“How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?”
How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago? And now! you can google it and find the answer immediately!
Google is the most popular Internet search engine in the world. It was invented by two students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They met in 1993, when they were studying computer science at Stanford University, USA. They dreamed of producing something that could also answer any question in seconds.
Internet search engines at that time were slow and gave many websites that weren't useful. In January 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine. They thought the results should be based on the most popular websites.
Nobody would give them money for their project, so they used their own money. They also borrowed money from family and friends. Then, in 1998, they were given a cheque for $100,000, and they started their own company. Their first office was in a friend's garage. The company's name is Google, a word which comes from mathematics. A “google” is a very high number---- 1 followed by a hundred zeros.
The google search engine was soon used by thousands of people worldwide because it was fast, easy and correct. By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet. Now, more questions have been answered by Google than any other Internet service, from sport to science, and from music to medicine. Google hopes that in the future all the world's information will be put on the Internet, so that everybody can find everything.
【小題1】The writer began this passage by asking you a question because ___________.
| A．Shakespeare is one of the most famous people in the world |
| B．he or she was afraid that the readers didn't know this question |
| C．he or she wanted to make the readers interested in this passage |
| D．he or she liked to begin this passage by asking readers a question |
| A．樓房 | B．帳單 | C．訂單 | D．支票 |
| A．there was not any search engine on the Internet. |
| B．nobody supported them except their family and friends |
| C．one of the most popular websites gave them a cheque for $100,000 |
| D．Larry Page and Sergey Brin dreamed to produce something to answer any question |
| A．Now the Google search engine is widely used in the world. |
| B．The google search engine was the biggest one after 2002. |
| C．Larry Page and Sergey Brin named google after a hundred zeros. |
| D．The service of the Google search engine is very popular. |
【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】C
解析【小題1】細節理解題。根據下文的描述，可知這是一種寫作手法，主要為了引起讀者的興趣，故答案為C。
【小題2】細節理解題。根據上文 “They also borrowed money from family and friends.”和下文“and they started their own company.”可知此單詞與錢有關，答案為D。
【小題3】細節理解題。根據文中“Nobody would give them money for their project, so they used their own money. They also borrowed money from family and friends.”可知只能從家人和朋友那里借錢，故選B。
【小題4】細節理解題。 由文中“The company's name is Google, a word which comes from mathematics. A “google” is a very high number---- 1 followed by a hundred zeros.”可知C描述錯誤，故答案為C。
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| A．the doctors need to know how strong they are |
| B．the astronauts need to show how smart they are |
| C．good astronauts mustn’t be afraid of darkness or tight space |
| D．nobody knows when help will come if the spaceship breaks down |
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| C．blow up a lifeboat | D．get lifted out of water by helicopter |
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| B．The crew members get to know each other after the tests. |
| C．One of the first tests is for the heart. |
| D．An astronaut must not be afraid of tight space or darkness. |
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| A．many trees grew well in cold weather |
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【小題4】Water and drinks can be dangerous for both children and adults.
【小題5】Open the door at once when you hear someone knocking at the door.
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