Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. The advent of the Internet may be one of the most important technological developments in recent years. Never before have so many people had access to so many different sources of information. For all of the Internet’s advantages, however, people are currently becoming aware of some of its drawbacks and are looking for creative solutions. Among the current...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
The advent of the Internet may be one of the most important technological developments in recent years. Never before have so many people had access to so many different sources of information. For all of the Internet’s advantages, however, people are currently becoming aware of some of its drawbacks and are looking for creative solutions. Among the current problems, which include a general lack of reliability and numerous security concerns, the most crucial is speed.
First of all, the Internet has grown very quickly. In 1990, only a few academics had ever heard of the Internet. In 1996, over 50 million people used it. Every year, the number of people with access to the Internet doubles. The rapid growth has been a problem. The computer systems which run the Internet have not been able to keep up with the demand. Also, sometimes a request for information must pass through many routing computers before the information can be obtained. A request for information made in Paris might have to go through computers in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo in order to obtain the required information. Consequently, service is often slow and unpredictable. Service also tends to be worse when the Internet is busiest - during the business day of the Western Hemisphere - which is also when companies need its service the most.
Some people are trying to harness the power of networked computers in such a way as to avoid this problem. In 1995, a group of American universities banded together to form what has come to be known as Internet II. Internet II is a smaller, more specialized system intended for academic use. Since it is more specialized, fewer users are allowed access. Consequently, the time required to receive information has decreased.
Businesses are beginning to explore a possible analogue to the Internet II. Many businesses are creating their own “Intranets”. These are systems that can only be used by the members of the same company. In theory, fewer users should translate into a faster system. Intranets are very useful for large national and international companies whose branches need to share information. Another benefit of an Intranet is an increased amount of security. Since only company employees have access to the information on the Intranet, their information is protected from competitors. While there is little doubt that the Internet will eventually be a fast
Which of the following best serves as the title for the passage?
A. Security concerns of the Internet.
B. Internet’s current problems.
C. The development of the Internet.
D. The disadvantages of the Internet.
since usage of the internet become widespread in the 1990s, it has (23)________a number of advantages for people. For example,people use the internet to communicate with others, to find iformation to make purchases,and (24)________themselves . Ufortunately,some people use the internet for illegal purpose . downloading files from the internet without paying for them is one of(25) ________illegal activities people utilize the internet for . the main things that people illegally download are music , movies , dollars a year . in the past decade ,sales of music CDs and movies TV program,and book .This internet piracy, as it is called,costs the mkers of these products billions of dollars a years . in the past decade, sales of music CDs and movies and TV program DVDs have ( 26)_______ considerably .Many people simply download TV shows and watch them whenerve they want . some TV shows have been cacelled due to resulting low ratings . thus far,most (27)_______ at stopping internet piracy have failed
23 A discovered B provided C approved D resulted
24 Ato entertain B to entertaining C to be entertained D to be entertaining
25 A as common as B more commom C most common D the most common
26 A manufactured B staggered C removed D declined
27 requests B attempts C demands D challenges