“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 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 achequefor $100,000, and they started their own company. Their first office was in a friend's garage. The company's 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.

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.

2.The underline word“cheque”in the fifth paragraph means ________.

A. 楼房 B. 帐单 C. 订单 D. 支票

3.From the passage we know that at the beginning of their project,______.

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.

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

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.

5.The passage mainly tells us ________.

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.

—A nice day today, isn’t it?

—Yes. ______ go for a picnic and relax ourselves?

A. Would you like B. Why not C. What about D. Why don’t

【答案】B

【解析】试题分析:句意:一今天天气很好,不是吗?-是的。为什么不去佛罗里达州野餐,放松一下自己?Would you like to do sth你想做某事吗;Why not do sth为什么不做某事;What about……怎么样;Why don’t you do sth为什么你不做某事。所以选B。

考点:考查固定句型。

【题型】单选题
【结束】
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二. 根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词

1.不但他,而且我也喜欢这个故事。

_______ _________ he ________ _________ I like the story.

2.她的美貌和魅力吸引了这个作家的注意力。

Her ________ and _________ attracted the writer’s _______________.

3.她想通过展示自然之美来提醒我们应该保护环境。

She wanted to _________ us that we should __________the environment by _________ us the _______________ of nature.

4.你为什么不停止做白日梦呢?你应该更现实点。

Why don’t you ________ ___________? You should be _________ __________.

5.不久以后,奥黛丽被选中在好莱坞电影《罗马假日》中担当主角,饰演一位年轻的公主。

_______ ________, Audrey was ________ to play the ______ _______of a young princess in the Hollywood film Roman Holiday.

6.在奥黛丽•赫本成为好莱坞超级明星之前,她曾是一个模特。

Audrey Hepburn __________ _________ _________ _________ before she became a Hollywood superstar.

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