Every minute, someone is setting up an Internet company somewhere, in the world. Each one is searching for the one great idea that could make his web company click in a big way. And they are trying all kinds of tricks to attract people towards their websites. While some websites offer sounds, cartoons and amazing photos on screen to make their sites almost a movie-like experience for the viewers, others provide free downloads and competition.
A company in California, US, has decided to offer online smells to people who visit its website. That is, if a pizza image comes on screen, your nose will catch the smell of bread and cheese! All you need to do is to connect a device (设备) called “iSmell” to your computer. This smart little device contains (包含) some chemicals that can create different kinds of smells.
The company has invented software that changes the chemical composition (成分) of different smells into digital signals (数字信号). An onscreen image, which is programmed with the proper digital signal, will start the “iSmell” device. The device will use the software to change the digital signal again and let go of the correct smell. This device reads the digital smell code (代码) from the website and creates the proper smell from its store of chemicals. This smell is then made to blow softly in the direction of the user with the support of a small fan.
In order to let go of the correct smell, the company has created a “Scent Registry”, which contains a digital index of thousands of smells. The company plans to allow website developers to integrate the proper smells in digital code to their games and images. The company is also hoping that Hollywood filmmakers will use the smell technology in their movies. Imagine audiences getting the smell of rocket fuel as a spacecraft takes off on the cinema screen! Of course, filmmakers will have to be careful not to shoot in dirty neighborhoods, which have a lot of rubbish lying around.
1.Internet companies try their best to search for great ideas to ________.
A. join in the Internet fever
B. offer movie-like experience
C. provide free downloads and competitions
D. attract people to their websites
2.According to the passage, people experience smells online by ________.
A. using “iSmell” device B. ordering food
C. buying special software D. changing chemicals
3.What does iSmell do after being started by onscreen image?
A. It rechanges the signal and lets go of the correct smell.
B. It blows the smell to the user with the help of a fan.
C. It reads the smell code and sends it to the user.
D. It changes the chemical composition into digital signals.
4.What does the underlined word integrate mean?
A. 使创造 B. 使结合 C. 使变味 D. 使加工
5.The best title of the passage probably is “________”.
A. Some Useful Devices
B. The Internet Fever of People
C. A New World of Smell Online
D. An Unusual Company
These days, a new kind of restaurant is becoming popular. People who go there can not only enjoy their meals, also can enjoy playing computer games and have fun with their family and friends on line．U.Wink is the restaurant’s name．It is in Los Angeles，and it’s about fun and food. In U.Wink, there are no waiters or waitresses around you. The screens have replaced(取代) them. You can order the food you want by touching the screen in front of you and runners will bring it to the tables．You can also play video games with the people at the next table．The screens can show music videos，movies and so on．But mainly they are used to show video games．
It’s an interactive(互动的) restaurant where you will control your meal and your fun．The service is fast and the runners know clearly where to go．There will be no waiting for a waiter，and no misunderstandings(误解) in the kitchen．Different kinds of food are served at any time of day. U.Wink is a place which hosts “room games”，where every table in the restaurant can have a video game competition at the same time．The owner of the restaurant hopes that U.Wink can make it easy for people to be interactive，have fun and enjoy a delicious meal．
1.What can’t people do in the restaurant?
A. Enjoy their meals.
B. Play computer games.
C. Have fun with their family and friends.
D. Chat with the waiters and waitresses.
2.People order their food by _________.
A. touching the screen in front of them
B. calling the restaurant
C. asking the waiters or waitresses
D. asking the runners
3.Who will bring the food to the customers?
A. The waiters. B. The waitresses.
C. The runners. D. The customers themselves.
4.uWink is becoming popular because _________.
A. it’s a restaurant where there are no waiters or waitresses
B. different kinds of food are served at any time of day
C. it’s an interactive restaurant for people to have fun and enjoy a delicious meal
D. it’s in Los Angeles
5.What’s the passage mainly about?
A. A restaurant without waiters or waitresses.
B. A new kind of restaurant called uWink.
C. A new kind of kitchen.
D. How you order food in the restaurant.
One day an ant was drinking at a small river and fell in. She made desperate (不顾一切) efforts to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor ant was very tired, but she was still bravely doing her best when a dove (鸽子) saw her. Moved with pity that the dove threw the ant a blade of grass, which supported her like a raft (筏子), and thus the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass, she heard a man come near. He was walking along barefooted(光脚) with a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the dove, he wished to kill it. He would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the dove immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life.
1.The ant could not reach the side though ________.
A. she cried for help B. she asked the dove to save her
C. she tried very hard D. she could swim well
2.The dove saved the ant because ________.
A. she took pity on the poor ant
B. the ant had been struggled in the water for a long time
C. the ant was very tired
D. she was the ant’s friend
3.The ant succeeded in getting on the bank with the help of ________.
A. a leaf B. a blade of grass C. a piece of wood D. a raft
4.Just as the man shot at the dove, ________.
A. the ant told the dove to leave at once
B. the dove hid himself in the grass
C. he felt something biting him in the foot
D. the dove immediately flew away
5.In writing the story, the writer wants to show ________.
A. how clever the ant was
B. we often need help from others, therefore we should help others as much as we can
C. how the ant and the dove helped each other
D. how kind the dove was
A teenage girl couldn’t stand her parents’ family rules, so she left home.
She wanted to be ______, but she had poor education and several years later she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still ______ her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she ______ a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you..., ______ home!”
One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. The face was familiar (熟悉). “Is that my mother?” She moved closer and read the ______: I still love you... She cried. When she got home, it was early morning. She ______ the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to her mother’s ______. Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up, “It’s me! Your ______ is back home!” The mother and daughter held each other, full of ______ tears (眼泪). The daughter asked, “Why is the door not locked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered ______, “The door has never been locked since you left.”
The door of parents’ love for their children will never be closed.
1.A. poor B. famous C. pretty D. sick
2.A. looking through B. looking for C. looking after D. looking up
3.A. looks at B. gives up C. finds out D. puts up
4.A. come back B. go back C. run back D. run away
5.A. words B. photo C. poster D. picture
6.A. pulled B. unlocked C. knocked on D. locked
7.A. bathroom B. living room C. kitchen D. bedroom
8.A. daughter B. son C. grandchild D. father
9.A. angry B. moody C. happy D. sad
10.A. politely B. softly C. exactly D. loudly
—Will you go to the zoo with us tomorrow?
—________. I might have to go to see my grandmother in the countryside.
A. No problem B. It’s great C. I’m not sure D. Of course not
To make your DIY work perfect, you’d better get all the tools ready ________ you start.
A. since B. before C. when D. after
