A few years ago my sister moved from her home in
Alabama to Buffalo, New York. Since moving to Buffalo she’s become a big hockey
fan and has encouraged me to start watching it. Unfortunately it’s very
difficult to find hockey on television here in Alabama. Since hockey games
don’t air very much on television I’ve had to look for different ways to watch
hockey games.
I often see websites that claim if you go to their
website you can watch television on your computer. I try out many of these
websites hoping that one of the television stations is a northern station that
airs hockey games. Unfortunately, most of them don’t work. Either the site
doesn’t really give you what they advertise or their video player doesn’t work
properly. But finally I’ve found one website that actually works.
Free Tube is a site that you can go to and watch
Television online for free. You don’t have to download any kind of special
software or pay money or even sign up for anything. All you have to do is go to
Free Tube, choose your channel and start watching.
The different channels to choose from are separated
into different categories like news, business, entertainment, music and sports.
You’re not going to find channels like NBC or ABC so you can watch the latest
episode of Heroes or Grey’s Anatomy but it does include some popular channels
like Cartoon Network and ESPN.
There is also a movie section. Each movie channel airs
different sorts of films like adventure, classics, comedy or horror and that
channel will always air that kind of movies. The movie section also includes my
favorite station called Maxx Trailers (预告片). Maxx
Trailers airs nothing but movies trailers 24 hours a day. Some of the trailers
are for movies coming out and some are for movies that have already been
released but already released movies don’t go back farther than a couple of
months.
So far I haven’t had any problems with Free Tube’s
video player either. Whenever I choose a channel, the video almost always works
and usually loads every quickly. The only problem I have with Free Tube is that
there is currently a glitch if you’re using Firefox. Once you choose a
channel you can’t select another channel to change to, your web browser will
freeze up. So if you’re using Firefox, the only way to switch channels is to
leave the site and re-enter the site, when choosing what channel you want to go
to. However, Free Tube is aware of this glitch and is working with Mozilla to
get it fixed right away.
If you’re missing some show everyone is talking about
like Grey’s Anatomy or Heroes, this isn’t really a solution for that. But Free
Tube is a good way to find channels that you weren’t aware of; there are
several good stations to be found.
1.The author mainly ________ in this passage.
A. tells us his experience in using the Web
B. introduces Free Tube to the readers
C. shows us the disadvantages of Free Tube
D. shows us how to enjoy films online
2.The author got interested in watching hockey games
________
A. because he is a sports fan
B. due to his sister’s influence
C. since everyone enjoys the games
D. because he has nothing to do all day long
3.From the passage we can learn that ______________
A. the author is also very fond of movies
B. Maxx Trailers airs to-be-released movies
C. ABC is a very famous TV station in America
D. Firefox is the only software used to watch films
online
4. The underlined word “glitch” probably means
_________
A. cover
B. change C. note
D. fault