Choose the best answer to complete the passage.
The
1990s saw great changes in the way people communicate. People could 36 mail
without going to the post office, and go shopping without leaving home. 37
like e-mail and download became part of people’s vocabulary. The
cause of this great change was the 38 .
The idea for
the Internet began 39 the early 1960s in the United States.
The Department of Defense wanted to connect their computers together in order
to 40 private information. In 1969, the ARPA net(an early
form of the Internet) first 41 computers at four American
universities. One computer successfully sent information to 42 .In
1972, scientists shared ARPA net with the world. They created a way 43 person-to-person
messages using ARPA net. This was the 44 of
e-mail.
Over the
next few years, there was a lot of progress 45 in the world
of computing. However, most people were not using the Internet. Then in the
1980s, 46 computers became more common. In the early 1990s, 47
important things happened: the birth of the World Wide Web in 1991,
and the creation of the first Web browser(浏览器)in 1993. The Web made it easier to find information on the
Internet, and to move from place to place using links. The web and browser made
it possible to see information as a website 48 pictures,
sound, and words.
Today, 49
people connect to the Internet to send emails, visit websites, or
store information on servers. Computers are now an important part of our lives
and are changing 50 we learn, work, shop, and communicate.
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) 36. A.
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send
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Sentences
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C.
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B. in
C.
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share B.
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B. made
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of send
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) 44. A.
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history
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) 46. A. personal
B.
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three
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( ) 50. A. why
B.
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