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1、山西泽州县2016中考英语阅读理解选练（一）及答案【牛刀小试】【能力选练】A（根据21世纪学生英语报改编）Howlongareyouwillingtowaitforawebpagetoopenbeforeyoustarttoloseyourpatience?Halfaminute?Afewseconds?Googleengineershavediscoveredthateven400milliseconds—asshortastheblinkofaneye—istoolongformostInternetusers.Amillisecon
2、disonethousandthofasecond.Peoplehardlynoticesuchasmalltimedifference,butitdoescausethemtostopsearching,reportedTheNewYorkTimes."Withoutquestion,nobodylikestowait,"saidArvindJain,aGoogleengineer,"Everymillisecondmatters."Nowadays,millionsofsmart-phonesandcomputersarecontin
3、uallygatheringandsendingoutinformation.Withsomanypeopledownloadingmaps,sportsvideos,newsandrestaurantsuggestions,youcangetdigital"trafficjams".Meanwhile,usersareexpectingfasterandfasterservice.Googlefoundthatifonewebsiteis250millisecondsslowerthananotherwebsite,peoplewill
4、visititlessoften.Thisiswhytechnologycompaniesarenowcompetingtobethefastest.Googlesaidpeopledoexpectdifferentthingsfromdifferentwebsitesbecausetheyrealizenotallloadingtimesarethesame.Forexample,apersonwillbemorepatientwaitingforavideotoloadthanforasearchresult.Evenso,fouro
5、utoffiveonlineuserswillclickawayifavideotakestoolongtoload.Thismakesitdifficultforvideowebsitestochoosebetweenthequalityofpicturesandfastloadingtimes.Tryingtogetahigherspeedhasalwaysbeenpart.ofthehistoryoftheInternet.Inthe1990s,whentheWorldWideWebfirststartedtobecomepopul
6、ar,itwasverycrowdedandslow;peoplecalleditthe"WorldWideWait".Butengineersmanagedtofighttheproblemwithnewinventions.Theylaidalotoffiberopticcables(光缆)forsendinginhigh-speed;theyimprovedsoftwaresoitwouldworkmoresmoothly;theyplacedcomputerserversallaroundtheworldtobenearertou
7、sers;allthisincreasedspeed.NowadayswecanenjoymuchfasterInternet.FamoussearchenginessuchasGoogleandMicrosoft'sBingusuallyfindsearchresultsinlessthanasecond.However,inordertomeettherequirementofInternetusers,thesetycoonsshouldneverstoptheirsteps.26.Whichofthefollowingstatem
8、entsistrueaccordingtothepassage?A.Thequalityofpicturescomesfirstforvideowebsites.B.Googleis250mi
