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1、“Indeed，”GeorgeWashingtonwroteinhisdiaryin1785，阅读理解答案　　“Indeed，”GeorgeWashingtonwroteinhisdiaryin1785，“somekindoffly，orbug，hadbeguntoeattheleavesbeforeIlefthome．”ButthefatherofAmericawasnotthefatherofbug．WhenWashingtonwrotethat，Englishmenhadbeenreferringtoinsectsasbugsformorethan

2、acentury,andAmericanshadalreadycreatedlightning-bug(萤火虫)．ButtheEnglishweresoontostopusingthebugsintheirlanguage，leavingittotheAmericanstocallabugabuginthenineteenthandtwentiethcenturies．　　TheAmericanbugcouldalsobeaperson,referringtosomeonewhowascrazyaboutaparticularaetivity．Altho

3、ughfanbecametheusualterm，sportsfansusedtobecalledracingbugs，baseballbugs,andthelike．　　Orthebugcouldbeasmallmachineorobject,forexample，abug-shapedcar．Thebugcouldalsobeaburglaralarm，fromwhichcomesthephrasetobug，thatis,“toinstall(安装)analarm”．Nowitmeansasmallpieceofequipmentthatpeopl

4、euseforlisteningsecretlytoothers’conversation．Sincethe1840s，tobughaslongmeant“tocheat”，andsincethe1940sithasbeenannoying．　　Wealsoknowthebugasaflawinacomputerprogramaorotherdesign．ThatmeaningdatesbacktothetimeofThomasEdison．In1878heexplainbugsas“littleproblemsanddifficulties”thatr

5、equiredmonthsofstudyandlabortoovercomeindevelopingasuccessfulproduct．In1889itwasrecordedthatEdison．”hadbeenupthetwopreviousnightsdiscovering‘abug’inhisinventedrecordplayer．”　　33．WelearnfromParagraph1that______.　　A．Americanshaddifficultyinlearningtousethewordbug.　　B．GeorgeWashingt

6、onwasthefirstpersontocallaninsectabug.　　C．thewordbugwasstillpopularlyusedinEnglishinthenineteenthcentury.　　D．bothEnglishmanandAmericansusedthewordbugintheeighteenthcentury　　34．Whatdoestheword“flaw”inthelastparagraphprobablymean?　　A．Explanation．B．FindingC．OriginD．Fault．　　35．Thepas

7、sageismainlyconcernedwith____________．　　A．themisunderstandingofthewordbugB．thedevelopmentofthewordbug　　C．thepublicviewsofthewordbugD．thespecialcharacteristicsofthewordbug　　33-35DDB