Question

Maybe you heard a lot about the Internet,  but what is it?

The Internet includes many different  networks(网络)a-round the world. A network is a group of  computers put to?gether.These networks joined together are called the  Internet.

Maybe that doesn't sound interesting. But  when we join the Internet, there are lots of things we can do. We can use the  Internet instead of a library to find all kinds of information for our  homework.We can find information about our favorite sports or film stars and do  shopping on the Inter-nel.We ran also send messages to other people by  e-mail.It's much cheaper and quicker than calling our friends or sending a  letter.

Because of the Internet, the world is  becoming smaller and smaller.People can now work at home with a  computer,getting and sending the information they  need.They can buy or sell whatever they want over the Internet. But do you know  98% of the information is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow  V

36. The passage is mainly about_-

A.the Internet H. information

C.computers D.e-mail

37. The quickest and cheapest way for people  to send messages to their friends is_.

A.by post B.by e-mail

C.by telephone I).by TV

38. The Internet cannot be used  to_.

A. find information for our  homework

B. get some information about our favorite  sports stars

C. do some shopping

D. do our housework

39. Which of the following is NOT  true?

A. The Internet is a big  computer.

B. The Internet is lots of computer  networks.

C. The Internet is very helpful.

D. People can work at home with the help of  the Internet.

40. What does the writer try to lell us with  the last two sen?tences?

A. The IntiTiu'l is more and more  popular.

B. All the information is in  English.

C. English is important in using the  Internet.

D. Every computer must join the  Internet.

Answer 1

36. A通读全文可知，本篇文章主要是关于互联网知识的。

  37B根据第三段的最后两句话可知：人们给朋友传递信息最

快捷、最便宜的方式是发电子邮件。

38. D短文第三段提到了互联网可以被用来为家庭作业査资  料、获取我们特别喜爱的体育明星的资料和购物，但没有提 到互联网被用来做家务-

39. A选项B、C和D所陈述的内容均可以在短文中找到相关 信息，而选项A所陈述的内容与短文内容不符。

40. C作者在短文最后两句提到互联网上98%的信息是英文，

由此可知，英语在使用互联网中是非常重要的。 B