Question

  The 1990s saw great changes in the waypeople communicate. People could send mail without going to the 1        and go shopping without leaving home.

2     like "e-mail" and "download" became part of people's vocabulary. The Cciusc of this great change was the 3     . The idea for the Internet began in the early 1960s in 4     . The Depart?ment of Defense wanted to 5        their computers together in order to 6        private information. In 1969,the ARPANET (an early form of the Internet) first connected the 7        at four American universities. One computer suc?cessfully 8        information to another. In 1972,scientists shared ARPANET 9        the world. They created a 10 to send person-to-person messages using ARPANET. This was the 11        of e-mail.

  Over the next few years,there was a lot of progress made in the world of computing,12        most people were not using the Internet. Then,in the 1980 s,personal computers became more 13    .In the early 1990s,14        important things happened：the birth of the World Wide Weh in 1991,and the creation of the 15     Web browser (浏览器) in 1993. The web made it 16     to find informalion on the Internet,and to move from place to place 17     links. The Web browser made it possible to see information as a website with pictures,sound,and words.

  Today, 18     of people connect to the Internet to send emails,visit web?sites,or store information on servers. 19     are now an important part of our lives and are changing 20        we learn,work,shop,and communicate.

1. A. post office   B. supermarket  

  C. department store   D. the office

2. A. Expressions   B. Phrases   C. Letters   D. Words

3. A. computer H. Internet   C. server   D. browser

4. A. America   B. England   C. China   D. Canada

5. A. put   B. get   C. connect   D. leave

6. A. have   B. take   C. reach   D. share

7. A. computers   B. colleges   C. telephones I) , lines

8. A. worked R found   C. posted   D. sent

9. A. to   B. in   C. with   D. for

10. A. place   B. way   C. path   D. direction

11. A. beginning   B. finding   C. creating   D. using

12. A. but   B. and   C. or   D. because

13. A. practical   B. familiar   C. expensive   D. common

14. A. two   B. three   C. four   D. five

15. A. new   B. first   C. advanced   D. modern

16. A. easier   B. harder   C. slower   D. cheaper

17. A. circling   B. seeking   C. sending   D. using

18. A. tens   B. hundreds   C. thousands   D. millions

19. A. E-mails   B. Messages   C. Computers   D. Websites

20. A. how   B. what   C. when   D. why

Answer 1

l.A由常识可知，寄邮件通常去邮局，而不是超巿、百货大楼或办公室。

2. D e-mail和download为单词。

3. B由下文可知，本文讲述了互联网的发展历史。

4. A由下文的four American universities可知是美国。

5. C句意：国防部想把他们的电脑联网以实现资源共享。

6. D将电脑联网的目的是实现资源共享。share"分享"，符合语境。

7. A互联网是连接电脑的网络，故选A.

8. D句意：一台电脑成功地向另一台电脑发送信息。

9. C句意：1972年，科学家们和世界一起分享ARPA网的信息。share—with…和.. 分享.. 。

10. B分析语境可知，该空表示方法，应填way。

11. A这是电子邮件的开始。

12. A根据逻辑分析可知，前后句意发生转折，应填but。

13. D句意：然后，在20世纪80年代.个人电脑变得更为常见。practical实际的;familiar熟悉的;expensive昂贵的;均不符合句意。

14. A下文介绍了两件重要的事。

15. B

16. A

17. D

18. D

19. C通篇讲的都是"电脑和互联网"，根据语境可知：现在，电脑是我们生活中重要的一部分。

20. A句意：现在，电脑已成为我们生活中的一个重要组成部分，并正在改变我们学习、工作、购物和交流的方式。how引导宾语从句。