3.Not a day goes by when we don't use the World Wide Web.Today it has become almost as important to every family as food and water!This year,the World Wide Web has turned 25years old.What many people don't know is that the web was at first created to improve communication between thousands of scientists in Switzerland.
In 1989,Tim Berners-Lee was a 34-year-old British physicist working as a software(软件)engineer at CERN,the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland.Since CERE was a huge organization with thousands of scientists,communication between them was becoming increasingly difficult.
Berners-Lee wanted to develop a system to solve the problem.His paper suggested an information system,where a page on one computer could have a link to another page on another computer ( connected through the Internet) allowing scientists to read lots of information quickly.However,Berners-Lee's boss said that it sounded exciting but impossible.
Even though there were many difficulties and few supporters,Berners-Lee went on to develop the World Wide Web.He came up with ideas such as Hyper-text Transfer Protocol(超文本传输协议)to allow computers to talk to each other,Hyper-text Markup Language (HTML) to create the pages,a server to serve the pages,and a browser(浏览器)to see them.
In December 1990,the World Wide Web was demonstrated(展示)and in 1991,the WWW project was made public,so that other programmers could develop their own browsers.Berners-Lee believed that it could be used for more than scientific purposes.He wanted the Internet to be easy for anyone to use-a free open software.His wishes soon came true.
Although the World Wide Web has today turned into a completely different thing from what it meant at first,it has become necessary and important to our lives,powering our mobile technologies and the way we get information.
56.The World Wide Web was created toD.
A.help people get information easily and quickly
B.support the development of mobile technologies
C.make it easier for British scientists to communicate
D.improve communication between scientists at CERN
57.As for Berners-Lee's paper,his bossC.
A.felt puzzled about itB.was uncertain about it
C.had no confidence in it D.showed no interest in it
58.According to the text,Berners-LeeA.
A.doesn't give up easily when in trouble
B.has worked at CERN for 25years
C.is a 55-year-old Swiss physicist
D.knows little about the Internet
59.The underlined word"it"in Paragraph 5refers toD.
A.a serverB.a browserC.HTMLD.the World Wide Web
60.What would be the best title for the text?B
A.The future of the webB.World Wide Web turns 25!
C.Tips on improving your website D.Interview with Tim Berners-Lee.
分析 本文主要讲述万维网创立过程--是为了解决CERE组织内数千名科学家之间的沟通,以及它对我们生活的影响--它已经变得对我们的生活必不可少,它对每个家庭变得几乎和食物、水一样重要!
解答 56--60 DCADB
56.D 细节理解题.根据第二段Since CERE was a huge organization with thousands of scientists,communication between them was becoming increasingly difficult和第三段Berners-Lee wanted to develop a system to solve the problem可知,万维网的创立是为了解决CERE组织内数千名科学家之间的沟通.故选D.
57.C 推理判断题.根据第三段However,Berners-Lee's boss said that it sounded exciting but impossible可知,Berners-Lee的老板说这听起来很刺激但不可能,也就是说,老板对这没有信心.故选C.
58.A 细节理解题.根据第四段Even though there were many difficulties and few supporters,Berners-Lee went on to develop the World Wide Web可知,虽然有许多困难和很少的支持者,伯纳斯继续开发万维网.故选A.
59.D 词语指代题.根据前文the WWW project was made public,so that other programmers could develop their own browsers可知,WWW项目被公开,以便其他程序员可以开发自己的浏览器,而"Berners-Lee认为它可以用于不仅仅是科学的目的",此处的it指代WWW.故选D.
60.B 主旨大意题.根据第一段This year,the World Wide Web has turned 25years old可知,万维网已经25岁,随后,便是讲述的创立过程以及它对我们生活的影响.故选B.
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