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We are all busy talking about and using the Internet (互联网), but how many of us know the h __1__ of the Internet? Many people are surprised when they find that the I __2__was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and e __3__. Computer networks (网络) didn"t work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good e __4__ to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through a __5__ part. In this way computer network system would keep on w__6__ all the time. At f __7__the Internet was only used by the government, but, in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. H __8__computers were still very expensive and the Internet was d __9__ to use. By the start of the 1990s, c__10__became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made "surfing" (浏览) the Internet more convenient. Today it is easy to get on-line (上网) and it is said that m __11__of people use the Internet everyday. Sending e-mail is more and more p __12__among students. The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people"s life. | ||||||||||||||||||||
阅读理解。 Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers (志愿者). Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment. Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she is going to university to study Chinese, but now she"s living in Belize. Pauline says, "I"m working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted, the coral will die. I"m helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it"s too late." "I"m staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don"t get any money, but that"s OK. I love my work here, and I"m learning a lot about the people of Belize-and myself! After I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America." 1. Some young people from England _____ after they finish school. A. go to university abroad B. spend one year abroad as volunteers C. go to work for money D. start work in schools or hospitals 2. Pauline Jones, an eighteen-year-old girl, is living in _____ now. A. England B. China C. Belize D. Cardiff 3. Pauline Jones is _____ with other people. A. studying Chinese in a university B. working to save the coral reefs C. helping do some housework D. doing some research in Wales 4. From the passage, we know that the coral reefs _____. A. will die because of the pollution B. are not as beautiful as before C. cannot live without fish in the sea D. will probably be sold for money 5. Pauline Jones wants to _____ after she finishes her work as a volunteer. A. stay there for another year B. go back home to start work C. learn about the people home D. travel around Central America | ||||||||||||||||||||
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