单选题 Like many other aspects of the computer age, Yahoo began as an idea, (21) into a hobby and lately has (22) into a full-time passion. The two developers of Yahoo, David Filo and Jerry Yang, Ph. D candidates (23) Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, started their guide in April 1994 as a way to keep (24) of their personal interest on the Internet. Before long they (25) that their homebrewed lists were becoming too long and (26) . Gradually they began to spend more and more time on Yahoo.
During 1994, they (27) yahoo into a customized database designed to (28) the needs of the thousands of users (29) began to use the service through the closely (30) Internet community. They developed customized software to help them (31) locate, identify and edit material (32) on the Internet. The name Yahoo is (33) to stand for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle", but Filo and Yang insist they selected the (34) because they considered themselves yahoos. Yahoo itself first (35) on Yang's workstation, "akebono", while the search engine was (36) on Filo's computer, "Konishiki" .
In early 1995 Marc Andersen, co-founder of Netscape Communication in Mountain View, California, invited Filo and Yang to move their files (37) to larger computers (38) at Netscape. As a result Stanford's computer network returned to (39) , and both parties benefited. Today, Yahoo (40) organized information on tens of thousands of computers linked to the web.

单选题 A. became B. grew C. turn D. intend
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】grow into something发展成……；became something成为……；tarn into something转变成……(此处时态不对)；intend something想要，意指……。
单选题 A. made B. saw C. looked D. turned
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】turn into something变成……；make something into something把……变成……；see into something调查，领会，了解；look into something朝……里面看，调查，浏览。
单选题 A. in B. on C. about D. for
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】in (the department of)Electrical Engineering电气工程系的，是固定搭配。
单选题 A. touch B. contact C. track D. record
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】keep track of记录；keep in touch/contact with保持联系；keep a record of记录。
单选题 A. founded B. found C. argued D. reported
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此处found是find的过去式，意为“发现”，found本身还有建立、创立的意思，其过去式是founded，argue争论，report报道。
单选题 A. unwieldy B. tough C. tamable D. invaluable
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】unwieldy(因体积庞大或笨重而)不灵便的，难操作的；tough粗糙的；tamable可驯服的；invaluable无价的。
单选题 A. exchanged B. shank C. sold D. convened
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】convert A into B 把 A 转变成 B；exchange A for B 把 A 换成 B；shank(花等)从病梗上枯萎脱落；sell something for some money把……卖钱。
单选题 A. explain B. serve C. discover D. evaluate
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】serve the needs满足需要；explain解释；discover发现；evaluate评价。
单选题 A. which B. that C. actually D. eagerly
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】定语从句中先行词是人时，引导词只能用that或who/whom，先行词为事物时，引导词可用that或which。actually实际上，eagerly热心地。
单选题 A. relative B. interactive C. bound D. contacted
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】closely bound Internet community联系紧密、关系密切的互联网社区；relative有关系的、相关的，一般前面不加其他修饰词；interactive交互式的；contact与……接触、建立联系，contacted一般不作定语。
单选题 A. fluently B. efficiently C. exactly D. actually
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】efficiently高效率地；fluently流畅地；exactly正确地；actually实际上。
单选题 A. transmitted B. purchased C. sold D. stored
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】store储存；transmit传输；purchase购买；sell卖。
单选题 A. about B. bound C. going D. supposed
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】be supposed to do认为应该；be about/going to do即将；be bound to do必定做……。
单选题 A. fable B. model C. name D. brand
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】与前文呼应，选name。fable神话；model模型；brand商标，牌子。
单选题 A. supported B. resided C. lived D. launched
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】reside vi．居住，位于；support vt．支持；live vi．生活；live on something以……为生； launch vi．投入，开始。根据下文选B。
单选题 A. connected B. lodged C. introduced D. linked
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】lodge vi．临时住宿，寄宿；connect v．连接；introduce vt．介绍；link v．连接。
单选题 A. over B. away C. inside D. beneath
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】move over to搬到……，此处over表示经过一段距离；move away搬离；move inside搬进，后面不用再加介词to；move beneath搬到……下面。
单选题 A. housed B. caught C. hosed D. hidden
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】house vt．给……房子住，把……放在房子里；catch 抓；hose用水管淋浇；hide藏。
单选题 A. average B. normal C. ordinary D. equal
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】return to normal恢复正常，固定搭配；normal正常的；average平均的；ordinary平常的；equal平等的。
单选题 A. attains B. detains C. maintains D. contains
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】attain获得；maintain维持，保存；detain留住，阻止；contain包含。Yahoo从互联网上的上万台计算机中获取信息，而不是他的信息保存在如此多的计算机上，因为他很大一个业务是搜索引擎。从题意看，选A。