With the development of technology, WiFi is becoming more and more popular and important in people’s daily life.But have you ever experienced it? Just imagine what life will be like if there is no Internet.Maybe you won’t be able to talk with friends, play video games or search for information for your homework on the Internet.

But in fact, only one third of the world’s population are able to get information on the Internet.The rest are too poor to buy WiFi access(使用权) or they live in remote areas.As a result, they live without the Internet.

Google and Facebook, two world-famous technology companies, have decided to do something about it.Google’s Project Loon will try to send balloons which are 15 meters wide into our Earth’s stratosphere(平流层) in 2015.The balloons are made of a special material that is three times thicker than the plastic bag we use every day.Each balloon will carry a minicomputer and a WiFi radio.The WiFi radio will send the Internet over the areas it is floating over.Then people can get up-to-date information on weather or news.

1.The underlined word “remote” means __________ in the passage.

A.crowded B.faraway C.near D.modern

2.Two thirds of the world’s population live without the Internet because __________.

A.they have no money to buy WiFi access

B.they live in remote areas

C.they don’t need the Internet

D.they can’t afford WiFi access or they live in remote areas

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The balloons are 15 meters long.

B.People can do lots of things on the Internet.

C.The WiFi radio can send the Internet without any help.

D.The material of the balloons is not as thick as our usual plastic bag.

4. The main idea of the last paragraph is __________.

A.how to send the Internet

B.how to use the Internet

C.what the balloons look like

D.how soon people will get WiFi from the sky

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[1]When we talk about paintings, we usually think of pictures on paper.But recently, a college student brought us another kind of painting.She paints animals and birds on the bald (光秃的) parts of trees and tree holes! Thanks to her paintings, an old street in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province has become her exhibition hall.

[2]The ____________ of these paintings is Wang Yue, a college student from Dalian Polytechnic University.She got the idea of painting on trees while she was visiting her home for Spring Festival.“In winter, the bald parts of trees look really ugly, so I wondered whether painting pictures on them might help cover some flaws (瑕疵) of the city.” Wang said.It is also part of her graduation (毕业) work.

[3]“Painting on a tree hole is not as easy as painting on paper.I had to think about the shapes and sizes of the tree holes and adjust (调整) my designs accordingly,” she said.“Before I began, I had to clean off the dust (尘土) from the tree holes first.

[4]Her first painting was some clouds, but many people couldn’t understand it.After that, she began to paint animals.

1.Where did Wang Yue paint in her hometown during the Spring Festival?

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2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with a proper word.

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3.Why does Wang Yue paint in such a way?

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4.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.

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5.Why are most of Wang Yue’s paintings about animals?

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