Question

(1) on august 6, 1991, tim berners - lee published the first web site while working in a swiss physics laboratory. (2) he published the web site on what he called the world wide web. (3) world wide web was a means for people to communicate with one another. (4) it allowed information such as documents and videos to be accessed by people around the world. (5) in august 2011, the world wide web celebrated its 20th anniversary. (6) after 20 years, the web has changed every aspect of our world as we know it. read the following sentence from the passage. after 20 years, the web has changed every single aspect of our world as we know it. the author uses this sentence to ○ a. explain the development of the world wide web. ○ b. demonstrate how easily the world can change. ○ c. exaggerate the impact of the world wide web. ○ d. show how change can affect every single person.

Explanation:

The sentence emphasizes the far - reaching influence of the World Wide Web. It is not about the development process (A is wrong). It's not about how easily the world changes in general (B is wrong). It's not about how change affects people (D is wrong). Saying it changed "every single aspect" is an exaggeration to show its huge impact.

Answer:

C. exaggerate the impact of the World Wide Web.