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15．"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（引擎） 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．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．
46．Why did the writer begin this passage by asking you a questionC？
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．
47．The underline word"cheque"in the fifth paragraph meansD．
A．楼房   
B．帐单   
C．订单   
D．支票
48．From the passage we know that at the beginning of their project，B．
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．
49．Which statement is NOT true according to the passageC？
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．
50．The passage mainly tells usA．
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．

Answer 1

分析 文章大意：这是一篇说明文．主要介绍世界上最大的搜索引擎-谷歌．它是由拉里•佩奇和谢尔盖•布林共同创建．在建立谷歌时，没有人帮助他们，后来他们向朋友和亲戚借钱，才创办了谷歌．现在从体育到科学，从音乐到医药等很多信息都可以在谷歌上查找．它会给你想要知道的很多东西．

解答 46．答案：C．细节理解题．根据第二段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!15年前人们花了多长时间找到这个问题的答案？现在！你可以谷歌一下，马上找到答案！可知，这是一种写作手法，主要是通过问问题来引起读者的兴趣，故选C．
47．答案：D．词意猜测题．根据上文"They also borrowed money from family and friends．"他们还借钱给家人和朋友．和下文"$100，000，and they started their own company．"10万美元，他们开始自己的公司．可知此单词与钱有关，应该是"支票"，选D．
48．答案：B．细节理解题．根据第五段"Nobody would give them money for their project，so they used their own money．They also borrowed money from family and friends．"没有人会给他们项目钱，所以他们用自己的钱．他们还向家人和朋友借了钱．可知，只能从家人和朋友那里借钱，故选B．
49．答案：C．细节理解题． 根据第五段第二行"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．"公司的名字是谷歌，来自数学．"谷歌"是一个非常高的数字--1后面跟一百个零．可知C选项"拉里•佩奇和谢尔盖•布林命名为谷歌之后跟100个零"不正确．选C．
50．答案：A．主旨大意题．根据最后一段By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet．Now，more questions have been answered by Google than any other Internet service到了2002，它成为了互联网上最大的搜索引擎，现在谷歌回答的问题比其他任何互联网服务都多．及短文大意．可知主要介绍世界上最大的搜索引擎-谷歌的发展．选A．

点评 阅读题型，要注重句子与句子之间、段落与段落之间逻辑关系以及对篇章的整体理解．根据所给问题选择正确选项完成试题．