外研版必修1 Module 6 The Internet and Telecommunications单元话题阅读小练习

Module 6 小练习
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Can you imagine a world without the Internet? It’s amazing to think about it.
Now, China has more than 68 million Internet users, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre. This is the second highest number of users in the world after the United States. Today, 44% of Chinese “netizens(网民)” are teenagers. “They spend about 13 hours every week online,” said Qian Hulin, an Internet expert.
The main reasons why teenagers surf the Web are to search for information, to communicate with others and to have fun. On the Internet, teenagers can find out almost anything. And surfing the Web can help students with their homework and widen their knowledge.
Li Dong, a teacher at No. 41 Middle School in Shijiazhuang, encourages her students to use the Internet. “When we talk in class, students who surf the Net usually know more background information than the others,” she said.
In addition, people can use the Internet to write letters or stories and send emails. Many teenagers keep in touch with their friends online. It is cheaper than calling up somebody far away and also much quicker.
1. Which country has the most Internet user?
A. China B. England C. America D. Japan
2. How many hours do teenagers spend on the Internet every week?
A. About 44 hours B. About 13 hours C. About 41 hours D. About 10 hours
3. Why do teenagers surf the Web?
A. To get some money B. To search for information
C. To have fun D. Both B and C
4. Why does the teacher from Shijiazhuang encourage her students to use the Internet?
A. Because she wants to play computer games with them.
B. Because she wants to have a talk with them.
C. Because she wants to know what they do at home.
D. Because she wants to let them know more background information.
5. Which way is the cheapest and quickest to tell something to your friend who is far away?
A. Posting a letter. B. Sending an e-mail.
C. Making a telephone call. D. Going to visit your friend.
B
The World Wide Web is a part of the computer Internet system. A recent study shows that more than thirty million computer users access the communication system called the Internet. The study shows that most of these people are using the World Wide Web.
Computers are connected to the Internet. The Internet is a communication system that permits millions of computers to send and receive information. The World Wide Web is an important part of the Internet system. People use the Web to search for news, products and educational information. They may play games, buy books, records or other products or plan a holiday trip. These World Wide Web areas are called Websites.
Before the World Wide Web existed, information on the Internet was mostly written. Now, the Web provides the same written information but also includes sound, color pictures, television pictures and movies.
In 1993, a computer user could only access 130 Websites, and it was difficult to connect a computer to a Website. In 1994, computer scientists made it much easier to do. Today there are millions of Websites. Many more are being added each day.
The World Wide Web Consortium(国际性协议) is an international group. It is started by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control in France and Keio University in Japan. The Consortium includes more than 275 smaller computer organisations. These groups work together to improve how information is offered on the Web.
6. How many computer users are using the Internet now?
A. 3, 000, 000.　　　　　　??　 B. 300, 000, 000.
C. 30, 000, 000.　　　　　　??　　　 D. 300, 000.
7. The World Wide Web can help its users to______.
A. search for papers, educational information and products
B. play games, buy products and plan a work trip
C. search for news, play games and buy books or records
D. search for news, only play games and buy products
8. Today the World Wide Web provided not only written information, but also______.
A. sound, color pictures and cigarettes
B. movies, color pictures and sound
C. sound, television pictures and a bottle of wine
D. color pictures, seeds and sound
9. Today the computer users access the Internet______.
A. much more easily than before B. much more difficult than before
C. is the same as before D. far slower than before
10. How many countries is the World Wide Web Consortium started by?
A. 1.　　　　 B. 2.　　　　　　??C. 4.　　　　　　??D. 3.
C
Tim Berners-Lee is not the most famous inventor in the world. However, his invention has changed our lives.
He was born in London, England in 1955. When he was a small boy, Tim was interested in playing with electrical things. He studied science at Oxford University. He made his first computer from an old television at the age of 21.
Tim started working on early computers. At that time, they were much bigger than now. He worked in England and then in Switzerland. Tim was really interested in two things, computers and how the brain works. How could the brain connect so many facts so quickly？He had to work with people all over the world. They shared information about computers. It was hard to manage all the information. He answered the same questions again and again. It took a lot of time. It was even difficult for computers in the same office in Switzerland to share information. Tim also forgot things easily. Could a computer work like a brain？Could it “talk” to other computers？
There was an Internet already but it was difficult to use. In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web(WWW) all by himself. This had a special language that helped computers talk to each other on the Internet. When people wanted to share information with others, they used the World Wide Web. The Internet grew quickly after that.
Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think he did anything special. He says that all of the ideas about the Internet were already there. All he did was to put them together. He says that many other people worked together to make the Internet what it is today.
Most inventors want to become rich. But Tim gave away the World Wide Web for nothing. He now works in America. He helps people share technology and wants the Internet to be free for everyone to use. Maybe he is the most important but least famous inventor in the world today!
11. What was Tim Berners-Lee interested in？
A. Looking for jobs in different cities.
B. Talking to people around the world.
C. Studying how to connect computers.
D. Exploring how to improve memory.
12. The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refers to __________.
A. Working on early computers
B. Connecting different facts together
C. Travelling to the office in Switzerland
D. Repeating the answers to the same questions
13. Why is Tim Berners-Lee one of the most important men in the world？
A. He made information sharing on the Internet possible.
B. He made the first computer when he was 21 years old.
C. He helped people understand better how the brain works.
D. He invented the Internet and made it free for everyone to use.
14. In what order did the following events take place？
a. Tim worked in England.
b. Tim worked in Switzerland.
c. Tim made his first computer.
d. Tim invented the World Wide Web.
e. Tim studied science at Oxford University.
A. c-e-d-a-b B. e-b-a-c-d
C. c-d-a-e-b D. e-c-a-b-d
15. What does the writer think of Tim Berners-Lee？
A. He is not famous because he is not rich.
B. He has changed our lives and he is great.
C. He did nothing special but make people a good life.
D. He has made great achievements in memory research.


D
Talking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages. Text messages are much cheaper by shortening the words. You can do this by taking out “unimportant” letters in the words and using numbers instead of words (2 = to,
3 = free, 4 = for, 8 = ate, so h8 = hate, etc.). And You can also avoid using punctuation. Here is an example: Do U wnt 2 g 2 th cnma tnite? (Do you want to go to the cinema tonight?)
What do you think these text messages mean?
Whr hv U bn? Iv bn wtng hrs fr a cll.
Im hm nw, why nt gv me a cll?
I gt a txt mssge frm my frnd. Shes hvng a prty on Strdy.
Mobile phone users have developed a group of symbols to show how they feel. They are called emoticons, and there are some examples below. To read an emoticon, you have to look at it sideways.
For example, if you say something in a text message that is a joke, you can follow it with a smiling face.
Like this:
Why didt you call me? I’m so sad. :-)
Here are some others. Can you think of text messages where you could use them?
:-) laughing, :-( sad, :-< really sad, :-v shouting,
|-| asleep, :-o shocked, 8-| surprised, \ -o bored.
16. Why are text messages popular?
A. Because they are expensive. B. Because they are cheap.
C. Because they are hard to write. D. Because they are not important.
17. The first paragraph tells us that we can make the text messages shorter in __________ ways.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
18. What does this text message “ Do U wnt 2 cks?” mean? It means __________.
A. Do you want to come? B. Do you wear two caps?
C. Do you want two cakes? D. Do you go home early?
19. Why do people use emoticons?
A. Because they can show how the users feel.
B. Because the symbols are beautiful.
C. Because the text messages are short.
D. Because the users can’t make the words shorter.
20. If you want to say someone is joyful, you could use the symbol “__________” in the text message.
A. :-) B. :-( C. :-v D. |-|





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