“How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?”How long did it tak

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“How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?”How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago? And now! you can google it and find the answer immediately!Google is the most popular Internet arch engine in the world. It was invented by two students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They met in 1993, when they were studying computer science at Stanford University, USA. They dreamed of producing something that could also answer any question in conds.Internet arch engines at that time were slow and gave many websites that weren't uful. In January 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster arch engine. They thought the results should be bad on the most popular websites.Nobody would give them money for their project, so they ud their own money. They also borrowed money from family and friends. Then, in 1998, they were given a cheque for $100,000, and they started their own company. Their first office was in a friend's garage. The company's name is Google, a word which comes from mathematics. A “google” is a very high number---- 1 followed by a hundred zeros.The google arch engine was soon ud by thousands of people worldwide becau it was fast, easy and correct. By 2002 it was the biggest arch engine on the Internet. Now, more questions have been answered by Google than any other Internet rvice, from sport to science, and from music to medicine. Google hopes that in the future all the world's information will be put on the Internet, so that everybody can find everything.小题1:The writer began this passage by asking you a question becau ___________.A．Shakespeare is one of the most famous people in the worldB．he or she was afraid that the readers didn't know this questionC．he or she wanted to make the readers interested in this passage D．he or she liked to begin this passage by asking readers a question小题2:The underline word “cheque” in the fifth paragraph means _____ __ in Chine.A．楼房B．帐单C．订单D．支票小题3:From the passage we know that at the beginning of their project,__   ____.A．there was not any arch engine on the Internet.B．nobody supported them except their family and friendsC．one of the most popular websites gave them a cheque for $100,000D．Larry Page and Sergey Brin dreamed to produce something to answer any question小题4:Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?A．Now the Google arch engine is widely ud in the world.B．The google arch engine was the biggest one after 2002.C．Larry Page and Sergey Brin named google after a hundred zeros.D．The rvice of the Google arch engine is very popular.

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小题1:C小题2:D小题3:B 小题4:C

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小题1:细节理解题。根据下文的描述，可知这是一种写作手法，主要为了引起读者的兴趣，故答案为C。 小题2:细节理解题。根据上文 “They also borrowed money from family and friends.”和下文“and they started their own company.”可知此单词与钱有关，答案为D。 小题3:细节理解题。根据文中“Nobody would give them money for their project, so they ud their own money. They also borrowed money from family and friends.”可知只能从家人和朋友那里借钱，故选B。 小题4:细节理解题。 由文中“The company's name is Google, a word which comes from mathematics. A “google” is a very high number---- 1 followed by a hundred zeros.”可知C描述错误，故答案为C。

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