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.

1.From the passage, we can infer that Tim Berners-Lee is .

A. British B. American

C. Swiss D. French

2.Scientists began to communicate using e-mail .

A. in 1980 B. after the 1980s

C. before 1990 D. in the 1960s

3.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

4.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.

5.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

School is much more than a place where students gather to learn. For children, school is their first opportunity for social development and introduction to people outside of their family unit Lessons learned in school go beyond mathematics and language arts. Students learn to develop individual interests and find other people who share their interests.

Music is one of the ways like-minded children come together. When many people talk about the benefits of music education, they're quick to point out all of the numerous and measurable results 0f music education: many studies show the positive impact music programs can have on children in other areas of study.

Dr. Laurel Trainor, a professor of psychology, at McMaster University, has said young children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory compared to children who do not receive musical training. Stanford University researchers have found that musical training improves how the brain processes the spoken word, a finding that researchers say could lead to improving the reading ability of children who have dyslexia and other reading problems.

Furthermore, in an analysis of data on more than 25 ,000 secondary school students, researchers at the United States Department of Education found that students who report consistent involvement in instrumental music during middle school and high school perform significantly belter in mathematics.

There are many reasons why music education can help to make a child a better student, but there also being involved in music is also a social endeavor that can set the course for lifelong friends and help create social groups that last through school and beyond. Music education breeds familiarity during a school career ,when going from class to class or from school to school every year can be nerve wracking and unfamiliar.

1.What is the function of the first paragraph?

A. To show school is the place for students to learn.

B To stress the importance of learning knowledge

C To lead to the main topic of the passage

D To explain what the author really thinks of

2.According to the researchers, we can know that .

A. music lovers tend to use their brain in wise way

B music training can cure children of many diseases

C learning music is beneficial to students' performance in mathematics

D senior students disliked attending music lessons

3.What does the underlined word "dyslexia" mean?

Having difficulty with reading

B Receiving training for music

Gaining knowledge from learning

D Losing the ability to read music

4.It can be concluded from the passage that .

A. music can ensure you have lot of close friends

B changing schools is a bad experience for everyone

C music does offer social and understanding benefits

D few schools really focus on music education

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