题目内容
Tim Berners-Lee is the man who wrote the software program that led to the foundation of the World Wide Web. Britain played an important part in developing the first generation of computers. The parents of Tim Berners-Lee both worked on one of the earliest commercial (商业的) computers and talked about their work at home. As a child he would build models of computers from packing material. After graduating from Oxford University he went on to the real thing. In the 1980s, scientists were already communicating using a primitive version of e-mail. While working at a laboratory in Switzerland, Tim Berners-Lee wrote a program, which let him store these messages. This gave him another idea: write a program that will let academics(学术界人士) from across the world share information on a single place. In 1990 he wrote the HTTP and HTML programs which form the basis of the World Wide Web.
The next year his programs were placed on to the Internet. Everyone was welcome to use them and improve them if they could. Programmers used this codes(密码) to work with different operating systems. New things like web browsers(浏览器) and search engines were developed. Between 1991 and 1994 the number of web pages rose from 10 to 100,000.
In 1994 Tim Berners-Lee formed the newly formed World Wide Web consortium(协会), or W3C. More than 200 leading companies and laboratories are represented by W3C. Together they make sure that everyone can share equally on the web. “The Web can help people to understand the way that others live and love. It helps us understand the humanity of people.” he says.
54. From the passage, we can infer that Tim Berners-Lee is .
A. British B. American C. Swiss D. French
55. Scientists began to communicate using e-mail .
A. in 1980 B. after the 1980s
C. before 1990 D. in the 1960s
56. Tim Berners-Lee decided to write a program that would let academics from across the world share information on a single place when .
A. he was a child B. he studied in Oxford University
C. he formed W3C D. he worked at a lab in Switzerland
57. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The number of web pages rose rapidly in the 1990s.
B. Tim’s programs were placed on to the Internet in 1990.
C. The World Wide Web will have an effect on the social development.
D. Tim Berners-Lee made a great contribution to the computer science.
58. The passage is mainly about .
A. when the Internet came into being B. who Tim Berners-Lee is
C. why computers develop so rapidly D. how the World Wide Web started
ACDBB
Tim Berners Lee invented World Wide Web in 1991, which _____ everyone to use the Internet
A.allowed |
B.afforded |
C.managed |
D.left |
It has been more than twenty years since pioneering British computer programmer, Sir Tim Berners Lee, created the World Wide Web. But could he have ever imagined how much the web would change our lives? And would he approve of how some British students are taking advantage of his invention?
Universities and exam boards around the UK are becoming increasingly concerned with the rising number of cases of plagiarism, many of which are facilitated (助长) by the Internet access.
In the UK most school and university students complete coursework throughout the academic year which contributes toward their final mark. In many cases coursework makes up the main part of the qualification. Since coursework is completed in the students’ own time it cannot be monitored by teachers in the same way as an exam.
Derec Stockley, director of examinations in the UK, explains, “Plagiarism affects coursework more than anything else, and in the cases that come to our attention, more and more are linked to the Internet.”
At a university level recent reports suggest that plagiarism has evolved from separate cases of individual cheating to systematic and even commercial operation. Students can now pay for bespoke essays to be written for them by experts.
It is estimated that the market in online plagiarism is now worth 200 million pounds a year. Every month more and more websites offering to write student’s essays for them appear on the Internet.
Barclay Littlewood, owner of Degree Essays UK employs 3,500 specialist writers and charges between 120 pounds and 4,000 pounds per essay. However, Mr. Littlewood refutes the accusation that he is helping students to cheat.
1.What dose the underlined word “plagiarism” in Paragraph 2 mean in the passage?
A.problems of the Internet |
B.cheating |
C.learning pressure |
D.coursework |
2.Which of the following statements is mentioned by the author?
A.There will be no problem if online plagiarism is a systematic and commercial operation. |
B.With the help of online plagiarism, students can write more creative coursework. |
C.The Internet seems to have contributed much to the problem of online plagiarism. |
D.Teachers should lay more emphasis on exams than coursework. |
3.It can be inferred from the text that the author seems to _____.
A.blame Sir Tim Berners Lee for having created the World Wide Web |
B.have studied the problem of online plagiarism for nearly 20 years |
C.be in favour of Littlewood’s defence against the accusation of him |
D.worry about the quality of students’ coursework influenced by the World Wide Web |
4.The paragraph following the passage will most probably be about_____.
A.Mr. Littlewood’s defence against those who accused him of his website |
B.different people’s opinions on plagiarism |
C.how students use the website of Mr. Littlewood |
D.the author’s opinions of Mr. Littlewood |