Mr Brown’s house was less than two miles from his office, so he could drive home every day for lunch．Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars outside his house and there was no room for his own car．He had to drive somewhere else to park his car．Then he walked back home．This made him very angry．
He put up a board in the garden facing the road．The board said,“No Parking”．But nobody noticed it．People seemed to obey only a police notice with white letters on a blue board：
Mrs Brown asked his husband to steal a police notice but he was afraid to do so．Then she asked him to make one just like a police notice．Mr Brown said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word“police”．Several days later, Mr Brown made a blue board with white letters．
“Oh!”Mrs Brown said．“You told me you weren’t going to use the word‘police’,but why do you use it now?”“Really?”he asked．
“Look again,”she started to laugh．“You are really clever”．
(1)
Mr Brown’s office was ________ his house．
[ ]
A．
next to
B．
not far from
C．
2 hours’ drive from
D．
5 miles from
(2)
Mr Brown was angry because ________．
[ ]
A．
he found no room to park his car outside his house
B．
he had nothing to eat for lunch at home
C．
he lost the way when he drove back home one day
D．
he couldn’t make a police notice outside his house
(3)
Mr Brown made ________ notice board(s)altogether(总共)．
[ ]
A．
one
B．
two
C．
three
D．
no
(4)
In the end, Mr Brown made a notice board and it ________．
[ ]
A．
was just the same as a police notice
B．
was different in color from a police notice
C．
just looked like a police notice
D．
said“POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING”
(5)
We can infer(推断)that ________ after he put up the blue board．
[ ]
A．
more people will park their cars outside his house
B．
more policemen will park their cars outside his house
C．
fewer people will park their cars outside his house
Cell phones(移动电话)are all around us．We use cell phones to call our friends, send text messages, play games, and even take photographs．Now imagine using your cell phone to call your air conditioner(空调器)．If this were possible you could tell your air conditioner to rum on before you got home．Does this sound impossible to you?Well, it could become possible sooner than you think．In the near future, we might use cell phones as remote controls(遥控器)for the electrical devices(电器)in our homes．People are already working to develop different ways to communicate wirelessly(无线的)with devices we use every day．For example, it is already possible for cell phones to communicate with laptop computers．Business people using laptops during meetings Call use their cell phones as remote controls．They can use their cell phones to send instructions to computers to turn on, change pictures, and turn off．
With the same technology(技术), people can use their cell phones to control other devices．You Can call your stereo(立体声音响设备)to play music automatically(自动地)．You Can call your lights to turn on when you enter a room．Maybe even by next summer you will be able to call your air conditioner !
(1)
What is the main idea of this passage?
[ ]
A．
In the future we will all need air conditioners．
B．
Business people need to use computers．
C．
Some people like to make phone calls to machines．
D．
We will use cell phones as remote controls in the future．
(2)
Cell phones can be used to rum on and off ________ in the future．
[ ]
A．
a special computer
B．
different kinds of devices
C．
cell phone companies
D．
remote controls
(3)
Which probably could NOT be controlled by a cell phone?
[ ]
A．
An air conditioner or heater．
B．
A computer or printer．
C．
A table or a basket．
D．
A CD player or MP3 player．
(4)
The underlined words“laptop computers”mean ________?
[ ]
A．
台式计算机
B．
大型计算机
C．
便携式计算机
D．
计算机控制中心
(5)
Which instructions can be sent to a laptop according to the passage?
