【正文】 swer at once！ Google is the most popular Inter search engine (引擎 ) in the world. It was invented by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They met in 1993, when they were studying puter science at Stanford University, USA. They dreamed of producing something that could also answer any question in seconds. Inter search engines at that time were slow and gave many useless websites. In January 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine. They thought the results should be based on (基于 ) the most popular websites. Nobody would give them money for their project, so they used their own money. They also borrowed money from their families and friends. Then, in 1998, they were given $ 100,000, and they started their own pany. Their first office was in a friend’ s garage (車庫 ). The pany’ s name is Google, the word es from maths. The Google search engine was soon used by thousands of people worldwide because it was fast, easy and correct. By 2021, it was the biggest search engine on the Inter. Now, more questions have been answered by Google than any other Inter service, from sport to science, and from music to medicine. Google hopes that all the world’ s information will be put on the Inter, so you can find everything on it in the future. 6. Why did the writer 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 was afraid that readers didn’ t know this question. C. Because he or she wanted to make the readers interested in this passage. D. Because Shakespeare is one of the most famous people in the world. 6 7. The Google search engine is used to __________. A. set up websites quickly B. search for information online C. listen to music and news D. send and receive s online 8. Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine Google __________. A. in 1993 B. in 1996 C. in 1998 D. in 2021 9. From the passage we know that at the beginning of Page and Brin’ s project __________. A. there was no search engine on the Inter B. nobody supported them except their families and friends C. a popular website gave them $100,000 D. they were sure “ google” would be the best search engine 10. The passage mainly tells us __________. A. how to use the Google search engine B. how to find information on the Inter C. the development of the Google search engine D. the story of Larry Page and Sergey Brin 四、 任務(wù)型閱讀 閱讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成表格，并將答案寫在答題卷上。 1. It was too late when he __________ (意識到 ) the danger ahead. 2. Brian was really nervous in his first job __________ (會見 ). 3. Everyone has a new book __________ (除外 ) me. 4. Mr. Green is my neighbour. His house is __________ (在 ?? 對面 ) mine. 5. A good __________（交流） between you and your parents is necessary. （ B）根據(jù)句意和漢語注釋，在答題卷標有題號的橫線上，寫出單詞的正確形式。 內(nèi)容要點如下： 1. 我的家鄉(xiāng) 無錫，位于太湖之濱，風景優(yōu)美，歷史悠久； 2. 有很多風景名勝和現(xiàn)代化購物中心； 9 3. 過去人們很貧困，這些年無錫變化巨大，目前人們享受著舒適的生活； 4. 但是空氣污染變得嚴重，政府已經(jīng)采取措施改善這種狀況； 5. 我希望 ...... 注意： 1. 短文標題已給出； 2. 短文 須包括以上所有要點，可 適當添加內(nèi)容，要求語句通順、意思連貫； 3. 第 5要點須用 12句話展開合理想象，作適當發(fā)揮； 4. 詞數(shù) 80左右。 My friends and I send s to each other __________ __________ __________ __________. 2. 你跟朋友們是怎么保持聯(lián)系的？ How do you __________ __________ __________ with your friends? 3. 那些學生忍不住拍了許多照片。 for any student under the age of 5 go C. watching。 pair C. pair。 1 江蘇省無錫市前洲中學 20172018 學年八年級英語下學期期中試題 考試時間： 60分鐘 滿分分值： 100分 一、 單項選擇 在 A、 B、 C、 D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳答案，并將答 案寫在答題卷上。 double D. couple。 going D. watch。 all 6 long The students ______