Question

    My house is made out of wood, glass and stone. It is also made out of software.

If you come to visit, you'll probably be surprised when you come in. Someone will give you an electronic PIN (个人身份号码) to wear. This PIN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need. When it's dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights nearest you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings. 

Of course, you are also able to tell the house if you want something. There is a home control console (控制台), a small machine that turns things on and off around you. 

The PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you my car keys, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the keys. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console. 

I believe that ten years from now, most new homes will have the systems that I've put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I've put in today.

I like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new, and ask myself instead, "How will I live without them?"

1.The PIN can’t ______ in the writer’s new house.

A.turns on the lights

B.play your favorite music

C.make every telephone ring

2.The underlined this information refers to information like______.

A.nationality B.name C.hobbies

3.The writer's new house is different from ordinary ones mainly because _____.

A.it has been controlled by a home console

B.you can make a telephone call anywhere

C.it has your favorite music following you

4.The writer wrote the fourth paragraph in order to ______.

A.explain more easily what the functions(功能) of the PIN and the console are

B.let readers know how special his house is

C.tell the readers how to use the PIN and the console

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A.Easy life in the future

B.The function of the PIN

C.A home for the future

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了未来的房子是什么样的，以及它具有什么样的特点。

1.

细节理解题。根据文中第二段“the PIN turns on the lights nearest you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it..”可知PIN可以打开离你最近的灯，随后当你离开时，能关灯。还能播放你最喜欢的音乐。故选C。

2.

词义猜测题。根据文中第二段“This PIN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this information to give you what you need.”可知PIN可以告诉你是谁和你在哪。房子就会用这个信息满足你的需求。以及第二段“If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it…If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.”可知如果房子知道你最爱的音乐，他会播放它，如果你有电话进来，最近的电话铃声会响。所以“this information”应该是指关于你的兴趣爱好。故选C。

3.

细节理解题。根据文中第一段“My house is made out of wood, glass and stone. It is also made out of software.”可知作者的房子由木头，玻璃和石头建造的，也是由软件建造的。以及“There is a home control console (控制台), a small machine that turns things on and off around you. ”可知作者的家由控制台所控制。这就是他的房子与普通房子的不同之处。故选A。

4.

推理判断题。根据文中第四段“The PIN and the console are new ideas, but they are in fact like many things we have today…My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console. ”可知个人身份号码和控制台是新的想法…我的房子为你工作是因为你携带个人身份号码或者持有控制台。所以第四段是举例说明了PIN和控制台的作用，以及他们是易于操作的。故选A。

5.

最佳标题题。根据文中第五段“I believe that ten years from now, most new homes will have the systems that I've put in my house.”可知作者相信十年后的大部分新房子会像作者现在构想的房子一样。所以本文主要讲述作者对未来的房子的构想。故选C。