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1、中考英语专项突破：阅读理解精练(10) ”HowmanycommonEnglishwordswereinventedbyShakespeare？” Howlongdidittakepeopletofindtheanswertothisquestion15yearsago?Andnow!youcangoogleitandfindtheanswerimmediately! GoogleisthemostpopularInternetsearchengineintheworld.Itwasinventedbytwostudents,Larr
2、yPageandSergeyBrin.Theymetin1993,whentheywerestudyingcomputerscienceatStanfordUniversity,USA.Theydreamedofproducingsomethingthatcouldalsoansweranyquestioninseconds. Internetseachenginesatthattimewereslowandgavemanywebsitesthatweren’tuseful.InJanuary1996,PageandBrindecided
3、tomakeabetterandfastersearchengine.Theythoughttheresultsshouldbebasedonthemostpopularwebsites. Nobodywouldgivethemmoneyfortheirproject,sotheyusedtheirownmoney.Theyalsoborrowedmoneyfromfamilyandfriends.Then,in1998,theyweregivenachequefor$100,000,andtheystartedtheirowncompa
4、ny.Theirfirstofficewasinafriend’sgarage.Thecompany’snameisGoogle,awordwhichcomesfrommathematics.A“google”isaveryhighnumber——1followedbyahundredzeros. Thegooglesearchenginewassoonusedbythousandsofpeopleworldwidebecauseitwasfast,easyandcorrect.By2002itwasthebiggestsearcheng
5、ineontheInternet.Now,morequestionshavebeenansweredbyGooglethananyotherInternetservice,fromsporttoscience,andfrommusictomedicine.Googlehopesthatinthefuturealltheworld’sinformationwillbeputontheInternet,sothateverybodycanfindeverything. 51.Whydidthewriterbeginthispassagebya
6、skingyouaquestion？ A.Becauseheorshelikedtobeginthispassagebyaskingreadersaquestion. B.Becauseheorshewasafraidthatthereadersdidn’tknowthisquestion. C.Becauseheorshewantedtomakethereadersinterestedinthispassage. D.BecauseShakespeareisoneofthemostfamouspeopleintheworld.
7、52.Theunderlineword“cheque”inthefifthparagraphmeans________. A.楼房 B.帐单 C.订单 D.支票 53.Fromthepassageweknowthatatthebeginningoftheirproject,______. A.therewasnotanysearchengineontheInternet. B.nobodysupportedthemexcepttheirfamilyandfriends. C.LarryPageandSergeyBrindre
8、amedtoansweranyquestion. D.oneofthemostpopularwebsitesgavethemachequefor$100,000. 54.Wh
