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According to the passage, the Internet was first used

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   by the American army to search for and analyize information
   
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   to carry out research for the American universities
   
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   to retrieve information through television screens
   
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   by businesses to attract more customers
   
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   by American households to send e-mail messages around the world
   

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   According to the figures in the passage, in 1999
   

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   20% of British people had access to the Internet
   
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   the Internet started to develop as a commercial tool
   
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   the majority of businesses used e-mail as their main form of communication
   
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   Europe caught America up in terms of number of people using the Internet
   
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   100 million British people used the Internet for e-mail messages
   

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   The author predicts that in the future
   

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   everybody will be connected to the Internet
   
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   e-mail messages won't take as long to send as they do now
   
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   television sets will be used to connect to the Internet as well
   
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   the military will make less use of the Internet
   
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   universities will find new ways of using the Internet for both research and teaching
   

191 HOW TO BECOME A KING?
The boy who was to become a great military leader and king of Prussia began his career hating the life of a soldier. Frederick II was born on January 24, 1712, in Berlin. His father was King Frederick William I. His mother was Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, sister of George II of England. Frederick's father insisted on a practical, military education for his son. The boy preferred music, art and literature. He rebelled against tobacco, drinking and hunting, which his father believed were natural pleasures of royalty. The king forbid the prince's tutors to teach him Latin, but he studied it and the classics in secret. As Frederick became older, the relationship between father and son grew worse. Frederick's mother and his sister Wilhelmina sided with him against his father. This further enraged the stubborn king, who became more and more severe with his son, hitting him in public and even beating him with a cane in front of army troops. When Frederick was 18, he tried to escape the tyranny of his father by running away. Caught before he crossed the border, he was locked in solitary confinement for a time. From a window of his cell he was forced to watch the execution of his closest friend, who had accompanied him in his flight. After this incident, young Frederick was changed and became ruthless, crafty and cynical. Gradually the old king gave his son ever greater responsibilities.

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