中考英语专项突破：阅读理解精练及答案第三节

中考英语专项突破阅读理解精练及答案第三节

　　"Ho many mon English ords ere invented by Shakespeare?'

　　Ho long did it take people to find the anser to this question 15 years ago? And no! you can google it and find the anser imdiately!:

　　Google is the most popular Inter search engine in the orld. It as invented by to students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They t in 1993, hen they ere studying puter science at Stanford University, USA. They dread of producing sothing that uld also anser any question in sends.

　　Inter seach engines at that ti ere slo and gave many ebsites that eren't useful. In January 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine. They thought the results should be based on the most popular ebsites.

　　Nobody ould give them money for their project, so they used their on money. They also borroed money from family and friends. Then, in 1998, they ere given a cheque for $100,000, and they started their on pany. Their first office as in a friend's garage. The pany's na is Google, a ord hich es from mathematics. A "google" is a very high number----1 folloed by a hundred zeros.

　　The google search engine as soon used by thousands of people orldide because it as fast, easy and rrect. By 2002 it as the biggest search engine on the Inter. No, more questions have been ansered by Google than any other Inter service, from sport to science, and from music to dicine. Google hopes that in the future all the orld's information ill be put on the Inter, so that everybody can find everything.

　　51. Why did the riter begin this passage by asking you a question?

　　A. Because he or she liked to begin this passage by asking readers a question.

　　B. Because he or she as afraid that the readers didn't kno this question.

　　C. Because he or she anted to make the readers interested in this passage.

　　D. Because Shakespeare is one of the most famous people in the orld.