题目内容
20.The world has almost seven billion people,at least two billion of whom are expected to be on the Internet.New growth is mostly from developing countries,though only 20% of their population is online,a new report says.A group called the World Wide Web Foundation is working to make the Web more usable to more of the world.Tim Berners-Lee,the British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web,announced the launch of the Web Foundation last November.The group says many people can access the Web but are unable to use it.The biggest reason is illiteracy.The latest United Nations report says about 800million adults are unable to read or write.Even for those who can read,much of the information that is available on the Web is not in a language they can understand.Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web as a way to help people share information.He says the World Wide Web Foundation wants everyone to be able to use this information.It's focusing on (concentrating ) the Web not just as a technology,but as one of the most powerful means for connecting people to knowledge and people to each other.World Wide Web Foundation's cooperation with the Web Science Trust and the World Wide Web Consortium aims to creat applications that make the Web more user-friendly.Steve Bratt says mobile technology is an important part of that work,as more and more people use their phones to go online.One of the challenges (挑战) the Foundation has now is to make the Web a lot easier to use even on the simplest and least expensive mobile phones.
56.What does the speaker say about Net users?A
A.The number of Net users is growing fast in developing countries.
B.Most people in developed world are Net users.
C.Net users are more active in developing countries.
D.There are more Net users in developing countries.
57.Why can't many people use the Internet?C
A.They don't have access to Internet.
B.They can't understand any foreign language.
C.They can't read and write.
D.They don't know how to search information.
58.What's Tim Berners-Lee's main purpose of creating the World Wide Web?B
A.To develop the information technology.
B.To provide ways of communication and study.
C.To help Net users with their own problems.
D.To make the Web more user-friendly.
59.What challenge does World Wide Web Foundation face now?D
A.Making the illiterate have access to Internet.
B.Creating simplier language for its users.
C.Attracting more phone users to join its networks.
D.Making it easier to use the Web.
60.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 1mean?B
A.Unable to pay.
B.Unble to read or write.
C.Unable to use together.
D.Unable to use.
分析 全球有近70亿的人口.截止明年1月,至少有20亿人有望接入互联网.新增人数主要来自发展中国家,然而,在发展中国家仅有21%的人接入互联网.
一个名为万维网基金会(World Wide Web Foundation )的组织正努力使网络覆盖到世界更多的地方.
蒂姆•伯纳斯•李(Tim Berners-Lee)创建万维网的英国计算机科学家.去年11月,他宣布万维网基金会成立.
该组织称,很多人可以访问网络,但是不会使用网络,其最大的原因是文盲.
联合国最新报告称,有近8亿成年人不会读或写.即使会读,网络提供的多数信息也是用一种他们无法理解的语言.
史蒂夫•布拉特(Steve Bratt)是万维网基金会的CEO.
布拉特:"如果你是个生活在博茨瓦纳(Botswana)一个非常贫穷的地方的店主,努力养活你的家人,买卖商品,为孩子和雇员争取医疗服务,说一口方言.当今的网络对你来说就毫无帮助,对不对?"
"所以,即使他们网线,有移动电话,或者有其它访问网络的设备.他们上网能查什么?他们能获取什么信息?"
1989年,伯纳斯•李首次提出万维网的设想,那是在美国人开发出我们熟知的第一代互联网20年后.
注:互联网始于1969年.
互联网是网络中的网络,它让数百万的计算机相互通信.WEB网络是主要组成部分.然而,人们现在经常使用的应用程序不是基于WEB网络的,像社会网络和iPhone这样的移动设备.
伯纳斯•李创建万维网做为人们分享信息的一种途径.他的早期研究带来了用于创建网页的超文本标记语言(Hypertext Markup Language),还给我们带来了超文本传输协议(Hypertext Transfer Protocol)--就是网址前面的HTTP.
谷歌报告称,到2008年,网页数量已超过1万亿.布拉特称,万维网基金会希望所有人都能够使用这些信息.
布拉特:"我们的主要目标是推动网络发展以赋予人们力量.它着眼于网络不仅仅是一项技术,还是人们获得知识,相互沟通的最强大的工具之一."
互联网基金会与国际网络协会(Web Science Trust)、万维网联盟(World Wide Web Consortium)的合作旨在创建让网络更方便使用的应用程序.布拉特称,随着越来越多的人使用移动电话上网,移动技术已成为这项工作的重要组成部分.
布拉特:"我们现在遇到的挑战之一就是,让网络更易于使用,即使是在最简单、最廉价的移动电话上."
解答 56-60 ACBDB
56.答案 A 根据第一段New growth is mostly from developing countries,though only 20% of their population is online,a new report says.可知新增人数主要来自发展中国家,故答案为A
57.答案 C 根据The group says many people can access the Web but are unable to use it.The biggest reason is illiteracy.The latest United Nations report says about 800million adults are unable to read or write.可知,很多人可以访问网络,但是不会使用网络,其最大的原因是文盲.联合国最新报告称,有近8亿成年人不会读或写.故答案为C
58.答案 B 根据第二段Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web as a way to help people share information.可知,伯纳斯•李创建万维网作为人们分享信息的一种途径,故答案为B
59.答案 D 根据文章最后一句One of the challenges (挑战) the Foundation has now is to make the Web a lot easier to use even on the simplest and least expensive mobile phones.可知,我们现在遇到的挑战之一就是,让网络更易于使用,故答案为D
60.答案 B 根据The biggest reason is illiteracy.The latest United Nations report says about 800million adults are unable to read or write.可知,illiteracy此处的意思是"不会读或写",故答案为B
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