The World Wide Web was invented by a British scientist named Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. He wanted to send documents to other scientists. So he developed the World Wide Web. This allowed him to send and receive scientific documents with text, drawings and photos. In the 1990s, more and more people began to use the Internet and the World Wide Web.
So, what’s the difference between Internet and the World Wide Web? The Internet is the hardware .It allows us to communicate with other people. The World Wide Web is the software. It allows us to create , see, and read multimedia documents.
The web is made up of millions of documents called web pages. These pages are held in computers all over the world. Many people have a favorite website with a number of web pages on the same subject.
Email is a way of using your computer to send and receive messages. It’s cheaper and quicker to use email than send normal mail. New users call normal mail “snail mail” because it’s so slow.
It took 50 years for 100 million people to listen to the radio. It took 15 years for 100 million people to watch television. By the year 2000, it had taken only about three years for 100 million people to use the Internet. What will happen next on the Internet?
1. When was the Internet invented?
| A．In the 1970s | B．In the 1960s | C．In the 1990s | D．In 1989 |
| A．Businesspeople | B．The American government |
| C．A British scientist | D．American Scientists |
| A．Because email was invented early. |
| B．Because email came from America. |
| C．Because email is cheaper and quicker. |
| D．Because email is fashionable. |
| A．Tim Berners-Lee developed the World Wide Web. |
| B．At first, the message were in very simple text without photos. |
| C．Web pages are held in computers all over the world. |
| D．The World Wide Web allows us to communicate with other people. |
| A．The history of the Internet | B．The World’s greatest invention |
| C．The World Wide Web | D．The future of the Internet |
How did the Golden Gate Bridge get its name ?
As we all know , the Golden Gate Bridge 金门大桥in San Francisco , the USA ,which took only 52 months to be designed and built and was opened in 1937, is probably the most beautiful bridge in the world . Since it was opened , it has been perhaps the best-loved sight of San Francisco. But whoever goes to see the bridge can see the bridge is red instead of golden . Do you want to know the reason why is called the Golden Gate Bridge?
In fact the bridge isn’t named for its color .It is named for the Golden Gate. What is the Golden Gate? A gate is either an opening or the thing that closes the opening . the Golden Gate is an opening in the land . Water from the sea comes through this opening into San Francisco Bay 旧金山海湾And the bridge goes over the opening . And do you know why it is called the Golden Gate? Here is a story about it .
Many years ago ,men from some European countries came to California to look for gold . Many of them came by ship . When they came into the bay through the opening , they thought it was a gate to gold , so they named it the Golden Gate.
1. How long did it take to design and build the Golden Gate Bridge?2. What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
3. What is the Golden Gate Bridge named for ?
4. What did the Europeans come to California to look for long ago ?
5. What did the passage mainly talk about ?
