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　　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)computers and talked about their work at home. As a child he would build models of computers from packaging material. After graduating from Oxford University he went on to the real thing. In the 1980's scientists were already communicating using a primitive version of e-mail. While working at a lab in Switzerland Tim Berners-Lee wrote a program, which let him store these messages. This gave him another idea that he was going to write a program that would let academics(学术界人士)from across the world share information on a single site. In 1990 he wrote the HTTP and HTML programs, which formed 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. Programs used his codas to work with different operating systems. New things like web browsers 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 World Wide Web consortium(协会), or W3C. More than 200 leading companies and labs are represented by W3C. Together they make sure that everyone can participate equally on the Web.“The Web can help people to understand the way that others live and work. It helps us understand the humanity of people”he says.

(1)From the passage we can infer that Tim Berners-Lee is most probably ________.

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A．British　　　　B．American

C．Swiss　　　　D．French

(2)The main idea of the passage is ________.

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A．when the internet came into being

B．how Tim Burners-Lee formed W3C

C．why computers develop so rapidly

D．how the World Wide Web started

(3)Scientists began to communicate using e-mail ________.

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A．in 1980　　　　    B．after the 1980's

C．before 1990　　　　D．in the 1960's

(4)He made up his mind to write a program that would let people from across the world share information on a single site when ________.

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A．he was a child

B．he studied on Oxford University

C．he formed W3C

D．he worked at a lab in Switzerland

Dear Lee,

　 Thank you for your note．I like your _1_ between death and failure．I had not thought of these two in the same way __2__ you describe．I thank you for bringing this to my _3__．

　 Your insights are very deep．As you say, “death is only a（n） _4_ but failure can change someone’s whole life．” Yes, death is final．Failure is _5__．Death leaves us with _6__ ．But failure can leave us with lessons which will _7_ our lives．

　 I hope that your failure to pass that _8__ English test will help you _9__ it will hurt you．Please remember that it is not being _10_ down that is important．It is the inability to get up that is __11__ ．You will have to learn to get up, and to get going．Failure is the “staying down．” It is not the “falling down．”

　 From reading your letter, I __12__ your English to be very good．You write better than __13___ of my American friends．I do not know the reason for __14__ your English test．Maybe you were distracted that day．It is __15__ that persons are judged on the basis of a single test．

　 You write well, you __16__ your feelings with excellence, and you think __17__ ．These characteristics should __18__ you move toward a bright career．Just don’t let yourself “stay down．” Get up and _19__ them all know that you are talented and you are __20__ to succeed．I think you will．

　 With best wishes for a fine career．

Yours,

Frank

1．A．idea　　　　 B．comparison　 C．thought　　 D．reason

2．A．which　　　　 B．where　　　 C．what　　　　 D．that

3．A．attention　　 B．heart　　　 C．head　　　　 D．home

4．A．end　　　　　 B．result　　　 C．fact　　　　 D．thing

5．A．forever　　　 B．continuous　 C．contemporary D．temporary

6．A．something　　 B．nothing　　 C．anything　　 D．thinking

7．A．increase　　 B．better　　　 C．honor　　　 D．treasure

8．A．easy　　　　 B．terrific　　 C．terrible　　 D．ordinary

9．A．as good as　 B．more than　 C．as well as　 D．much than

10．A．fallen　　　 B．stayed　　　 C．knocked　　 D．felt

11．A．impossible　 B．possible　　 C．necessary　 D．important

12．A．judge　　　 B．accept　　　 C．prefer　　　 D．expect

13．A．all　　　　 B．any　　　　 C．one　　　　 D．some

14．A．succeeding　 B．passing　　 C．finishing　 D．failing

15．A．likely　　　 B．reasonable　 C．a shame　　 D．fair

16．A．find　　　　 B．express　　 C．speak　　　 D．tell

17．A．deeply　　　 B．thoroughly　 C．carefully　 D．widely

18．A．leave　　　 B．drive　　　 C．help　　　　 D．start

19．A．get　　　　 B．ask　　　　 C．show　　　　 D．make

20．A．devoted　　 B．determined　 C．engaged　　 D．supposed

Before she came to England,she had never heard a single English word ______ .

　　A.speaking 　　 B.spoken 　　 C.to speak 　　　 D.speak

It is impossible for so ______ workers to do so ______ work in a single day．

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A．few, much　　　　　B．few, many

C．little, much　　 　D．little, many