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weareallbusytalkingaboutandusingtheInternetbuthowmanyofusknowthehistoryoftheInternet?

ManypeoplearesurprisedwhentheyfindthattheInternetwassetup(建立)inthe1960s.Atthattimecomputerswerelargeandexpensive.Computernetworks(网络)didn'tdidn'tworkwell.ifonecomputerinthenetworkbrokedownthenthewholenetworkstopped.Soanewnetworksystem(系统)hadtobesetup.Itshouldbegoodenoughtobeusedbymanydifferentcomputers.Ifpartofthenetworkwasnotworkinginformationcouldbesentthroughanotherpart.Inthiswaycomputernetworksystemwouldkeeponworkingallthetime.

AtfirsttheInternetwasonlyusedbythegovernment(政府)butintheearly1970suniversitieshospitalsandbankswereallowedtouseittoo.HowevercomputerswerestillveryexpensiveandtheInternetwasdifficulttouse.Bythestartof1990scomputersbecamecheaperandeasiertouse.Scientistshadalsodevelopedsoftwarethatmade“surfing”theInterneteasier.

Todayitiseasytogeton-lineanditissaidthatmillionsofpeopleusetheInterneteveryday.Sendinge-mailsismoreandmorepopularamongyoungpeople.TheInternethasnowbecomeoneofthemostimportantpartsofpeople'slife.

(1)HowlonghastheInternetbeenused?

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A.Forabout10years.

B.Forabout20years.

C.Forabout40years.

D.Forabout60years.

(2)Whatwouldhappenwhenonecomputerinthenetworkbrokedownafterthenewnetworksystemwassetup?

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A.Theothercomputerswouldwait.

B.Theothercomputerswouldstillwork.

C.Someoftheothersstillworked

D.Theothercomputerswouldn'twork.

(3)WhichofthefollowingusedtheInternetfirst?

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A.Hospitals.

B.Universities.

C.Banks.

D.Thegovernment.

(4)Whatistrueaboutcomputersinthe1990s?

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A.Theybecamecheaperandeasiertouse.

B.Theybecamelargerandlarger.

C.Peoplecouldn'tbuythemanywhere.

D.Peoplecouldgetinformationonlyfromthem.