Googlefight is a simple service available on the Internet which offers you the chance to compare two different items and see how many hits they get on the Google search engine. The seemingly simple device has proved invaluable to users, especially to help win arguments.

For example, imagine that you and your friends are arguing about who are the most popular music or movie stars, you can decide the argument by writing the names in the Googlefight boxes. Let’s say that you are arguing about Jackie Chan and Jet Li. You will quickly discover that Jet Li is mentioned 16 million times on Google pages, whereas Jackie Chan is mentioned a mere 12 million times! In this unscientific way, you can claim victory for one Star over another.

But teachers have come up with ways of using Googlefight which are much more useful from an academic point of view, particularly when it comes to studying languages. You can, for example, find out the frequency of two words with the same meaning, and deduce (推断) from the answers which one is more common. For example, let’s take the words “buy” and “purchase”, which mean the same thing (although “buy” is only a verb and “purchase” is both a verb and a noun). It is immediately clear from Googlefight that “buy” is much more commonly used, with a massive three and a half billion hits, compared to only one billion occurrences for the more formal word.

But the real value of Googlefight to the language learner is in determining which is the more common of two phrases. For example, “raining cats and dogs” is an old-fashioned English expression about the weather. Do English speakers still use it? Or are they more likely to say “pouring down”? Googlefight suggests the latter. “Pouring down” has 898,000 Google hits, whereas “raining cats and dogs” only has 326,000.

With phrases, it’s important to remember that you need to use quote marks to make the search more accurate. For example, if you type in the similar phrases “look after” and “take care of “ without quote marks, the second phrase seems to be more common, but with quote marks, the result is reversed.

1. What is Googlefight?

A. A fight between two people on Google.

B. A way to make sure you win an argument.

C. A website showing how many hits two different things have.

D. A list of all the websites on Google.

2. Language teachers find it useful because _______.

A. there are a lot of words on Googlefight

B. it can tell them which of the two words with the same meaning appears more often

C. some words mean the same thing

D. common words have a billion hits

3. What must you remember to do if you are checking phrases by Googlefight?

A. Make sure they mean be same thing.

B. Make sure they are different.

C. Remember to put quote marks round the phrase.

D. Don’t put quote marks round the phrase.

4. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Googlefight is effective to determine the more common of two phrases.

B. Googlefight is a scientific way to decide an argument.

C. Quote marks can make the search more accurate.

D. Googlefight is invaluable to help win arguments.

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Googlefight is a simple service available on the Internet which offers you the chance to compare two different items and see how many hits they get on the Google search engine. The seemingly simple device has proved invaluable to users, especially to help win arguments.
For example, imagine that you and your friends are arguing about who are the most popular music or movie stars, you can decide the argument by writing the names in the Googlefight boxes. Let’s say that you are arguing about Jackie Chan and Jet Li. You will quickly discover that Jet Li is mentioned 16 million times on Google pages, whereas Jackie Chan is mentioned a mere 12 million times! In this unscientific way, you can claim victory for one Star over another.
But teachers have come up with ways of using Googlefight which are much more useful from an academic point of view, particularly when it comes to studying languages. You can, for example, find out the frequency of two words with the same meaning, and deduce (推断) from the answers which one is more common. For example, let’s take the words “buy” and “purchase”, which mean the same thing (although “buy” is only a verb and “purchase” is both a verb and a noun). It is immediately clear from Googlefight that “buy” is much more commonly used, with a massive three and a half billion hits, compared to only one billion occurrences for the more formal word.
But the real value of Googlefight to the language learner is in determining which is the more common of two phrases. For example, “raining cats and dogs” is an old-fashioned English expression about the weather. Do English speakers still use it? Or are they more likely to say “pouring down”? Googlefight suggests the latter. “Pouring down” has 898,000 Google hits, whereas “raining cats and dogs” only has 326,000.
With phrases, it’s important to remember that you need to use quote marks to make the search more accurate. For example, if you type in the similar phrases “look after” and “take care of “ without quote marks, the second phrase seems to be more common, but with quote marks, the result is reversed.

1.
What is Googlefight?
1. A.
  A fight between two people on Google.
2. B.
  A way to make sure you win an argument.
3. C.
  A website showing how many hits two different things have.
4. D.
  A list of all the websites on Google.
2.
Language teachers find it useful because _______.
1. A.
  there are a lot of words on Googlefight
2. B.
  it can tell them which of the two words with the same meaning appears more often
3. C.
  some words mean the same thing
4. D.
  common words have a billion hits
3.
What must you remember to do if you are checking phrases by Googlefight?
1. A.
  Make sure they mean be same thing.
2. B.
  Make sure they are different.
3. C.
  Remember to put quote marks round the phrase.
4. D.
  Don’t put quote marks round the phrase.
4.
Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
1. A.
  Googlefight is effective to determine the more common of two phrases.
2. B.
  Googlefight is a scientific way to decide an argument.
3. C.
  Quote marks can make the search more accurate.
4. D.
  Googlefight is invaluable to help win arguments.

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　　Dr．Hausman is a hair detective．Once a mountain lion killed a thirteen-year-old boy．The town offered a reward of thousand dollars for anyone who would kill the lion．

　　One day an excited hunter came to the town to say that he had killed the mountain lion．As proof that he had killed the right animal, he showed a ball of human hair．He said he had taken the hair from the stomach of the mountain lion．

　　However, another hunter soon showed up to claim(索要)the reward．He too had a ball of human hair that he said he had taken from the dead lion' s stomach．The town did not know which man to pay．Maybe neither one had killed the right mountain lion．To settle the argument, they decided to turn the whole thing over to Dr．Hausman．

　　Dr．Hausman studied the hair and reported that the second hunter should be paid．The hair in the stomach of the mountain lion he had killed matched the hair of the boy．The whole town was relieved to know for sure that the killer had been found．

　　There are other kinds of detectives who do not wear a uniform, like Hausman, solve endless mysteries every year．There is, for example, the dust detective．Tiny bits of dust stick to your clothes, your fingernails, your hair, or your shoes．They catch in your nose and in your ears．They tell where you have been and what you have done lately．The dust detective often helps catch a criminal by proving that he has been on the scene of the crime(罪案)．

　　Then there is the wood detective．By studying a piece of wood he can tell what kind of tree the piece of wood came from．He can tell where it was grown, and how old it is．He can even tell you what the weather was like at a certain place the year Columbus landed in America．The growth rings on a tree tell him．

(1)

According to the selection, by studying a piece of wood, a wood detective can tell you ________．
[　　]
A．	what the weather was like the year Columbus landed in America
B．	what the weather was like last year in the mountain
C．	what the weather was like last month in your hometown
D．	what kind of tree the piece of wood came from

(2)

Endless mysteries are solved every year by ________．
[　　]
A．	detectives who like Hausman
B．	detectives like Hausman
C．	other kinds of detectives who like Hausmam
D．	detectives Dr．Hausman likes

(3)

What does the underlined word“they”(Para．5)mean?
[　　]
A．	Your clothes．
B．	Your finger-nail．
C．	Tiny bits of dust．
D．	Your shoes．

(4)

It is implied in the selection that it is most important for a criminal ________．
[　　]
A．	to prove that he has been on the scene of the crime
B．	to prove that he has not been on the scene of the crime
C．	to tell the detective what he has done lately
D．	to show the detective his nose and his ears

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　　Dr．Hausman is a hair detective．Once a mountain lion killed a thirteen-year-old boy．The town offered a reward of thousand dollars for anyone who would kill the lion．

　　One day an excited hunter came to the town to say that he had killed the mountain lion．As proof that he had killed the right animal, he showed a ball of human hair．He said he had taken the hair from the stomach of the mountain lion．

　　However, another hunter soon showed up to claim(索要)the reward．He too had a ball of human hair that he said he had taken from the dead lion' s stomach．The town did not know which man to pay．Maybe neither one had killed the right mountain lion．To settle the argument, they decided to turn the whole thing over to Dr．Hausman．

　　Dr．Hausman studied the hair and reported that the second hunter should be paid．The hair in the stomach of the mountain lion he had killed matched the hair of the boy．The whole town was relieved to know for sure that the killer had been found．

　　There are other kinds of detectives who do not wear a uniform, like Hausman, solve endless mysteries every year．There is, for example, the dust detective．Tiny bits of dust stick to your clothes, your fingernails, your hair, or your shoes．They catch in your nose and in your ears．They tell where you have been and what you have done lately．The dust detective often helps catch a criminal by proving that he has been on the scene of the crime(罪案)．

　　Then there is the wood detective．By studying a piece of wood he can tell what kind of tree the piece of wood came from．He can tell where it was grown, and how old it is．He can even tell you what the weather was like at a certain place the year Columbus landed in America．The growth rings on a tree tell him．

(1)

According to the selection, by studying a piece of wood, a wood detective can tell you ________．
[　　]
A．	what the weather was like the year Columbus landed in America
B．	what the weather was like last year in the mountain
C．	what the weather was like last month in your hometown
D．	what kind of tree the piece of wood came from

(2)

Endless mysteries are solved every year by ________．
[　　]
A．	detectives who like Hausman
B．	detectives like Hausman
C．	other kinds of detectives who like Hausmam
D．	detectives Dr．Hausman likes

(3)

What does the underlined word“they”(para．5)mean?
[　　]
A．	Your clothes．
B．	Your finger-nail．
C．	Tiny bits of dust．
D．	Your shoes．

(4)

It is implied in the selection that it is most important for a criminal ________．
[　　]
A．	to prove that he has been on the scene of the crime
B．	to prove that he has not been on the scene of the crime
C．	to tell the detective what he has done lately
D．	to show the detective his nose and his ears

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　　Dr．Hausman is a hair detective．Once a mountain lion killed a thirteen-year-old boy．The town offered a reward of thousand dollars for anyone who would kill the lion．

　　One day an excited hunter came to the town to say that he had killed the mountain lion．As proof that he had killed the right animal, he showed a ball of human hair．He said he had taken the hair from the stomach of the mountain lion．

　　However, another hunter soon showed up to claim(索要)the reward．He too had a ball of human hair that he said he had taken from the dead lion’s stomach．The town did not know which man to pay．Maybe neither one had killed the right mountain lion．To settle the argument, they decided to turn the whole thing over to Dr．Hausman．

　　Dr．Hausman studied the hair and reported that the second hunter should be paid．The hair in the stomach of the mountain lion he had killed matched the hair of the boy．The whole town was relieved to know for sure that the killer had been found．

　　There are other kinds of detectives who do not wear a uniform, like Hausman, but solve endless mysteries every year．There is, for example, the dust detective．Tiny bits of dust stick to your clothes, your fingernails, your hair, or your shoes．They catch in your nose and in your ears．They tell where you have been and what you have done lately．The dust detective often helps catch a criminal by proving that he has been on the scene of the crime(罪案)．

　　Then there is the wood detective．By studying a piece of wood he can tell what kind of tree the piece of wood came from．He can tell where it was grown, and how old it is．He can even tell you what the weather was like at a certain place the year Columbus landed in America．The growth rings on a tree tell him．

(1)

According to the selection, by studying a piece of wood, a wood detective can tell you ________．
[　　]
A．	what the weather will be like next year
B．	what the weather was like last week in the mountain
C．	what the weather was like last month in your hometown
D．	what kind of tree the piece of wood came from

(2)

Endless mysteries are solved every year by ________．
[　　]
A．	detectives who like Hausman
B．	detectives like Hausman
C．	other kinds of detectives who like Hausman
D．	detectives Dr．Hausman likes

(3)

What does the underlined word “they”(Para．5)mean?
[　　]
A．	Your clothes．
B．	Your finger-nail．
C．	Tiny bits of dust．
D．	Your shoes．

(4)

It is implied in the selection that it is most important for a criminal ________．
[　　]
A．	to prove that he has been on the scene of the crime
B．	to prove that he has not been on the scene of the crime
C．	to tell the detective what he has done lately
D．	to show the detective his nose and his ears

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What is Googlefight?

Language teachers find it useful because _______.

What must you remember to do if you are checking phrases by Googlefight?

Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

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