The Invention of google

Google is the most popular Internet search engine in the world. It (74)____ by two students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.. They met when they both (75)____ computer science at Stanford University, USA. They were also both fans of the science fiction TV programme Star Trek, and they loved the spaceship computer. They dreamed of (76)____ something that could also answer any question in seconds.

Internet search engines at the time were slow and gave many websites that were not useful. In January 1996, Page and Brin decided (77)____ a better and faster search engine. They thought the results (78)____ on the (79)____ of each website – the most (80)____ ones have the highest number of ‘weblinks’ (links to other websites).

Nobody (81) ____ them money for their project, so they used their credit cards and bought as much computer memory as (82)___ . They also borrowed money (83)___family and friends. Then, in 1998, they (84)___ a cheque for $100,000, and they (85)____ their own company. Their first office was in a friend’s garage! The company name Google comes from mathematics. A ’googol’ is a very high number – the figure 1(one) (86)____ by a hundred zeros.

The Google search engine (87)____ soon by thousands of people worldwide because it was fast, easy and (88)___. By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet. Now more questions (89)____ by Google than any other Internet service, from sport to science, and from music to medicine. Google hopes that in the future all the world’s information (90)____ on the Internet, so that everybody can find everything.

74. A is invented B was invented C invent D invented

75. A were studying B had studied C studying D were studied

76. A production B produce C product D producing

77. A of making B to make C make D made

78. A are based B should be based C should be basing D should base

79. A popular B popularity C populate D population

80. A popular B popularity C populate D population

81. A would give B had given C give D giving

82. A possibility B possible C possibilities D impossible

83. A of B from C for D by

84. A give B gave C were given D are given

85. A have started B were starting C started D were started

86. A followed B follow C following D to follow

87. A used B was using C was used D user

88. A accuracy B accurate C accuratist D accurating

89. A have been answered B answered C are answering D answer

90. A are put B will be put C are putting D put

Assignment 8. Complete the sentences below using the correct answer A, B, C, or D

91. I wrote to you to ask not to see anyone till I _______

A come B have come C came D should come

92. By the time you receive this letter I _______ my final exams.

A shall finish B will have finished C finish D have finished

93. I am going to get to the airport early. I can read a book while I _____

A wait B will wait C am waiting D shall be waiting

94. How long is it since you _____ here?

A had moved B move C moved D was moving

95. I ____ for a new car for months before I bought one.

A had looked B had been looking C have been looking D looked

96. The secretary said that the manager ____ soon.

A will come B was coming C would have come D comes

97. When I went into the cinema, the film ____

A was being shown B was shown C showed D will be shown

98. It’s not really our house yet. It ______

A hasn’t paid for B aren’t paid for C hasn’t been paid for D hadn’t been paid for

99. The book ____ by August.

A will be published

B will have been published

C was published

D will have published

100. In six months he ____ to read English newspapers.

A can B must C will be able D should