“How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?”
How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago? And now! you can google it and find the answer immediately!
Google is the most popular Internet search engine in the world. It was invented by two students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They met in 1993, when they were studying computer science at Stanford University, USA. They dreamed of producing something that could also answer any question in seconds.
Internet search engines at that time were slow and gave many websites that weren't useful. In January 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine. They thought the results should be based on the most popular websites.
Nobody would give them money for their project, so they used their own money. They also borrowed money from family and friends. Then, in 1998, they were given a cheque for $100,000, and they started their own company. Their first office was in a friend's garage. The company's name is Google, a word which comes from mathematics. A “google” is a very high number---- 1 followed by a hundred zeros.
The google search engine was soon used by thousands of people worldwide because it was fast, easy and correct. By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet. Now, more questions have been answered by Google than any other Internet service, from sport to science, and from music to medicine. Google hopes that in the future all the world's information will be put on the Internet, so that everybody can find everything.
1.The writer began this passage by asking you a question because ___________.
A. Shakespeare is one of the most famous people in the world
B. he or she was afraid that the readers didn't know this question
C. he or she wanted to make the readers interested in this passage
D. he or she liked to begin this passage by asking readers a question
2.The underline word “cheque” in the fifth paragraph means _____ __ in Chinese.
A. 楼房 B. 帐单 C. 订单 D. 支票
3.From the passage we know that at the beginning of their project,__ ____.
A. there was not any search engine on the Internet.
B. nobody supported them except their family and friends
C. one of the most popular websites gave them a cheque for $100,000
D. Larry Page and Sergey Brin dreamed to produce something to answer any question
4.Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Now the Google search engine is widely used in the world.
B. The google search engine was the biggest one after 2002.
C. Larry Page and Sergey Brin named google after a hundred zeros.
D. The service of the Google search engine is very popular.
Would you completely trust your friends if you couldn’t see anything? If you are falling, do you believe they will catch you and help you stand up? Our teacher helped us to find the answer.
Our teacher is named Morrie. One day, he said that he had a game for us to try. He divided us into two groups. One of the students from the first group, stands in front of us with his eyes closed, and then falls backwards(向后). The second group stand behind him. Before he falls on the floor, they should catch him and not let him get hurt. Most of us were uncomfortable with this. We were afraid that they wouldn’t catch us and we would hit the floor. So we didn’t move. We just stood there and laughed in embarrassment(尴尬).
Finally, one student, thin, quiet, dark-haired girl called Sarah, decided to move. She crossed her arms in front of her body, closed her eyes, and slowly fell backwards. She looked quiet but brave.
For a moment, I was sure she was going to fall on the floor. But before she hit the floor, the other students caught her, held her and finally helped her stand up.
“Whoa!!” we were all surprised, and also encouraged. The girl was happy, too. Seeing this, Morrie smiled and said to the girl, “When you close your eyes, you can’t see anything. You won’t feel safe. When you are falling, the feeling gets stronger. You are not sure whether you will hit the cold, hard floor or the warm, soft hands of your friends. But if you are brave enough to trust them, they won’t let you down.”
1.According to the passage, we can know Morrie is ___________.
A. a student B. a teacherC. a managerD. a farmer
2.The writer thought the girl was ___________.
A. strong but shy B. active C. quiet but brave D. careless
3.In the end, the girl ___________.
A. got hurt
B. fell on the floor
C. was only helped by the writer
D. was caught by the other students
4.The students felt encouraged because ___________.
A. they could stop the game finally
B. they wanted to do something else
C. they thought they had won the game
D. they felt that they could trust each other
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1.You can get in touch with ________ if you want to buy an old cell phone.
A. ElaineB. CocoC. SalinaD. Jason
2.Charlie wishes to rent an apartment ___________.
A. which is near restaurantsB. which is in the university
C. which has a dining hallD. which he can take a shower in
3.From the last two advertisements, we know ___________.
A. the puppy has been missing for 8 months
B. the purple wallet was found on Sept 21st
C. Salina loves the puppy very much
D. Salina lived on Man Street
Johnny, a lizard (蜥蜴），lived between some rocks in the country, where he liked sunbathing every morning. One day, he felt so that he didn’t notice some boys coming up behind him. The boys caught Johnny, and he could only escape from their hands by losing his and running to hide.
The children watched his tail moving about, but they soon threw the tail away and left. Johnny came out to his tail, but could find no of it. Feeling so sad, he decided to doing everything else in his life and spending all his time finding his tail. Days and months passed, and Johnny kept looking, asking everyone they had seen his tail. However, there was no news about it.
One day, he asked a boy and the boy replied, “Why do you need two tails?” After hearing this, Johnny turned back and saw that he had grown a new, stronger tail. He suddenly realised how it had been to waste so much time on a problem like it. Johnny headed for home.
, he suddenly found his old tail on the roadside. Although it terrible, Johnny was still excited to have it back. He picked it up and was about to his journey. Just at that moment, an idea hit him that he shouldn’t look at the past and worry about it since it was not useful for .
He then decided to his old tail there, leaving with it all his past worries. As he continued his journey, all he took with him were thoughts of the present and the dreams of the .
As we know, it’s not good to look at the past, unless it helps in the future. Let the past go with the wind.
1.A. interestedB. relaxedC. lonelyD. nervous
2.A. hand B. nose C. tailD. head
3.A. look atB. look afterC. look up D. look for
4.A. needB. signC. reasonD. use
5.A. keepB. finishC. begin D. stop
6.A. whether B. that C. how D. why
7.A. onlyB. stillC. alsoD. always
8.A. hopefullyB. generallyC. surprisedly D. wonderfully
9.A. luckyB .hardC. carelessD. silly
10.A. In a way B. By the wayC. On the wayD. In the way
11.A. soundedB. lookedC. smelledD. tasted
12.A. changeB. continueC. planD. end
13.A. you B. meC. herD. him
14.A. returnB. cutC. move D. drop
15.A. tailB. present C. futureD. past
— We’ll study in different schools next term. Enjoy your time in the new school.
— .
A. I’ll take your advice. B. The same to you.
C. Congratulations. D. Me too.
— The light is still on in his room. Do you know ?
— Maybe he has to study for a test.
A. if he works hard B. who he is studying with
C. what he is busy with D. when he will stop working
