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 of computer networks．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 have a lot of interest in 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 book with millions of pages．These pages are called homepages．
You can find information 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 favourite sport or film star, talk to your friends of even do some shopping on the pages．Most pages have words, pictures and even sound or music．
What is e-mail?
Electronic mail(e-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 and an@(meaningat)．This is what an address looks like：emily @ star．net．Write a 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．
e-mails
(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
The well-mannered Englishman at table holds and keeps his knife in his right hand, his fork in his left, cuts his meat and presses his vegetables into his fork．The well-mannered American first cuts up all his meat, then places his knife down on the right of his plate, takes his fork in his right hand and with his fork lifts the food to his mouth．He will have coffee half way through his dinner before the pudding．The Englishman drinks his coffee after the dinner．And, of course, Americans are coffee-drinkers rather than tea-drinkers．The Englishman would be surprised at the American’s idea of how tea should be made．
The popular method to make tea is to take a cup or a pot of hot water and drop inte it a cotton bag with tea leaves in it．For a change they will sometimes put a can of water on the electric stove and then pour the mixture into a teapot, pour it into a cup and drink it without turning a hair．
(1)
Which is the correct order in which the well-mannered American do at dinner?
a．He places his knife down．
b．He cuts up the meat．
c．He lifts the food to his mouth ．
d．He takes his fork in his right hand．
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A．
hadc
B．
dhac
C．
cdba
D．
abcd
(2)
“Americans are coffee-drinkers rather than tea-drinkers ” means ________．
[ ]
A．
Americans can drink more tea than coffee
B．
Americans prefer coffee to tea
C．
Americans don’t drink tea at all
D．
Americans drink tea less than the English people
(3)
A well-mannered American ________．
[ ]
A．
doesn’t use a knife
B．
holds his knife in his right hand all the time at table
C．
uses his knife for only one time each dish during the table
D．
puts his knife in his pocket after he cuts up his meat
(4)
Which is true according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
Both Englishmen and Americans have coffee at the same time at dinner．
B．
Both Englishmen and Americans hold their forks in the same hand when eating．
C．
Neither Englishmen nor Americans are coffee-drinkers．
D．
Neither Englishmen nor Americans takes their knives in the left hand．
(5)
The passage tells us that ________．
[ ]
A．
the Englishmen and Americans have the same way to make tea
B．
all the nations have the same manners at table
C．
the Englishmen and Americans have different manners at dinner
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