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1、中考英语专项突破：阅读理解精练及答案（11） ”HowmanycommonEnglishwordswereinventedbyShakespeare? Howlongdidittakepeopletofindtheanswertothisquestion15yearsago?Andnow!youcangoogleitandfindtheanswerimmediately! GoogleisthemostpopularInternetsearchengineintheworld.Itwasinventedbytwostudents,LarryPag
2、eandSergeyBrin.Theymetin1993,whentheywerestudyingcomputerscienceatStanfordUniversity,USA.Theydreamedofproducingsomethingthatcouldalsoansweranyquestioninseconds. Internetseachenginesatthattimewereslowandgavemanywebsitesthatweren’tuseful.InJanuary1996,PageandBrindecidedtomakeabet
3、terandfastersearchengine.Theythoughttheresultsshouldbebasedonthemostpopularwebsites. Nobodywouldgivethemmoneyfortheirproject,sotheyusedtheirownmoney.Theyalsoborrowedmoneyfromfamilyandfriends.Then,in1998,theyweregivenachequefor$100,000,andtheystartedtheirowncompany.Theirfirstoff
4、icewasinafriend’sgarage.Thecompany’snameisGoogle,awordwhichcomesfrommathematics.A“google”isaveryhighnumber----1followedbyahundredzeros. Thegooglesearchenginewassoonusedbythousandsofpeopleworldwidebecauseitwasfast,easyandcorrect.By2002itwasthebiggestsearchengineontheInternet.Now
5、,morequestionshavebeenansweredbyGooglethananyotherInternetservice,fromsporttoscience,andfrommusictomedicine.Googlehopesthatinthefuturealltheworld’sinformationwillbeputontheInternet,sothateverybodycanfindeverything. 51.Whydidthewriterbeginthispassagebyaskingyouaquestion? A.Beca
6、useheorshelikedtobeginthispassagebyaskingreadersaquestion. B.Becauseheorshewasafraidthatthereadersdidn’tknowthisquestion. C.Becauseheorshewantedtomakethereadersinterestedinthispassage. D.BecauseShakespeareisoneofthemostfamouspeopleintheworld. 52.Theunderlineword“cheque”inthe
7、fifthparagraphmeans________. A.楼房B.帐单C.订单D.支票 53.Fromthepassageweknowthatatthebeginningoftheirproject,______. A.therewasnotanysearchengineontheInternet. B.nobodysupportedthemexcepttheirfamilyandfriends. C.LarryPageandSergeyBrindreamedtoansweranyquestion. D.oneofthemostpopu
8、larwebsitesgavethemachequefor$100,000. 54.Whic
