Question

The inventor of the world wide web，Tim Berners?Lee，has won an important award which comes with a prize bag of one million euros (￡671,000)．The “Father of the Web” was named as the first winner of the Millennium Technology Prize by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation.He said he had just been “in the right place at the right time” and did not want his photo taken.

In 1991，he came up with a system to organize，link and browse(浏览) Net pages which revolutionized the Internet.The British scientist was knighted(封爵) for his pioneering work in 2003.

Sir Tim created his program while he was at the particle physics institute，Cern，in Geneva.The computer code he came up with let scientists easily share research findings across a computer network.In the early 1990s，it was called the “world wide web，” and is still the basis of the web as we know it.

The famous man never went on to commercialize his work.Instead he worked on expanding the use of the Net as a channel for free expression and cooperation.

“The web is encouraging new types of social networks and opening up new ways for information management and business development.The web has significantly improved many people’s ability to obtain information central to their lives，”said Pekka Tarjanne，chairman of the Millennium Technology Prize award committee.

Just under 80 people from 22 countries were nominated(提名) for the prize for their work in the areas of health，communication，new materials and the environment.

The Millennium Technology Prize was set up by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation，an independent body backed by the public and private money which aims to recognize outstanding creations.

Sir Tim currently heads up the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston，where he is now based as an academic.

1.It can be learned from the first two paragraphs that ________.

A．it is Tim Berners?Lee that invented the Internet

B．no one was able to surf the Net before the world wide web was invented

C．the Internet can’t be used so widely without Tim Berners?Lee’s invention

D．the Millennium Technology Prize was set up for Tim Berners?Lee

2.After inventing the world wide web，Tim Berners?Lee ________.

A．became the first person to receive the Millennium Technology Prize

B．became the first person to be knighted by the Queen of England

C．began to cooperate with many scientists in other areas

D．was given over one million pounds for his great contribution

3.Which of the following best describes Tim Berners?Lee?

A．Optimistic. B．Modest.

C．Ambitious.? D．Careful.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A．The Millennium Technology Prize

B．Tim Berners?Lee

C．The World Wide Web

D．New Honor for the Web’s Inventor

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

1.

解析　推理判断题。根据第二段中的“...he came up with a system to organize，link and browse(浏览) Net pages which revolutionized the Internet.”可推断，伯纳斯?李创造了万维网，使人们能够轻松地浏览网页、获取各种信息资源，所以互联网才能广泛地被人们使用。

2.2】　A

解析　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The ‘Father of the Web’ was named as the first winner of the Millennium Technology Prize...”可知伯纳斯?李是获得千年技术奖的第一人。

3.3】　B

解析　推理判断题。根据第一段中的“He said he had just been ‘in the right place at the right time’ and did not want his photo taken.”可知伯纳斯?李是一个谦虚的人。

4.4】　D

解析　标题归纳题。本文主要介绍互联网之父伯纳斯?李获得的千年技术奖，文章包含两方面的内容，一个是他的发明，第二个是因为该发明获得新荣誉，二者结合，选项D最能概括全文的内容。