题目内容
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a part of the computer Internet system. A recent study shows that more than thirty-million computer users link(连接)to the communications system called the Internet. The study shows that most of these people are using the World Wide Web.
Computers are linked with the Internet. The Internet is a communications system that permits many millions of computers to send and receive information. The World Wide Web is an important part of the Internet system. People use the Web to search for news, products and educational information. They may play games, buy books, records or other products or plan a holiday trip. These World Wide Web areas are called Websites.
Before the World Wide Web existed, information on the Internet was mostly written. Now, the Web provides the same written information but also includes sound, color pictures, television pictures and movies.
In 1993, a computer user could only link with 130 Websites, and it was difficult to link a computer with a Website. In 1994, computer scientists made it much easier to do. Today there are millions of Websites. Many more are being added each day.
The World Wide Web Consortium(国际性协议)is an international group. It is headed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control in France and Keio University in Japan. The Consortium includes more than 275 smaller computer organizations. These groups work together to improve how information is offered on the Web.
1. How many computer users are using the Internet now?
A. 3 000 000. B. 300 000 000.
C. 30 000 000. D. 300 000.
2. The World Wide Web can help its users to______.
A. search for papers, educational information and products
B. play games, buy products and plan a work trip
C. search for news, play games and buy books or records
D. search for news, only play games and buy products
3. Today the World Wide Web provided not only written information, but also______.
A. sound, color pictures and cigarettes
B. movies, color pictures and sound
C. sound, television pictures and a bottle of wine
D. color pictures, seeds and sound
4. Today the computer users link to the Internet______.
A. much more easily than before
B. much more difficult than before
C. is the same as before
D. far slower than before
5. How many countries is the World Wide Web Consortium headed by?
A. 1. B. 2. C. 4. D. 3.
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There are many international organizations which work to save and protect endangered species and natural environment. If you would like more information about any of the organizations listed blow, you can write to the addresses given.
| Friends of the Earth (FOE) campaigns on a range of problems including rainforests, the countryside, water and air pollution and energy. Friends of the Earth International Secretariat P. O. Box 19199 1000 G. D. Amsterdam The Netherlands | Greenpeace uses peaceful but direct action to defend the environment. It campaigns to protect rainforests and sea animals, stop global warming and end pollution of air, land and seas. It also opposes nuclear (核) power. Greenpeace International 1016 DW Amsterdam The Netherlands |
| BirdLife international is an organization which works to save endangered birds all over the world BirdLife International Wellbrook Court Girton Road Cambridge CB3 ONA England | WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature is the world’s largest private international organization for the protection of nature and endangered species. Information Officer WWF International Avenue du Mont-Blanc 1196 Gland Switzerland |
| A.call them | B.write them a letter |
| C.visit them | D.send them an e-mail |
| A.Overhunting ocean animals. |
| B.Killing endangered birds. |
| C.Heavy air pollution. |
| D.Global warming. |
| A.Friends of the Earth |
| B.World Wide Fund For Nature |
| C.BirdLife International |
| D.Greenpeace |
| A.It helps to protect nature and save endangered animals. |
| B.It is the world’s largest international organization. |
| C.It works for private companies and rich people. |
| D.It is a private organization in the United States. |
| A.Endangered animals |
| B.Global traffic problems |
| C.Environmental protection organizations |
| D.Natural beauty |
Runners in a relay(接力) race pass a stick in one direction. However, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road.
The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of citied and towns. It started from eastern China, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 B, C, to about A, D, 1300, when sea travel offered new routes(路线) , It was sometimes called the world’s longest highway. However, the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe.
The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia. Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods. Chinese merchants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from central Asia to Rome. The Chinese had learned to graft(嫁接) different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used grafting to grow the apple. Trading along the Silk Road led to world-wide business 2,000 years before the World Wide Web.
The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. The Silk Road provided pathways for learning, diplomacy(外交), and religion (宗教)
【小题1】It’s probable that traders along the Silk Road needed .
| A.to remember the entire trade route | B.to know the making of products |
| C.to receive certain special training | D.to deal with a lot of difficulties |
| A.it was made up of different routes | B.silk trading became less popular |
| C.sea travel provided easier routes | D.people needed fewer foreign goods |
| A.learned from one another | B.shared each other’s beliefs |
| C.traded goods along the route | D.earned their living by traveling |
| A.The Silk Road ; Past and Present | B.The Silk Road; East Meets West |
| C.The Silk Road; Routes Full of Dangers | D.The Silk Road; Pathways for Learning |