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“How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?” How long did  【小题1】_   take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago? And now? You can google it  【小题2】  find the answer immediately!
Larry Page and Sergey Brin met in 1995,  【小题3】 they were both studying computer science at a university. They dreamed of producing something that could answer  【小题4】 questions in seconds. They decided to make a better and faster search engine(搜索引擎)  45  January 1996. At that time  【小题5】 would give them money for their project, so they had to borrow money from family and friends. Soon they started their own company. Its name Google comes from math. A ‘google’ is 【小题6】 very high number —1 followed by a hundred zeros.
The google search engine was soon used by thousands of people worldwide  【小题7】 it was fast, easy and correct. By 2002 it became the  【小题8】 (big) search engine on the Internet. Google hopes that in the future all the world’s information 【小题9】 be put on the Internet, so that everybody can find everything.

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Mrs. Green was very fat. She weighed 100kg, and she    1   heavier every month.
   2   she went to see a doctor. The doctor said, “You    3   to go on a diet(节食), Mrs. Green. I’ve got a food list here.” He gave her a small book and said, “   4   it carefully and eat the things on page 11 every day. Then come back and see me    5   two weeks.”
Mrs. Green cam back two weeks    6  , but she wasn’t thinner and was even
   7  . The doctor was surprised and asked, “Are you eating the things on page 11 of the small book?”
“Yes, doctor,” she answered.
The next day,    8   visited Mrs. Green in the afternoon. He was very  9 
to see her.
“Mrs. Green,” he asked, “why are you eating potatoes and bread? You aren’t on the diet!”
“But doctor,” Mrs. Green answered, “I eat my diet    10   lunch time. This is my tea(下午茶).”
【小题1】A. gets            B. is getting             C. was getting
【小题2】A. So             B. But                  C. Because
【小题3】A. want           B. like                  C. have
【小题4】A. Watch          B. Read                 C. Find
【小题5】A. behind         B. in                    C. for
【小题6】A. ago            B. late                  C. later
【小题7】A. fatter          B. thinner                C. taller
【小题8】A. her parents      B. her friend             C. the doctor
【小题9】A. happy          B. afraid                C. surprised
【小题10】A. at            B. on                   C. in

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Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games!

Archery

Archery has a 10,000 year history, when bows and arrows were first used for hunting and war.

Archery first appeared at the Paris Olympics of 1990. It was removed after 1908 and only returned to the Olympics at Munich in 1972.

Did you know?

In the 14th century, archery was so important that as English law required every man, aged seven to 60, to practise it.

Badminton

This sport was invented by British soldiers in India who called it Poono, the same name as the town in which they lived.

It was first played at the Olympics in 1992 at Barcelona. Although the rules of the modern sport were developed in England, Asian countries are now the best.

Did you know?

The best balls are said to be made from the feathers of the left wing of goose.

Football

There are two medal competitions for Olympic football, one for men’s teams and one for women’s.

Football was first played at the 1908 Olympic Games and it has been played at every Olympic Games ever since, except for Los Angeles 1932.

Did you know?

Hungary has won three football gold medals-more than any other country.

Taekwondo

This Korean sport’s name means “the way of the hand and foot”. The players get points by hitting each other with these two parts of the body only. The players mustn’t lie on the floor and no equipment can be used.

Taekwondo first appeared at the 2000 Sydney Games.

Did you know?

Over 60 million people from 190 countries around the world regularly take part in this sport.

 

1.Who invented the sport of badminton?

A. Indians.          B. British.         C. Chinese.        D. Koreans.

2.Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?

A. Archery.          B. Badminton.        C. Taekwondo.       D. Football.

3.Which sport was first named after a town?

A. Badminton.         B. Football.         C. Taekwondo.        D. Archery.

4. Which of the following picture shows the sport of “Taekwondo”?

       A.               B.                C.               D.

5. Where can you most probably find web page?

A. Sydney 2000.com   

B. Beijing 2008.com

C. Guangzhou 2010.com

D. London 2012.com

 

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Like most teenagers in the world, Joso Montanaro a teen artist in Brazil, likes reading and drawing cartoons. But he is special—his drawings get published(出版).
Montanaro is now drawing cartoons for Folha. Folha is Brazil’s largest newspaper and is known for its cartoons. Montanaro has already been working at Folha for two years. Each week he draws two, there or four cartoons and sends them to the paper. From those editors choose one for the next day’s page.
Montanaro draws about the news of the day. Recently he worked on The Wave—a drawing of the tsunami(海啸) that hit Japan. Montanaro also likes to draw cartoons about the funny things that happen in Brazilian politics(政治).
“I like doing political drawings because you can joke about somebody bigger than you.” Montanaro says.
Folha’s art director ,Mario Kanno, says editors saw something new and different in Montanaro’s work.“We brought him in with this idea to show that, yes, young people also read newspapers and can show their ideas on politics,”Kanno says.
Montanaro’s love for cartoons began when be was only 7 or 8 year old. His dad bought him comics. Montanaro says these books gave him the ideas that got him drawing.“I think those great works have really helped me,”he says.“They remind me that I should draw something in my book every day.”
【小题1】What is Montanaro doing for Folha now?
A.He is publishing story books.B.He is drawing cartoons.
C.He is sending newspapers.D.He is writing articles.
【小题2】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Folha is famous for its cartoons.
B.Folha is the largest newspaper in Brazil.
C.Montanaro draws one cartoon for Folha every week.
D.Montanaro began to work for Folha two years ago.
【小题3】Why does Montanaro like drawing political cartoons?
A.Because he can show his ideas on politics.
B.Because he is very interested in political jobs.
C.Because he thinks it’s easier to draw political cartoons.
D.Because he can make fun of some important people.
【小题4】What made Montanaro draw and helped him a lot in his drawings?
A.The comics his dad bought him.B.His interest in cartoon films.
C.The fun of drawing cartoons.D.His dad’s ideas about cartoons.
【小题5】What’s the best title for this passage?
A.Folha’s art director.B.Brazil’s largest newspaper.
C.Teen artist in Brazil.D.Montanaro’s great father.

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Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines (标题) of the passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.
【小题1】 People read newspapers in order to ________________ .

A.learn the latest news
B.meet their own different needs
C.read the short stories
D.find the morning news
【小题2】From the passage we can see that           when people get newspapers.
A.they read them very carefully
B.they just read the headlines
C.not everyone reads all the pages
D.they have no time to read them
【小题3】 Newspapers have so many pages because __________ .
A.more and more people like to read them
B.people enjoy reading something different
C.newspapers become cheaper
D.more pages mean more money
【小题4】 Newspapers ______________ are the most popular in the world.
A.in EnglishB.in Chinese
C.in other languageD.with many pages
【小题5】According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from _______.
A.magazinesB.Advertisements
C.e-mailsD.Internet

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