Question

【題目】Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each one can only be used once（將下列單詞或詞組填入空格每空格限填一詞，每詞或詞組只能填一次）

A. part of B. broke down C. usually D. surprised E. system

We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet?

Many people are 【1】 when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn't work well. If one computer in the network 【2】 , then the whole network stopped. So a new network 【3】 had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If 【4】 the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way the computer network system would keep on working all the time.

A. developed B. expensive C. students D. discover E. millions of

At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very 【5】 and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers had become cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also 【6】 software. This made “surfing” the Internet more convenient.

Today it is easy to get online and it is said that 【7】 people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among 【8】.

The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people’s life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】E

【4】A

【5】B

【6】A

【7】E

【8】C

【解析】

我們的日常生活離不開電腦的使用，但你對(duì)因特網(wǎng)的歷史了解多少呢？這篇短文給我們介紹了電腦和互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的發(fā)展歷史。

【1】句意：當(dāng)許多人發(fā)現(xiàn)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)是在20世紀(jì)60年代建立的時(shí)候，他們感到很驚訝。

空前are是系動(dòng)詞，該空應(yīng)填形容詞。根據(jù)句意可知，這句話說明人們對(duì)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的歷史了解不多，如果他們知道互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的歷史已經(jīng)很長了，他們會(huì)感到吃驚。故選D。

【2】句意：如果網(wǎng)絡(luò)中的一臺(tái)計(jì)算機(jī)壞了，那么整個(gè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)就停止了。

根據(jù)空后 “….then the whole network stopped. So a new network ___3___ had to be set up.”“整個(gè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)都要停止，必須建立新的系統(tǒng)”，由此可知，這里是說當(dāng)網(wǎng)絡(luò)中有計(jì)算機(jī)出故障的時(shí)候。故選B。

【3】句意：因此，必須建立一個(gè)新的網(wǎng)絡(luò)系統(tǒng)。

根據(jù)下文 “In this way the computer network system would keep on working all the time.”可知，這里是說要建立一個(gè)新的網(wǎng)絡(luò)系統(tǒng)。故選E。

【4】句意：如果網(wǎng)絡(luò)的一部分不工作，信息可以通過另一部分發(fā)送。

根據(jù)主句中 “….information could be sent through another part.”可知，信息可以通過另一個(gè)部分發(fā)生，因此空格這里是“一部分”。故選A。

【5】句意：然而，電腦仍然很貴，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)很難使用。

空前were是系動(dòng)詞，still是副詞，該空應(yīng)用形容詞。再由上文 “At first the Internet was only used by the government” “一開始因特網(wǎng)只被政府使用”可推測(cè)，電腦價(jià)格是非常貴的。故選B。

【6】句意：科學(xué)家們也開發(fā)了軟件。

根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，該空為句子的謂語動(dòng)詞部分�？蘸蟾�的賓語是software，這里應(yīng)表示“開發(fā)軟件”，應(yīng)用develop，意為“開發(fā)，發(fā)展”。故選A。

【7】句意：今天上網(wǎng)很容易，據(jù)說每天有數(shù)百萬人使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。

該空修飾后面的people，再根據(jù)下文”Sending e-mail is more and more popular”可知，電腦變得越來越受歡迎，所以使用因特網(wǎng)的人非常多。millions of表示“上百萬的”，符合語境。故選E。

【8】句意：發(fā)電子郵件在學(xué)生中越來越受歡迎。

根據(jù)句意可知，這里應(yīng)表示“在……中受歡迎”，應(yīng)選擇一個(gè)名詞。幾個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有C選項(xiàng)中students是名詞，意為“學(xué)生們”，符合語境。故選C。