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UNIT2课时检测(三)LearningAboutLanguage

Ⅰ.阅读理解

Myhouseismadeofwood,glassandstone.Itisalsomadeofsoftware.

Ifyoucometovisit,youllprobablybesurprisedwhenyoucomein.SomeonewillgiveyouanelectronicPINtowear.ThisPINtellsthehousewhoandwhereyouare.Thehouseusesthisinformationtogiveyouwhatyouneed.Whenitsdarkoutside,thePINturnsonthelightsnearestyou,andthenturnsthemoffasyouwalkawayfromthem.Musicmoveswithyou,too.Ifthehouseknowsyourfavoritemusic,itplaysit.Themusicseemstobeeverywhere,butinfactotherpeopleinthehouseheardifferentmusicornomusic.Ifyougetatelephonecall,onlythenearesttelephonerings.

Ofcourse,youarealsoabletotellthehouseifyouwantsomething.Thereisahomecontrolconsole(控制台),asmallmachinethatturnsthingsonandoffaroundyou,whichisinfactacomputer.

ThePINandtheconsolearenewideas,buttheyareinfactlikemanythingswehavetoday.Ifyouwanttogotoamovie,youneedaticket.IfIgiveyoumycarkeys,youcanusemycar.Thecarworksforyoubecauseyouhavethekeys.MyhouseworksforyoubecauseyouwearthePINorholdtheconsole.

Ibelievethatseveralyearsfromnowon,mostnewhomeswillhavethesystemsthatIveputinmyhouse.ThesystemswillprobablybeevenbiggerandbetterthantheonesIveputintoday.

1．ThewritershouseisNOTmadeof________.

A．bricks B．wood

C．glass D．software

2．Whyisthewritersnewhousedifferentfromordinaryones?

A．Becauseithasyourfavouritemusicfollowingyou.

B．Becauseyoucanmakeatelephonecallanywhere.

C．Becausethewriterisabletochangehisnewideaintopractice.

D．Becauseithasbeencontrolledbycomputers.

3．Whatisthewritermostlikelytobeaccordingtothepassage?

A．AnITexpert.

B．Afamousengineer.

C．Agameplayer.

D．Anexperiencedteacher.

4．Whatdoesthepassagemainlydiscuss?

A．Howtodevelopanewsystem.

B．ThefunctionofthePIN