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When you’re not at home, many worries may start to crowd your mind. Did I turn the coffee maker off? Did I lock the door? Are the kids doing their homework or watching television? With a smart home, you can quiet all of these worries.

A smart home is a home with a communication network. This network connects devices(装置), such as lights and TV sets, and allows them to be controlled from far away through electrical wiring, mobile phone communication or WiFi over the Internet.

More and more people may start to consider owning a smart home, because it makes life much more convenient. It can help keep your room at a certain temperature. It can record what happens inside the home and send the video to your phone. When you are on vacation abroad, you can use a smart home controller to switch on or off the electricity when necessary. Some smart homes can receive a visitor, allowing him to come in and offering him a drink. They can even feed the cat and water the plants.

Besides, smart homes are easy to fix. Most smart home technology and devices are wireless and can be set up with a minimum of tools, using only the guiding information. When a problem appears, you can deal with it yourself without paying a professional.

However, for home-users, the smart home technology is far from perfect. It can be rather expensive to own the technology and the devices. Also, because the smart home system(系统)allows its owner to get home information from anywhere, it leaves the home easy to be attacked by hackers(黑客), who may secretly use or change the information in the system.

Now, many scientists are excited at the future of smart home technology. Imagine being able to get fashion advice from your mirror, or receive food shopping suggestions from your refrigerator. While there are others who worry that those smart devices will make people lazier and lonelier. Whatever it is, one thing is for sure—smart home technology will change the way we live and work.

1.According to the passage, nowadays a smart home can lock the door through .

A. electric lights B. mirror technologies

C. mobile phones D. shopping programs

2.The third paragraph of the passage is mainly about .

A. the steps to use smart systems

B. the prices of smart programs

C. the advantages of a smart home

D. the tools for setting up smart devices

3.Which of the following is TRUE about a smart home according to the passage?

A. Smart homes can’t help feed pets nowadays.

B. Smart homes cost a lot of money at present.

C. You can’t control your smart home in other countries.

D. It’s hard for hackers to get information from smart homes.

4. What’s the writer’s opinion according to the passage?

A. People will become less happy in the future.

B. People’s life style will be different in the future.

C. Mobile phones are the most important in smart homes.

D. Smart homes are much better than other smart systems.

从下面两个题目中任选一题,根据中文和英文提示,完成一篇不少于50词的文段写作。文中已给出内容不计入总词数。所给提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。

题目①

假如你是李华,你和同学们准备为小明举办一个生日聚会,打算邀请你们的好朋友—

美国交换生Peter参加。请你用英语写一封电子邮件,告诉他聚会的时间和地点,活动内容,以及需要准备什么。

提示词语:hold, activity, get together, sing, eat, game, gift, wish

提示问题:● When and where are you going to celebrate Xiao Ming’s birthday?

● What are you going to do at the party?

● What do you advise Peter to prepare for Xiao Ming’s birthday?

Dear Peter,

How is it going?

I’m writing to invite you to Xiao Ming’s birthday party.

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I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

题目②

假如你是李华,你们学校正就“感恩父母,从我做起”这一话题开展大讨论。请你用英语写一篇短文给某英文网站投稿,谈谈为什么要感恩父母,你通常在业余时间帮父母做什么,以及你这样做的感受。

提示词语:think, bring up, work, make money, support, housework, cook, clean, wash, happy, proud

提示问题: ● Why is it important for you to thank parents?

● What do you usually do for them in your spare time?

● How do you feel?

At my school, we are talking about what we can do to thank parents.

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