2013高考英语二轮阅读理解精选（36）外研版

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1、2013高考英语二轮阅读理解精选（36）及答案AEverydaywetalkaboutandusetheInternet,buthowmanyofusknowthehistoryoftheInternet?ManypeoplearesurprisedwhentheyfindthattheInternetwassetupinthe1960s．Atthattime,computerswerelargeandexpensive．Computernetworkdidn’tworkwell．Ifonecomp

2、uterinthenetworkbrokedown,thenthewholenetworkstopped．Soanewnetworksystemhadtobesetup．Itshouldbegoodenoughtobeusedbymanydifferentcomputers．Ifpartofthenetworkwasnotworking,informationcouldbesentthroughanotherpart．Inthiswaycomputernetworksystemwouldkeepon

3、workingonthetime．AtfirsttheInternetwasonlyusedbythegovernment,butintheearly1970s,universities,hospitalsandbankswereallowedtouseittoo．However,computerswerestillveryexpensiveandtheInternetwasdifficulttouse．Bythestartofthe1990s,computersbecamecheaperandea

4、siertouse．Scientistshadalsodevelopedsoftwarethatmade“surfing”intheInternetmoreconvenient．Todayitiseasytogeton-lineanditissaidthatmillionsofpeopleusetheInterneteveryday．Sendinge-mailismoreandmorepopularamongstudents．TheInternethasnowbecomeoneofthemostim

5、portantpartsofpeople’slife．56．TheInternethasahistoryofmorethan_______years．A．sixtyB．fortyC．fiftyD．twenty57．Anewnetworksystemwassetupto_________．A．makecomputerscheaperB．makeitselfkeeponworkingallthetimeC．breakdownthewholenetworkD．makecomputerslargeandex

6、pensive58．__________made“surfing”theInternetmoreconvenient．A．ComputersB．HardwareC．SoftwareD．Information59．WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?A．Inthe1960s,computernetworkworkedwell．B．Intheearly1970s,theInternetwaseasytouse．C．Todayit’sstillnoteasytogeton-line．D．S

7、endinge-mailisnowmorepopularamongstudentsthanbefore．BEverycountryhasitstraditionalfestivals．TheChineseNewYearisnowknownastheSpringFestivalbecauseitstartsfromthebeginningofspring．Thoughtherearesomesayingsaboutitsorigin,allagreethatthewordNian,whichinmod

8、ernChinesemeans“year”,wasoriginallythenameofabeastthatstartedtoeatpeoplethenightbeforethebeginningofanewyear．OnestorygoesthatthebeastNianhadaverybigmouththatwouldtakeinagreatmanypeopleatonetime．Peoplewereveryafraid．Oneday,anoldmancameto