2.　　　 What meals did the first diners serve?

A. only breakfast　　 B. Only lunch　　 C. Only night-meals　　 D. All of the above

1.　　　 A man named Walter Scott had the first “diner” in 1872. Why is the word “diner” in quotation marks(引号)？

A．　　 Because it is spelled differently from “ dinner”

B．　　 Because the first diner was not what it is now

C．　　 Because diner was a new word

D．　　 Because it is a special kind of restaurant

5.　　　　　　 Which of the following is NOT true ?

　　 A.　 The number of web pages rose very rapidly in the 1990s.

B.　　　　 Tim’s programmes were placed on to the Internet in 1990.

C.　　　　 The World Wide Web will have an effect on the social development.

D.　　　 Tim Berners-Lee made a great contribution to the computer　 science.

4.　　　　 He made up his mind to write a programme that would let people from across the world share information on a single place when ______.

　　　　 A.　 he was a child　　 B.　 he studied in Oxford University　

　 C.　 he formed W3C　　 D.　 he worked at a lab in Switzerland

3.　 Scientists began to communicate using e-mail _____.

A.　 in 1980　　 B.　 after the 1980s　　 C.　 before 1990　　 D.　 in the 1960s

2.　　　　 The main idea of this passage is　 ______.

A.　　　 when the Internet came into begin .

B.　　　　 how Tim Berners-Lee formed W3C

C.　　　　 why computers develop so rapidly

D.　　　 how the World Wide Web started

1.　　　　 From the lines we can infer that Tim Berners-Lee is ________.

A.　 British　　 B.　 American　 C.　 Swiss　　 D.　 French

4．During the teenage years, one should learn to_____.

A.　　　 become different from others in as many ways as possible

B.　　　　 get into the right reason and become popular

C.　　　　 find one’s real self

D.　　　 rebel against parents

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How　 the　 World　 Wide　 Web　 Started

Tim Berners-Lee is the man who wrote the software(软件) programme that led to the foundation of the World Wide Web. Britain played an important part in developing the first generation of computers. The parents of Tim Berners-Lee both worked on one of the earliest commercial (商业的) computers and talked about their work at home. As a child he would build models of computers from packing material. After graduating from Oxford University he went on to the real thing. In the 1980s scientists were already communicating using a primitive version (版本) of e-mail . While working at a laboratory in Switzerland . Tim Berners-Lee wrote a programme , which let him store these messages .This gave him another idea: write a programme that will let academics(学术界人士) from across the world share information on a single place. In 1990 he wrote the HTTP(服务程序所用的协议) and HTML(超文本链接标示语言) programmes which form the basis of the World Wide Web .

The next year his programmes were placed on to the Internet . Everyone was welcome to use them and improve them if they could . Programmers used this codes(密码) to work with different operating systems. New things like web browsers(浏览器) and search engines were developed. Between 1991 and 1994 the number of web pages rose from 10 to 100,000.

In 1994 Tim Berners-Lee formed the newly formed World Wide Web consortium(协会), or W3C. More than 200 leading companies and laboratories are represented(代表) by W3C. Together they make sure that everyone can share equally on the web. ‘ The Web can help people to understand the way that others live and love and are human. It helps us understand　 the humanity of people.” He says.

Multiple choice:

3.　　　　　 Which of the following is NOT true according to passage?

A.　　　 There is no popularity that really counts.

B.　　　　 What many parents ate doing is actually keeping their children from finding their own paths.

C.　　　　 It is not necessarily had for a teenager to disagree with his or her classmates.

D.　　　 Most teenagers say they want to do what they like to, but in fact they are doing the same.

2.　　　　　 According to the writer, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but, in fact, most of them______.

A.　　　 have much difficulty in understanding each other

B.　　　 are not sure of themselves

C.　　　　 dare not do things

D.　　　 are very much afraid of getting lost