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The History of the Internet

　　A research team at the United States Pentagon first 　　1　　 the concept of linking computers together in the 1960s．They wanted to have a system that would 　　2　　 universities, research departments and the military 　　3　　 resources with each other．Computers at this time were 　　4　　 refrigerators and could not be transported easily．　　5　　 problem was that they were often complicated and not compatible with each other．The research team had to overcome these difficulties to create a network that could share computing power．

　　Gradually, 　　6　　 scholars came online．Years later, 　　7　　 began using the Internet, too．The number of people 　　8　　 it is increasing all the time and it is becoming 　　9　　 available across the world．In fact, somewhere in every continent in the world, it is 　　10　　 to use the Internet．

　　There is a wide range of services available on the Internet．This means that there are many different 　　11　　 to communicate．The most popular way is undoubtedly electronic mail－more commonly called‘e-mail’．The second most popular is browsing(浏览)　　12　　 the World Wide Web(WWW)．Briefly, the WWW is a very big series of connected pages 　　13　　 various forms of multimedia．　　14　　 most popular way is real time text based communication between users 　　15　　 IRC－Internet Relay Chat．

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　　Generally speaking, there are four kinds of languages in the world．One is your native language 　　1　　 you learned at home with your family when you were young．The 　　2　　 is a foreign language that 　　3　　 abroad and that you can learn at school．The third is the official(官方的)language of your 　　4　　, which is used in official papers or spoken 　　5　　 the radio and TV．

　　The fourth is the 　　6　　 language which is not spoken any more but still exists in written papers．For example, Latin．

　　　　7　　 language in the world is English．About 800 million people in the world speak English, over 50％ of the world's 　　8　　 About 400 million people speak English as their 　　9　　 language in the United States, England, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some islands in the world．About 300 million people speak English as a second language．For example, in many parts of India and Africa people speak English as a 　　10　　 language．　　11　　 people are one of these examples．

　　　　12　　 is the language of government and education in parts of India, South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and most importantly, America．

　　It 　　13　　 all over the world, and about 75％ of the world's 　　14　　 letters are written in English．Though English is widely spoken, there are more people speaking Chinese than those who speak English．The only reason is that there are 　　15　　 than one billion Chinese people in the world．

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