For most people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people may ask the question, "What clothes are in fashion?" And they use the word "fashionable" in the same way.

"She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable colour. "

But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs ... and in languages.

Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.

Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.

New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.

1.Most people think that "fashion" means __________.

A.subjects B.holidays C.books D.clothes

2.By we can see that fashions change as time goes.

A.finding a job B.looking at pictures

C.eating in a restaurant D.wearing a fashionable coat

3. In the 5th paragraph , the writer mentions kinds of ways to send information.

A.three B.four C.five D.six

4. "There is money in fashion" means .

A.people like fashion and money

B.fashionable things are expensive

C.one can make money through fashion

D.a fashionable man makes much money

5.The passage is mainly about .

A.the changes of fashions

B.the kinds of colours

C.the money in fashion

D.the differences between houses

Is your TV connected to the Internet? What about your chair, or your fridge? Probably they are not. But in the future, most things in your home may be connected, thanks to the so-called “Internet of things”.

The Internet of things may be coming sooner than you think. Earlier this year, Samsung CEO spent a lot of time talking about the Internet things. He said that four years from now, every Samsung product will be part of the Internet of things, no matter whether it’s a remote control or a washing machine.

So, how do household objects that are part of the Internet of things work? Well, think of a common chair. When connected to the Internet, the chair warms up when it knows the user has just walked into the room and is feeling cold.

An Internet-connected camera could help people feel safer in their homes. It can know people’s faces and has an infrared sensor(红外传感器), so even if it’s dark it can see when someone passes by and send you a message on your smartphone to let you know who’s there. If the person is someone you don’t know, it can tell you that, too.

But according to MIT Technology Review, whether companies are connecting dog food bowls or security(安全)systems to the Internet, there may be some problems. For example, many early connected-home objects don’t have much built-in security, which means they could be hacked. Moreover, it could be difficult to get these new machines to work together especially when they are made by different companies. To fight this, many companies have joined the Open Interconnect Consortium, which had 45 members by late 2015.

So, picture this: you enter your home.The temperature changes to make you feel comfortable. Your favorite music starts playing for you. Do you think that this would be a good thing? It may happen sooner than you think.

1.According to Samsung CEO, when will his product be part of the Internet of things?

A. In 2010 B. In 2020

C. In 2030 D. In 2040

2.We can infer(推断) from paragraphs 3 and 4 that _____________.

A. the chair can know whether the user feels cold or not

B. an unusual chair can warm up when it knows the user comes in

C. an Internet-connected camera can be used to take photos in the house

D.an Internet-connected camera can be connected to the user's smartphone

3.What does the article mainly talk about?

A. Advantages of living with the Internet

B. Disadvantages of living with the Internet

C. The coming “Internet of things”

D. The impossible “Internet of things”

4.Which of the following words best describes the writer’s tone (语气)in the article?

A. Doubtful(可疑的) B. Hopeful

C. Humorous D. Worried

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