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Tim Berners-Lee and the Internet

　　Tim Berners-Lee is the man who wrote the software(软件)programme that led to the foundation of the World Wide Web．Britain played an important part in developing the first generation(第一代)of computers．The parents of Tim Berners-Lee both worked on one of the earliest commercial(商业的)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 using a primitive version(原始版本)of E-mail．While working at a laboratory in Switzerland Tim Berners-Lee wrote a programme which let him store these messages．In 1990 he wrote the HTTP(服务程序所用的协议)and HTML(超文本链接标示语言)programmes which formed the basis of the World Wide Web．

　　The next year his programmes were placed onto the Internet．Everyone was welcomed to use them and improve them if they could．Programmers used his codes(编码)to work with different operating systems(系统)．New things like web browsers(浏览器)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-formed World Wide Web Consortium(协会)or W3C．More than 200 leading companies and laboratories are represented(代表)by W3C．Together they make sure that everyone can participate(参加)equally on the Web．

(1)

The main idea of this passage is ________．

[　　]

A．

when the Internet appeared

B．

why computers develop so rapidly

C．

how the World Wide Web started

D．

how Tim Berners-Lee formed W3C

(2)

Scientists began to use E-mails ________．

[　　]

A．

in the 1960’s

B．

before 1990

C．

after the 1980’s

D．

in 1980’s

(3)

Which of the following is not true?

[　　]

A．

The World Wide Web will have an effect on social development．

B．

The number of web pages rose very rapidly in the 1990’s．

C．

Tim Berners-Lee made a great contribution to the computer science．

D．

Tim’s programmes were placed onto the Internet in 1990．

答案：1．C;2．D;3．D;
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1. Stephen                            A

2. Ben                               B

3. Susan                              C

4. Tom                               D

5. Liza                               E

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