【1990wasasignificantyearinworldevents.InFebruaryNelsonMandelawassetfreeafter27yearsinprison.InOctoberEastandWestGermanybecameonecountryagain.Thenattheendof1990theWorldWideWebwasborn.Forthisfinaleventw】
1990wasasignificantyearinworldevents.InFebruaryNelsonMandelawassetfreeafter27yearsinprison.InOctoberEastandWestGermanybecameonecountryagain.Thenattheendof1990theWorldWideWebwasborn.ForthisfinaleventwehaveonemantothankTimBerners-LeethefatheroftheWeb.
Berners-LeewasbornonJune81955inLondonEngland.Hisparentsbothcomputerdesignersencouragedhimtothinkandworkcreativelyashegrewup.Hewasanexcellentstudentandnaturallytookaninterestincomputersandscience.
AftergraduatingfromOxfordUniversityTimwenttoworkatascienceresearchCenterinSwitzerland.TherehedevelopedsomeofthedifferentsystemsthatwouldlaterbecometheWeb.ThefirstwasHTMLthecomputerlanguageusedtomakewebpages.Thesecondwasanaddresssystemthatletcomputersanywherefindeachotherandsendandreceiveinformation.In1990whilestillatthesciencecenterinSwitzerlandheputthemtogethertomakethefirstInternetbrowser.Itcouldrunonanycomputerandallowedpeopletosharetheirinformationwiththerestoftheworld.
TimknewthatthemorepeopleusedtheWebthemoreusefulitwouldbe.Hewasn5tinterestedinmoneybutknowledgesohegaveouthisinventionforfreetoanyonewhowasinterested.ManywereinterestedandthegrowthoftheInternetbegan.
TodayTimworksasaprofessorattheMITinAmericaresearchingnewandinterestingwaystousetheWeb.Hehasreceivedmanyawardsfromgovernmentsandorganizationsforhisefforts.Heisstillnotveryinterestedinmoney.Thatiswhyheissoadmiredbyhisstudentsandworkmates.Itmayalsobeoneofthereasonsthatfewpeopleoutsidetheworldoftechnologyknowhisname.
()1.Theunderlinedword“significant”(inParagraph1)mostprobablymeans“”.
A.strange B.terrible C.important D.difficult
()2.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?
A.Theaddresssystemwasusedtomakewebpages.
B.TheWorldWideWebwascreatedinSwitzerland.
C.Thefirstwebbrowserwasveryexpensivetobuy.
D.ManypeoplecouldusetheInternetbefore1990.
()3.WhatcanwelearnaboutBerners-Leefromthepassage?
A.Hewasenc