的找答案需要多久，選擇與“find the answer”以及“20 years ago”有關(guān)的句子。故選C。

【2】句意：那時(shí)的網(wǎng)絡(luò)搜索引擎很慢，也不夠智能。

根據(jù)后一句“In January 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine”可知以前的搜索引擎不好不快，他們才決定做更好更快的搜索引擎。選擇與“slow”有關(guān)的過去時(shí)的句子。故選E。

【3】句意：他們也從家人和朋友那里借錢。

根據(jù)前文“Nobody would give them money for their project, so they used their own money and buy as many computers as they can”可知沒人給他們錢，他們用自己的錢還找家人朋友借錢。選擇與borrowed money相關(guān)的句子。故選A。

【4】句意：它回答各種各樣的問題，從運(yùn)動(dòng)到科學(xué)，從音樂到藥品。

根據(jù)前一句“By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet”可知此處講述最大的搜索引擎的具體體現(xiàn)，此處講述搜索范圍之廣answers all kinds of questions。故選B。