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Instructions: Read the text carefully and do the tasks on the text correctly.
History of the Internet
The history of the Internet has begun in the middle of the 20th century as a
result of rapid development of computer science. Computers of that age were still
relatively underperforming and needed constant maintenance. Some kind of an
effective and automated method of time-sharing between users needed to be devised
and implemented for them to work reliably.
The first idea that had emerged from that necessity
was a concept of multi-
tasking. Nowadays we don’t pay much attention to the fact that our computers
perform many tasks at once, and that with our computers we can, for example, work
and listen to music at the same time.
The second idea would be a proposition to merge multiple computers into a
single network. Each
participant of such a network would be able to exchange data
with the others. But the exact mechanism of implementation was still largely a
mystery. Roughly for ten years the scientists were developing and discarding all
kinds of ideas, one after another, preserving those that could be at least somewhat
handy bit by bit.
One should make a distinction between terms ‘the Internet’ and ‘the
World
Wide Web’. The first one relates to the network architecture
in itself. The second
one is more of a modern development and constitutes an interface that allows the
access to a network for a user. It emerged in 1990 courtesy of CERN scientists, Tim
Berners-Lee in particular. He was the inventor of terms such as HTTP, HTML, and
also of a web browser.
In 2020 nearly 4,5 billion people are using the
Internet both for work and
communication.
This promising technology still continues its development nowadays, and for
now we can’t even
fathom what new discoveries this further development can bring.
1. What statement is true about the history of the Internet?
A) Computers of the 20
th
century were perfect.
B) In the 20
th
century the history of the Internet began.
C) The history of the Internet has begun as the result of automatization.
D) There was no necessity of the Internet in the middle of the 20th century.
2. What was the reason of appearing the history of the Internet?
A) It was a rapid development of computer science.
B) It was a concept of multi-tasking.
C) People wanted to have many computers.
D) People wanted to work together.
3. Which words support the ideas of emerged necessity.
A) multi-tasking and underperforming
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B) constant maintenance and a single network
C) multi-tasking and a single network.
D) only a single network
4. Who would be able to exchange data with the others?
A) each participant
B) only two participants
C) all the participants
D) three participants
5. Which term relates to the network architecture in itself.
A)
World Wide Web
B) Network
C) The Internet
D) HTTP
6. Which paragraph relates with a problem of uniting some computers into a single
network?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
7. Tim Berners-Lee was one of the inventors of:
A) HTTP
В) HTML
С)
a web browser
D) all answers are correct
8. What is the main idea of the text?
A) The history of the Internet is great.
B) The Internet still continues its development nowadays.
C) The scientists have done great job.
D) The Internet unites people.
9. Which sentence answers the question: “Can people predict new discoveries
during the development of The Internet?”
A) Some kind of an effective and automated method of time-sharing between users
needed to be devised and implemented for them to work reliably.
B) We can’t even fathom what new discoveries this further development can bring.
C) More of a modern development and constitutes an interface that allows the
access to a network for a user.
D) For ten years the scientists were developing and discarding all kinds of ideas
10. Choose the best new title for this text:
A) The benefits of developing of the Internet.
B) The history of a web browser.
C) People use the Internet for work and communication.
D) Billions people use the Internet.
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