Question

I am Sergey Brin! I was born in Moscow. In 1979, when I was 5, my family immigrated to the United States. I remember that on my 9th birthday I got my first computer “Commodore 64”.

Later I graduated with honors in the University of Maryland in Mathematics and IT. The main field of my science research was the technologies used to collect data from unsystematic sources as well as large quantities of texts and science data. I was the author of dozens of articles in leading American academic magazines.

The greatest event in my life happened when in 1998 I was preparing for the defense（论文答辩）of my Doctor’s degree in Stanford University. There the fate made me meet Larry Page—a young computer genius. Larry belonged to the intellectual society. Larry and I quickly became friends when we worked together.

We were searching day and night on the Internet. We were finding a lot of information but with the feeling we still couldn’t find enough of what we were looking for. Naturally the idea for a search engine that would allow specific information to be found in the endless pool of data was born like it came to us. It wasn’t our plans but we gave up the education at the university. You know the next part, maybe we managed to turn an ordinary garage in Meplo Park, California, the U. S. A. into our first office, in which Google was born. With excitement we typed the name of the thing which we created with love on September 14th 1998—www. google.com. Now, after those years we bought this garage. As a symbol it will always remind us that everything is possible.

1.Sergey Brin actually graduated from ＿＿＿.

A. the University of Maryland         B. the University of Moscow

C. the University of California         D. Stanford University

2. From the passage we know that Larry Page ______.

A. was Brin’s important partner in starting Google

B. was born in a rich merchant family

C. was once a student in the University of Maryland

D. was a professor from Stanford University

3. Which is the right order of what happened?

a. My family moved from Russia to the U. S. A.

b. I met Larry Page.

c. I was given a computer as a present on my 9^th birthday.

d. Google was born in an ordinary garage in California.

A. c-a-b-d                    B. c-b-a-d            C. a-c-b-d                          D. a-c-d-b

4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. The History of Google                         B. The Great Contribution of Google

C. The Great Success of Google                    D. The Birth of Google

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The main field of my science research was computer.

B. I wrote many articles in leading American magazines.

C. Larry is one of my classmates.

D. When I was 5, I got my first computer “Commodore 64”.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了谷歌公司的诞生过程。Sergey Brin以优异的成绩毕业于马里兰大学的数学和信息技他们术专业，后来Sergey Brin遇到了聪明的Larry Page，于是放弃了学业，与Larry Page共同研究。设法把一个普通的车库变成自己的第一个办公室,并合伙创办了谷歌公司。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段的Later I graduated with honors in the University of Maryland in Mathematics and IT.后来我以优异的成绩毕业于马里兰大学的数学和信息技术专业。故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据最后一段的You know the next part, maybe we managed to turn an ordinary garage in Meplo Park, California, the U. S. A. into our first office, in which Google was born.从中可知也许他们设法把一个普通的车库变成自己的第一个办公室,在这里,谷歌诞生。也就是说，Sergey Brin和 Larry Page共同合伙创办了谷歌。故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据第一段的In 1979, when I was 5, my family immigrated to the United States.  on my 9th birthday I got my first computer “Commodore 64”可知A项先发生，其次是C项。根据第三段的meet Larry Page和第四段的 in which Google was born可知先遇到Larry Page然后他们合作创办的Google。故选C。

4.标题归纳题。根据全文的内容可知，这是围绕着谷歌的诞生过程说的。故选D。

5.细节理解题。根据第二段的 I was the author of dozens of articles in leading American academic magazines.可知我是在美国一流学术杂志发表的数十篇文章的作者。因此B项正确。

考点：故事类短文阅读。