“But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London!” said Mrs Smith.
（ ）46．Mr and Mrs Smith _________ in the past.
A．had often stayed in a big hotel in New Jersey B．had traveled to many places C．had often stayed in a small inn D．had made a lot of money
（ ）47．They decided to go to a really good hotel because _________.
A．it was famous
B．it was difficult to find a cheap hotel C．it was near many interesting places D．they now had enough money
（ ）48．When they arrived at the hotel, they found _________.
A．no meals were served after seven B．dinner was still being served C．their plane had arrived too late D．they had to go to bed hungry
（ ）49．When the man told them the times of meals at the hotel, Mrs Smith felt _________.
A．disappointed B．excited （ ）50．Mrs Smith _________.
A．thought she would have plenty of time to see the sights B．was afraid they would have no time to tour around London C．thought the hotel was not as good as the small inn
D．thought the hotel was much better than the small inn for its good meals
C．delighted
D．satisfied
C
Tim Berners-Lee, who received one million euros ($1.2 million) cash for creating the World Wide Web, says he would never have succeeded if he had charged money for his inventions.“ If had tried to demand fees…there would be no World Wide Web,” Berners-Lee, 49, said on June 15 at a ceremony (仪式) for winning the first Millennium Technology Prize, awarded by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation. “There would be lots of small webs,” The prize committee agreed. The Internet had existed for nearly 20 years when Mr Berners-Lee launched(推出) the world’s first website in August, 1991.But the Net was little more than a collection of computer connected with cables. It didn’t have a means (way) of sharing
information between different kinds of computers running different kinds of software. Mr Berners-Lee found ways to connect documents and other information using hypertext links. The universal hypertext language he created allows all kinds of software to communicate with(与……交流) each other. His creation(创造) made a generation of youthful millionaires and millionaires, lit the spark(火花) for the New Economy and paved the way for(为…铺平道路) great new industries such as e-commerce.
The invention could have made him unbelievably wealthy (rich), even by Internet standards. But Berners-Lee’s never devoted to commercialize(使商业化)or patent(取得…专利) his contributions(贡献) to the Internet technologies he had developed. Berners—Lee, who is originally from Britain, has mostly avoided both the fame and the fortune won by many of his Internet colleagues. Despite his prize, he remained modest(谦虚的) about his achievements. “I was just taking lots of things that already exited and added a little bit,” said Berner—Who now runs the standard-setting World Wide Web Consortium from office at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
“Building the Web, I didn’t do it all myself,” he said. “The really exciting thing
about it is that it was done by lots and lots of people, connected with this great spirit.” Berners-Lee indeed took concept(观念)that were well known to engineers since the
1960s, but it was he who saw the value of marrying them. Pekka Tarjanne, chairman of the prize committee, said “no one doubts who the father of the World Wide Web is, except Berners-Lee himself. 51. Before the World Wide Web was invented, the Internet________.
A. was already in wide use. B. was used to share information C. was of little practical use D. didn’t exist for long.
52. From the passage we can conclude that Tim Berners-Lee is________.
A modest(谦虚的)and unselfish(无私的) B。 smart(聪明的and practical(实际的) C .creative(有创造力的) and rich D. honest and kind
53. What made it possible for all kinds of computers using different software to
communicate with each other?
B. a special kind of language Tim Berners-Lee created C. a special kind of software Tim Berners-Lee created. D. the World Wide Web
E. Tim Berners-Lee’s improvement on the Internet.
54. It can be inferred from the underlined sentence that _________.
F. a lot of people doubt the invention of World Wide Web
G. Berners-Lee himself thinks World Wide Web was invented by other people. H. All the people owe thanks to Berners-Lee for his invention. I. No one is really sure who invented World Wide Web.
D
To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains, But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain, Its first use was as a shade against the sun! Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese in the eleventh century B C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office.
In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in commonly used in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was considered as a symbol of power. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France and later in England.
By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have hot changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that women’s umbrellas began to be made, in a whole variety of colors. 55. According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented in
ancient__________. A. China
B. Egypt
C. Greece
D. Rome
56. Which of the following statements is not true about the umbrella? A. No one exactly knows who the inventor of the umbrella was
B. The umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun. C. The umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century D. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. 57. A strange feature of the umbrella’s use is that it was used as__________. A. protection against rain
B. a shade against the sun
C. a symbol of honor and power D. women’s decoration (装饰) 58. In Europe, the umbrella was first used against the rain___________________.
A. during the Middle Ages C. in Rome
B. by the eighteenth D. in Greece
59. This passage talks mainly about_______________. A. when and how the umbrella was invented B. why the umbrella was so popular in Europe C. the development of the umbrella D. The history and use of the umbrella
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第四部分 书面表达
第一节 阅读表达，5个小题，每小题3分，共15分。 阅读下面短文，然后用英语简洁回答文后所给的五个问题。
Bacteria(细菌) are extremely small living things. While we measure our own sizes in inches or centimeters, bacterial size is measured in micron. One micron is a thousandth of a millimeter; a pinhead is about a millimeter across, Rod-shaped bacteria are usually from two to four microns long, while rounded ones are generally one micron across. Thus, if you magnified a rounded bacterium a thousand times, it would be just the size of a pinhead, while a grown-up human enlarged by the same amount would be over a mile tall.
Even with an ordinary microscope(显微镜), you must look closely to see bacteria. Using a magnification of 100 times, one can hardly find bacteria. Nor can one make out anything of their structure(结构), of course. Only by using special colors, can one see that some bacteria have wavy-looking “hairs” called flagella. Others have only one flagellum. The flagella move round a central point, pushing the bacteria through the water. Many bacteria lack flagella and cannot move about by their own power, while others can move along over surface by some little-understood “machinery”.
From the bacterial point of view, the world is a very different place from what it is to humans. To a bacterium, water is as thick as molasses(糖浆) is to us. Bacteria are