“Indeed”GeorgeWashingtonwroteinhisdiaryin1785“somekindoffly,orbughadbeguntoeattheleavesbeforeIlefthome.”ButthefatherofAmericawasnotthefatherofbug.WhenWashingtonwrotethatEnglishmenhad
“Indeed”GeorgeWashingtonwroteinhisdiaryin1785“somekindoffly,orbughadbeguntoeattheleavesbeforeIlefthome.”ButthefatherofAmericawasnotthefatherofbug.WhenWashingtonwrotethatEnglishmenhadbeenreferringtoinsectsasbugsformorethanacenturyandAmericanshadalreadycreatedlightning-bug(萤火虫).ButtheEnglishweresoontostopusingthebugsintheirlanguageleavingittotheAmericanstocallabugabuginthenineteenthandtwentiethcenturies.
TheAmericanbugcouldalsobeapersonreferringtosomeonewhowascrazyaboutaparticularactivity.Althoughfanbecametheusualtermsportsfansusedtobecalledracingbugs,baseballbugsandthelike.
Orthebugcouldbeasmallmachineorobjectforexampleabug-shapedcar.Thebugcouldalsobeaburglaralarmfromwhichcomestheexpressiontobugthatis“toinstall(安装)analarm”.Nowitmeansasmallpieceofequipmentthatpeopleuseforlisteningsecretlytoothers’conversations.Sincethe1840stobughaslongmeant“tocheat" andsincethe1940sithasbeenannoying.
Wealsoknowthebugasaflawinacomputerprogramorotherdesign.ThatmeaningdatesbacktothetimeofThomasEdison.In1878heexplainedbugsas“littleproblemsanddifficulties”thatrequiredmonthsofstudyandlabortoovercomeindevelopingasuccessfulproduct.In1889itwasrecordedthatEdison“hadbeenupthetwopreviousnightsdiscovering‘abug’,inhisinventedrecordplayer."
68. WelearnfromParagraph1that____.
A. Americanshaddifficultyinlearningtousethewordbug
B. GeorgeWashingtonwasthefirstpersontocallaninsectabug
C. thewordbugwasstillpopularlyusedinEnglandinthenineteenthcentury
D. bothEnglishmenandAmericansusedthewordbugintheeighteenthcentury
69.Whatdoestheword“flaw”inthelastparagraphprobablymean?
A. Explanation.
B. Finding.
C. Origin.
D. Fault.
70.Thepassageismainlyconcernedwith .
A. themisunderstandingofthewordbug
B. thedevelopmentofthewordbug
C. thepublicviewsofthewordbug
D. thespecialchara