Question

     The Internet joins millions of computers all over the world,and today it is used by people all over the world. It was invented in the 1960s in the USA. The American government needed a network of computers for its army.Then in the 1970s scientists and businessmen also wanted to use the Internet to send and receive messages. For some years,they weren’t allowed to use the US network,and when they were allowed to,the messages were in very simple text without photos.

     The World Wide Web was invented by a British scientist named Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. He wanted to send documents to other scientists,so he developed the World Wide Web. This allowed him to send and receive scientific documents with text,drawings and photos(also called multimedia documents) . In the 1990s,more and more people began to use the Internet and the World Wide Web.

     So whafs the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web? The Internet is the hardware. It allows us to communicate with other people. The World Wide WeD is the software. It allows us to create,see and read multimedia documents.

     The web is made up of millions of documents called web pages. These pages are held in computers all over the world. Many people have a favourite website with a number of web pages on the same subject.

     Email is a way of using your computer to send and receive messages. Ifs cheaper and quicker to use email than to send normal mail. New users call normal mail “ snail mail” because it’s so slow!

     It took 50 years for 100 million people to listen to the radio. It took 15 years for 100 million people to watch televi- sion. By the year 2000,it had taken only about three years for 100 million people to use the Internet. What will happen next on the Internet?

1 .The Internet was first invented for       .

   A. scientific work   B. American army

   C. business people   D. American government

2. The World Wide Web was invented to      .

   A. communicate with others

   B. create,see and read documents

   C. send scientific documents

   D. send and receive simple text without photos

3. The Internet and the World Wide Web began to be widely used       .

   A. in the 1970s   B. in the 1990s

   C. in the late of 1980s   D. by the year 2000

4. The writer wrote the last paragraph to show that       .

   A. the Internet has a greater influence than radio and TV

   B. the radio and the TV will be replaced by the computer

   C. the use of the Internet spread very quickly

   D. people spend much more time on the Internet

5. The best title of the passage may be“      ”.

   A. The effect of the greatest invention

   B. The development of the Internet

   C. The movement of new technology

    D .The history of the World Wide Web

Answer 1

l. B  由第一段第三句可知，美國政府需要一個電腦網(wǎng)絡應用于部隊。故選B。

2. C  由第段中 “ He wanted to send documents to other scientists...” 可知，是為了“發(fā)送科學文件” 。故選 C。

3. B  由第二段最后一句 “In the 1990s,more and more people began to use the [nternet and the World Wide Web." 可知答案。故選B。

4. C  最后一段通過把互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和收音機與電視機相比較說明互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的迅猛發(fā)展。故選C。

5. B  本文介紹了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的發(fā)展歷程，故選B。