The Internet joins millions of computers all over the world, and today it’s used by people all over the world. It was invented in the 1960s in the USA．

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

So what’s the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web? The Internet is the hardware(硬件)．It allows us to communicate with other people．The World Wide Web is the

software(軟件)．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．

 E-mail is a way of using your computer to send and receive messages．It’s cheaper and quicker to use e-mail than send normal mail．New users call normal mail“snail(蝸牛)mail”because it’s so slow!

 It took 50 years for 100 million people to listen to radio．It took 15 year for 100 million people to watch television．But it took only about eight years for 100 million people to use the Internet．What will happen next on the Internet?

(  ) (1) Why did Tim Berners-Lee invent the World Wide Web?

A．Because he wanted to collect information on the Internet．

 B．Because he wanted to use the World Wide Web to make money．

 C．Because he wanted to send documents to other scientists．

D．Because he hated the low speed of the Internet．

(  ) (2) Which of the following can be done without the World Wide Web?

    A．Creating multimedia documents．

    B．Sending e-mails．

    C．Sending multimedia documents．

    D．Receiving multimedia documents．

(  ) (3) What does the World Wide Web consist of?

    A．Web pages．            B．Multimedia documents．

    C．Hardware and software．  D．Millions of computers．

(  ) (4) How can people send and receive messages on their computers?

    A．By setting a web page．    B．By using“snail mail”．

    C．By using a telephone wire． D．By using E-mail．

(  ) (5) How many years did it take 100 million people to use the Internet?

A．About 8 years．   B．15 years．   C．50 years．   D．55 years．

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