Question

 The 1990s saw great changes in the way people communicate. People could send mail with?out going to the 1 ，and go shopping without leaving home. 2 like "email" and "download" became part of people's vocabulary. The cause of this great change was the 3

  The idea for the Internet began in the early 1960s in 4 . The Department of Defense wanted to 5 their computers together in order to 6 private information. In 1969, the ARPA net ( an early form of the Internet) first connected the 7 at four American univer?sities. One computer successfully 8 information to another. In 1972，scientists shared ARPA net 9 the world. They created a 10 to send person-to-person messages using ARPA net. This was the 11 of email.

  Over the next few years，there was a lot of progress made in the world of computing， 12 most people were not using the Internet. Then,in the 1980s，personal computers be?came more 13 . In the early 1990s,14 important things happened：the birth of the World Wide Web in 1991 ，and the creation of the 15 Web browser(瀏覽器）in 1993. The Web made it 16 to find information on the Internet, and to move from place to place 17 links. The web and browser made it possible to see information as a website with pic?tures,sound, and words.

  Today, 18 of people connect to the Internet to send email, visit websites, or store in?formation on servers. 19 are now an important part of our lives and are changing 20 we learn,work,shop,and communicate.

(   ) 1. A. post office    B. supermarket C. department store    D. office

(   ) 2. A. Expressions    B. Phrases C. Letters    D. Words

(   ) 3. A. computer    B. Internet   C. server    D. browser

(   ) 4. A. America    B. England   C. China    D. Canada

(   ) 5. A. put    B. get      C. connect    D. leave

(   ) 6. A. have    B. take       C. reach    D. share

(   ) 7. A. computers    B. colleges   C. telephones    D. lines

(   ) 8. A. worked    B. found     C. posted    D. sent

(   ) 9. A. to    B. in         C . with    D. for

(   ) 10. A. place    B. way      C. path    D. direction

(   ) 11. A. beginning    B. finding C. creating    D. using

(   ) 12. A. but    B. and      C. or    D. because

(   ) 13. A. practical    B. familiar C. expensive    D. common

(   ) 14. A. two    B. three      C. four    D. five

(   ) 15. A. new    B. first       C. advanced    D. modem

(   ) 16. A. easier    B. harder     C. slower    D. cheaper

(   ) 17. A. circling    B. seeking    C. sending    D. using

(   ) 18. A. tens    B. hundreds     C. thousands    D. millions

(   ) 19. A. Emails    B. Messages    C. Computers    D. Websites

(   ) 20. A. how    B. what      C,when       D. why

Answer 1

1-5 ADBAC     6-10 DADCB

11 -15 AADAB 16 -20 ADDCA

本文是一篇介紹電腦和網(wǎng)絡(luò)發(fā)展的說明文。

1. A根據(jù)上文"send mail"可知，A項(xiàng)是唯一正確的選項(xiàng)。

2. D "電郵、下載"已成為人們?nèi)粘？陬^談?wù)撚迷~，故選D。

3. B根據(jù)第二段第一句可知選B。

4. A根據(jù)其后的"four American universities" 可知這里指的是美國，故選A。

5. C根據(jù)下文的"first connected"可知，此處表示美國國防部想將這幾臺(tái)電腦連接起來，所以選C。

6. D將這幾臺(tái)電腦連接起來的目的是"共享" 信息，這從后文的"scientists shared ARPA"也可得知。

7. A根據(jù)后文的"one computer successfully" 可知，此處連接起來的是電腦，故選A。

8. D根據(jù)上文為了"共享"信息將電腦連接起來，以及后文的"send person-to-person messages"可以斷定，此處電腦連接成功，所以成功地"發(fā)送"了信息，故選D。

9. C根據(jù)前文"shared"可知此處應(yīng)該用with, 因?yàn)?share sth. with sb."是固定用法，所以選"

10. B正是美國科學(xué)家將ARPA網(wǎng)與世界共享，才創(chuàng)造了一種基于ARPA網(wǎng)發(fā)送"人對(duì)人"模式信息的傳遞平臺(tái)（方式），所以選B。

11. A正如上文所說，美國科學(xué)家將ARPA網(wǎng)與世界共享,創(chuàng)造了一種基于ARPA網(wǎng)發(fā)送"人對(duì)人"模式信息的傳遞平臺(tái)，也就是"email"的雛形。

12. A雖然因特網(wǎng)發(fā)展迅猛，但由于電腦尚未普及，所以使用因特網(wǎng)的人很少,所以選A。

13. D 80年代個(gè)人電腦開始普及,故選D。

14. A根據(jù)后文"the birth of the first World Wide first web in 1991, and the creation of the Web browser in 1993"可知，此處是指兩件事，故選A。

15. B 1991年誕生了"第一個(gè)"瀏覽器。

16. A正因?yàn)?991年誕生了第一個(gè)瀏覽器，在因特網(wǎng)上瀏覽信息才更加方便、快捷，所以選A。

17. D通過使用瀏覽器的"鏈接"，才方便了人們?cè)谑澜绺鞯?暢游"，所以選D。

18. D當(dāng)今社會(huì)因特網(wǎng)已經(jīng)非常普及，所以上網(wǎng)發(fā)郵件、瀏覽信息或儲(chǔ)存信息的人何止千萬,故D是正確答案。

19. C電腦已經(jīng)成為人們?nèi)粘Ｉ�活必不可少的組成部分，所以選C。

20. A電腦正影響著人們學(xué)習(xí)、工作、購物和交流的方式。選A表示"方式"。