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(浏览器）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

本文是一篇介绍电脑和网络发展的说明文。

1. A根据上文"send mail"可知，A项是唯一正确的选项。

2. D "电邮、下载"已成为人们日常口头谈论用词，故选D。

3. B根据第二段第一句可知选B。

4. A根据其后的"four American universities" 可知这里指的是美国，故选A。

5. C根据下文的"first connected"可知，此处表示美国国防部想将这几台电脑连接起来，所以选C。

6. D将这几台电脑连接起来的目的是"共享" 信息，这从后文的"scientists shared ARPA"也可得知。

7. A根据后文的"one computer successfully" 可知，此处连接起来的是电脑，故选A。

8. D根据上文为了"共享"信息将电脑连接起来，以及后文的"send person-to-person messages"可以断定，此处电脑连接成功，所以成功地"发送"了信息，故选D。

9. C根据前文"shared"可知此处应该用with, 因为"share sth. with sb."是固定用法，所以选"

10. B正是美国科学家将ARPA网与世界共享，才创造了一种基于ARPA网发送"人对人"模式信息的传递平台（方式），所以选B。

11. A正如上文所说，美国科学家将ARPA网与世界共享,创造了一种基于ARPA网发送"人对人"模式信息的传递平台，也就是"email"的雏形。

12. A虽然因特网发展迅猛，但由于电脑尚未普及，所以使用因特网的人很少,所以选A。

13. D 80年代个人电脑开始普及,故选D。

14. A根据后文"the birth of the first World Wide first web in 1991, and the creation of the Web browser in 1993"可知，此处是指两件事，故选A。

15. B 1991年诞生了"第一个"浏览器。

16. A正因为1991年诞生了第一个浏览器，在因特网上浏览信息才更加方便、快捷，所以选A。

17. D通过使用浏览器的"链接"，才方便了人们在世界各地"畅游"，所以选D。

18. D当今社会因特网已经非常普及，所以上网发邮件、浏览信息或储存信息的人何止千万,故D是正确答案。

19. C电脑已经成为人们日常生活必不可少的组成部分，所以选C。

20. A电脑正影响着人们学习、工作、购物和交流的方式。选A表示"方式"。