题目内容
They met some foreigners ______ their way ______ home.
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A. on.../ B. on...to C. in.../ D. in...to
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“How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?”
How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago? And now! You can google it and find the answer immediately!
Google is the most popular Internet search engine(搜索引擎)in the world. It was invented by two students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They met in 1993, when they were studying computer science at Stanford University, USA. They dreamed of producing something that could also answer any question in seconds.
Internet search engines at that time were slow and gave many websites that weren’t useful. In January 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine. They thought the results should be based on the most popular websites.
Nobody would give them money for their project, so they used their own money. They also borrowed money from family and friends. Then, in 1998, they were given a cheque for $100,000, and they started their own company(公司). Their first office was in a friend’s garage(车库).The company name is Google, a word which comes from mathematics. A “google” is a very high number — 1 followed by a hundred zeros.
The Google search engine was soon used by thousands of people worldwide because it was fast, easy and correct. By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet. Now, more questions have been answered by Google than any other Internet service, from sport to science, and from music to medicine. Google hopes that in the future all the world’s information will be put on the Internet, so that everybody can find everything.
【小题1】Why did the writer begin this passage by asking you a question?
| A.Because he or she liked to begin this passage by asking readers a question. |
| B.Because he or she was afraid that the readers didn’t know this question. |
| C.Because he or she wanted to make the readers interested in this passage. |
| D.Because Shakespeare is one of the most famous people in the world. |
| A.楼房 | B.账单 | C.订单 | D.支票 |
| A.there was not any search engine on the Internet |
| B.nobody supported them except their family and friends |
| C.Larry Page and Sergey Brin dreamed to answer any question |
| D.one of the most popular websites gave them a cheque for $100,000 |
| A.Now the Google search engine is widely used in the world. |
| B.The Google search engine was not the biggest one before 2002. |
| C.Larry Page and Sergey Brin named google after a hundred zeros. |
| D.The service of the Google search engine is very popular. |
| A.the development of the Google search engine |
| B.about Larry Page and Sergey Brin |
| C.how to find information on the Internet |
| D.how to use the Google search engine |
Once there was an old farmer. He had a horse and the horse was almost as old as himself. One morning he set out with his young son to sell the horse before it died. The father and the son walked because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired.
They met two men on the road. They said, “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It’s a long way to get to the market.” The farmer knew that this was true, so he rode on the horse while his son walked.
Then they met two old ladies. “What are you doing up there, farmer? Can’t you see how tired your son is? ”So the farmer got down, and let his son ride on it.
Twenty minutes later, three old men stopped them. One said, “Why are you walking, farmer? Get up. It’s too hot for an old man like you to walk today.” So the farmer got up behind his son and they went on riding.
Some time later, a young woman passed them. “Why aren’t you walking? ” she asked, “It isn’t far to the market. Give your poor old horse a rest. ”So the farmer and his son got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time.
【小题1】The farmer was______.
| A.nearly the same age as his horse |
| B.almost always older than his horse |
| C.not quite as old as his horse |
| D.a little older than his horse |
| A.asked how far it was to the market |
| B.said they thought the horse looked very tired |
| C.asked why the farmer was not riding on his horse |
| D.told the farmer’s son to get off the horse and walk |
| A.the farmer to ride such a tired horse |
| B.the farmer to ride while his young son walked |
| C.the boy to ride instead of his father |
| D.only one person to ride such a long way |
| A.the old man said it was too hot for him to walk |
| B.the three old men stopped them on the road |
| C.he did hot know why he was walking |
| D.his son could not ride the horse by himself |
| A.The old man was a fool. |
| B.The horse was old and was going to die. |
| C.It is not right to listen to others. |
| D.It is impossible for a man to make everyone satisfied(满意)all the time. |