The 1990s saw great changes in the waypeople communicate. People could send mail without going to the 1        and go shopping without leaving home.

2     like "e-mail" and "download" became part of people's vocabulary. The Cciusc of this great change was the 3     . The idea for the Internet began in the early 1960s in 4     . The Depart?ment of Defense wanted to 5        their computers together in order to 6        private information. In 1969,the ARPANET (an early form of the Internet) first connected the 7        at four American universities. One computer suc?cessfully 8        information to another. In 1972,scientists shared ARPANET 9        the world. They created a 10 to send person-to-person messages using ARPANET. This was the 11        of e-mail.

  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 1980 s,personal computers became more 13    .In the early 1990s,14        important things happened:the birth of the World Wide Weh in 1991,and the creation of the 15     Web browser (浏览器) in 1993. The web made it 16     to find informalion on the Internet,and to move from place to place 17     links. The Web browser made it possible to see information as a website with pictures,sound,and words.

  Today, 18     of people connect to the Internet to send emails,visit web?sites,or store information 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. the office

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

3. A. computer H. 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 I) , lines

8. A. worked R 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. modern

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. E-mails   B. Messages   C. Computers   D. Websites

20. A. how   B. what   C. when   D. why

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