题目内容
The Internet is becoming important in our life.How much do you know about it?
What is the Internet?
The Internet is a large, worldwide collection (聚集) of computer networks (网).A network is a small group of computers put together.The Internet is many different networks from all over the world.These networks are called the Internet.Once you have learned to use the Internet, you can do a lot of interesting things on the World Wide Web.
What is the World Wide Web?
The World Wide Web has been the most popular development of the Internet.The Web is like a big electronic (电子的) book with millions of pages.These pages are called homepages(主页).You can find information (信息) about almost anything in the world on these pages.For example, you can use the Internet instead of a library to find information for your homework.You can also find information about your favorite sport or film star, talk to your friends or even do some shopping on the pages.Most pages have words, pictures and even sound or music.
What is e-mail?
Electronic mail is a way of sending messages to other people.It's much quicker and cheaper than sending a letter.If you want to use e-mail, you must have an e-mail address.This address must have letters and dots (点) and an '@' (meaning 'at').This is what an address心looks like: Emily@star.net.Write a message, type (打字)in the person's e-mail address, then send the message across the Internet.People don't need to use stamps, envelopes or go to the post office since the invention of the Internet.Quick, easy and interesting—— that's the Internet!
1.The Internet is
A.a big computer B.a small group of computers
C.lots of computer networks D.the World Wide Web
2.The World Wide Web is like
A.an electronic book B.homepages
C.an electronic page D.an interesting picture
3.What does "talk to your friends on the pages" mean? It means .
A.you can talk to your friends face to face
B.you can type your words in the computer and then send them to your friends across the Internet
C.you talk to your friends through the same computer
D.you go to your friends' houses to talk to them
4.People like to use e-mail to send messages to their friends and family because
A.they don't have to pay any money
B.it's faster and cheaper
C.they don't need to have stamps, envelops or addresses
D.sending e-mail is interesting
5.The "e" in e-mail means
A.easy B.electrical C.electronic D.enjoyable
CABBC
Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题)
“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning to surf the Intern”
“I check my e-mail almost forty times a day.”
“I seldom spend less than three hours each time on the net.”
“spend more time in chat rooms than with my 'real-life’ friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾)called Internet addiction.According to experts,Internet addicts(迷)spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week.They lose control of the time they spend on the Internet.
For example,one college student was missing for several days.His friends were worried and 1ooked for him everywhere but couldn't find him.They called the police.The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the Internet -for seven days straight.
A study shows that about six to ten percent of Internet users become addicted.The teenager spend more time on the Internet than with friends and family.That's why some experts worry most about young people.
Is “surfing the Internet” a hobby or all addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have one of the following symptoms(症状):
★You go out with your friends less and less.
★You can't wait to get online again.
★You’ve decided to spend a short time online,but then you spend several hours.
★You do not go to important family events or you do not do school projects because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
What is the solution? Some experts suggest that people set strict limits on their time for Internet use.You have to learn to control it,or the Internet would control you.
1.How many hours does an Internet addict spend online every week according to experts?
2.Where was the missing college student found?
3.Why do some experts worry most about young people?
4.What is one symptom of Internet addiction?
5.How can Internet addicts solve their problem?
6.What might be the title of this passage?(In no more than TEN words)