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  “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

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  【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。介绍了bug一词的最早使用及它的意义演变。段落关键词、句大意推测第一部分(Para.1)thefatherof...

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