【正文】 ’ s cold,” thought Jane as she got ready to deliver (送 ) her morning papers. Jane had 50 customers, and on cold mornings when she 4 couldn’ t ride her bicycle, it took her more than an hour to make her rounds. As she collected her papers and put them into a big canvas bag, Jane regretted (后悔 ) that she hadn’ t finished her maths homework the night before. There was still time. She’ d hurry with the papers and finish the maths before breakfast. Less than an hour later, Jane was nearly finished. She had only five customers to go. She could then head for home to plete her maths while her mom fixed breakfast. As she rounded the corner, she saw a car in the middle of the street. It was Mr. Zimmerman, the elderly man who walked with a walking stick. His car was out of gas (汽油 ). “ I’ d like to help Mr. Zimmerman,” thought Jane, “ but if I do, I won’ t have time to do my homework.” She hated to think what Mr. Roberts would say if she hadn’ t pleted her papers. “ It’ s his own fault (錯 ) for running out of gas,” Jane talked to herself. “ The station is only a half mile down the street. Surely Mr. Zimmerman can walk that far, even on a cold morning like this? can’ t he?” As she walked down the street, Jane wondered what to do. 1. Jane delivers her papers __________. A. before she goes to school B. on cold mornings C. with the help of Mr. Zimmerman’ s car D. on the way to school 2. Mr. Zimmerman was old and __________. A. couldn’ t drive at all B. would have nobody to help him C. was not rich enough to buy gas D. was not able to walk a long way 3. We know from the article that __________. A. Jane couldn’ t find any time to finish her homework B. Jane likes to deliver papers on cold mornings C. Jane would have her breakfast in the school D. it took more than an hour for Jane to send the papers 4. The article doesn’ t say but we can infer (推斷 ) that __________. A. Jane bought the gas for Mr. Zimmerman B. usually Jane delivers papers by bike C. Mr. Roberts doesn’ t like Jane at school 5 D. Mr. Zimmerman had to leave the car for Jane 5. The best title for this article should be __________. A. Fifty Customers B. There’ s No Easy Answer C. No time to Finish Homework D. A Cold Morning for Jane (B) “ How many mon English words were invented by Shakespeare?” How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago? And now you can google it and find the answer 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