Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it, do you know? The Internet is a network. It uses the telephone to join millions of computer together around the world.
Maybe that doesn’t sound very interesting. But when you are joined to the internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. You can send e-mail to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (WWW).
There are many different kinds of computers now. They all can be joined to the internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on people’s desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices, or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the internet itself.
There are lots of places for you to go into the internet. For example, your school may have the internet. You use it during lessons or free time. Libraries often have computers joined to the internet. You are welcome to use it at any time.
Thanks to the internet, the world is becoming small. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell what ever you want by the internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the internet is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A internet B information C computers D E-mails
2.Which is the quickest and cheapest way to send messages to your friends?
A by post B by e-mail C by telephone D by satellite
3.Which may be the most possible place for people to work tomorrow?
A in the office B at school C at home D in the company
4.Who is the owner of the internet?
A The headmaster B The officer C The user D No one
5.What does the writer try to tell us with the last two sentences?
A English is important in using the internet.
B The internet is more and more popular.
C Most of the information is in English.
D Every computer must have the internet.
These days computer games are becoming more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along the __1__have changed into computer game houses in order to get more __2___. These places are always crowded with people.
In the computer game houses, people __3__a lot of money matching on the machine. It’s __4__for one to beat a computer, but one can do well after trying again and again. People want to __5__when they play computer games. The more they __6__, the more they want to win, and at last they even can’t __7__without it.
The result(结果) is that some people don’t want to __8__and they play in computer game houses for hours and hours. For school boys, things are __9__. They don’t want to have __10__. When school is over, they rush to the computer game houses near their __11__. Some of them can get enough money from their __12__. Some of them are not __13__enough to get the money. So they have to steal（偷） or rob（抢） others’ money and become __14__.
Computer game addiction(上瘾) is a(n) __15__problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it.
( ) 1 A streets B schools C towns D cities
( ) 2 A boys B money C computers D houses
( ) 3 A take B spend C cost D pay
( ) 4 A possible B easy C good D hard
( ) 5 A read B learn C win D download
( ) 6 A lose B try C waste D watch
( ) 7 A come B eat C study D live
( ) 8 A watch B win C stay there D work
( ) 9 A better B exciting C even worse D interesting
( ) 10 A lessons B games C families D sports
( ) 11 A classes B rooms C schools D shops
( ) 12 A classmates B teachers C sisters D parents
( ) 13 A lucky B unlucky C careful D polite
( ) 14 A good B bad C badly D worse
( ) 15 A important B serious C unusual D wonderful
The boy has little milk every morning, ___________?
A hasn’t he B has he C does he D doesn’t he
My father ___________live in the country. But now he _______living in the city.
A used to, is used to B is used to , used to
C use, used to D used to , is used to
___________go shopping with us?
A What about B How about C Why don’t you D Why not you
He had to stay at home _____________the heavy rain.
A because B since C because of D so
