Question

What do you think of a “ talking kitchen”? A French Digital Kitchen has been developed at Newcastle University in the UK. It teaches students how to cook French food and speak French at the same time. For the first time, students can learn a language by the following cooking steps.

All grammar and _____ have been carefully chosen to make sure the users can understand French well. After learning for some time, the users can test themselves by doing a short test on the computer.

The kitchen project was started by Professor Paul Seedhouse. He became interested in the idea after he visited another kind of talking kitchen. He said, “ The purpose of the French Digital Kitchen is to make learning a language more interesting and more educational.”

How does the kitchen work? There is a computer in the kitchen. With this computer,  the users can first choose a French recipe（ 食谱） that they want to follow. Using information in the computer, the kitchen starts to guide the users how to make a French dish. If you follow the instructions on the computer, it moves on to the next. If you go wrong, the program goes back and repeats the recipe or information. At any time, the users can also ask the kitchen to repeat the recipe or any information..

The new kitchen can be used in school, universities and even people’s homes. The researchers will also be developing the European Digital Kitchen, for the next three years.

1.After reading the passage, we know the Digital Kitchen _________.

A. is a “talking kitchen”.

B.teaches students English.

C.was developed in France.

D.cooks all food for people

2.Which of the following can be properly put in “_______”?

A. food  B.vocabulary   C.recipe   D.instructions

3.Paragraph 3 mainly tells us that _______________.

A.how the kitchen works.

B.where the kitchen can be used

C.when the kitchen can be bought

D.why the kitchen project was started.

4.If the users don’t follow the instructions on the computer, the kitchen __________.

A. chooses another recipe.

B.goes on to the next step.

C.repeats the recipe or information

D.stops working at once.

5.The passage is written to____________________

A. show you how the computer works.

B. introduce a French Digital Kitchen

C.teach you how to cook French food

D.tell you the importance of language learning.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要是介绍“会说话的厨房”。这是一款法语数字厨房，该厨房可以在教使用者做饭的同时教授法语。文章同时还介绍了该厨房的工作原理以及发明该厨房的原因。

1. What do yo think of a “talking kitchen”? A French Digital Kitchen has been developed at Newcastle University in the UK.可知电子厨房实际上是一个可以说话的厨房。故选A。

2.单词推理题。根据前and 的单词是grammar，而与grammar（语法） 同类型的单词应该是单词。故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据The purpose of the French Digital Kitchen is to make learning a language more interesting and more educational.可知本段主要讲的是发明电子厨房的原因。故选D.

4.细节理解题。根据If you go wrong,the program goes back and repeats the recipe or information.可知，一旦出现错误的话，程序会返回去，重复之前的菜单或信息。故选C。

5.主旨归纳题。文章主要介绍了电子厨房的工作原理、发明电子厨房的原因以及使用领域。故本文主要是介绍法语电子厨房。故选B。

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