Information is very important to people．In the past，books can “keep” information for us．If we forget something，we can  1  it up in books．Before inventing the printing press，books were written by  2  ．It was very slow．So，information traveled very  3  ．After the printing press，people could make many books quickly．More and more people could  4  books．Information began to travel much faster and much farther．

    Today，we can still find information in books，but we can also find information on the  5 very quickly．If we  6  our computers and   7   to the Internet，we can find lots of information that we want just in a few 8  ．For example，policeman call use information on the Internet to  9  bad persons and students can use information on the Internet to help with their homework．

Of course we can also get   10   from newspapers，on TVs or over the radios．But I think the fastest way to get information is to search the Internet．

1．A．use                       B．look                     C．remember              D．pick

2．A．factory                  B．press                   C．hand                      D．machine

3．A．slowly               B．quickly                  C．widely                   D．early

4．A．give                      B．write                   C．discover                 D．read

5．A．book                     B．Internet                C．radio                      D．press

6．A．get over                 B．put up                  C．turn on                  D．look for

7．A．connect                 B．go                       C．write                     D．send

8．A．years                     B．months                C．minutes                  D．weeks

9．A．teach                     B．catch                   C．hide                       D．praise

10．A．message              B．money                 C．question                 D．information