The Internet is a large, worldwide collection of computer networks（网络）. A network is a small group of computers put together. Different networks from all over the world make up the Internet. Once you have learned to use the Internet, you can have a lot of fun on the World Wide Web.

　　The World Wide Web has been the most popular development of the Internet. The web is like a big electronic book with millions of pages that are called homepages（主页）.

　　What is E-mail?

　　Electronic mail is a way of sending messages to the other people. It's much quicker and cheaper than sending a letter.

　　If you want to use E-mail, you must have an E-mail address. This address must have letters and dots（点）and an“@”(meaning“at”). This is what an address looks like: Christina @ yahoo. com. Write a message, type in person's E-mail address, then send the message across the Internet. People don't need to use stamps, envelopes or go to the post office since the invention of the Internet. Quick, easy and interesting--that's the Internet!

True or false:

(1) You can search for information on World Wide Web.

(2) There is a great deal of information about film stars on Internet.

(3) Most pages have words but no pictures or sound or music.

(4) Sending e-mail is much quicker and cheaper than sending a letter.

Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

　　The Internet is becoming important in our life. How much do you know about it?

　　What is the Internet?

　　The Internet is a large, worldwide collection of computer networks(网络). A network is a small group of computers put together. Different networks from all over the world make up the Internet. Once you have learned to use the Internet, you can have a lot of fun on the World Wide Web(网).

　　What is the World Wide Web?

　　The World Wide Web has been the most popular development of the Internet. The web is like a big electronic(电子的) book with millions of pages that are called homepages.

　　You can find information about almost anything in the world on these pages. For example, you can use the Internet instead of a library to find information for your homework. You can also find information about your favorite sport or film star, talk to your friends or even do some shopping on the pages. Most pages have words, pictures and even sound or music.

　　What is email?

　　Electronic mail(email) is a way of sending messages to other people. It's much quicker and cheaper than sending a letter.

　　If you want to use email, you must have an email address. This address must have letters and dots(点) and an “@”(meaning “at”). This is what an address looks like: michael @ sohu. com. Write a message, type in the person's email address, then send the message across the Internet. People don't need to use stamps, envelopes or go to the post office since the invention of the Internet. Quick, easy and interesting－that's the Internet!

Complete the answer to each question(根据短文内容完成下列问题的答案，用词不超过5个)

1．What is a network?

It's ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ put together.

2．What are the characteristics(特点) of the Internet?

The characteristics of the Internet are ________, ________ ________ ________.

3．What does “talk to your friends on the pages” mean?

It means you can type your words in the computer and then ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ across the Internet.

4．Why do people like to use email to send messages to their friends and family?

Because it's ________ ________ ________ ________.

5．What's the World Wide Web like?

It's like ________ ________ ________ ________ with millions of pages.

6．What does “e” in email mean?

It means ________________.

　　The Internet is a large, worldwide collection of computer networks（网）. A network is a small group of computers put together. The Internet has many different networks from all over the world. These networks are called the Internet. Once you have learned to use the Internet, you can have a lot of interests on the World Wide Web.

　　What is the World Wide Web？

　　The World Wide Web has been the most popular development of the Internet. The Web is like a big electronic（电子的）book with millions of pages. These pages are called homepages.

　　If you want to use e-mail, you must have an e-mail address. This address must have letters and dots（点）and an @ (meaning at). This is what an address looks like: emily @ star. net. Write a message, type in the person's e-mail address, then send the message across the Internet. People don't need to use stamps, envelopes（信封）or go to the post office since the invention of the Internet. Quick, easy and interesting—that's the Internet!

A．a big computer

B．a small group of computers

C．lots of computer networks

D．the World Wide Web

A．an electronic book

B．homepages

C．an electronic page

D．an interesting picture

(3)What does“talk to your friends on the page”mean? It means ______。

A．you can talk to your friends face to face.

B．you can type your words in the computer and then send them to your friends across the Internet

C．you talk to your friends through the same computer

D．you go to your friends' houses to talk to them

A．they don't have to pay any money

B．it's faster and cheaper

C．they don't need to have stamps, envelopes or addresses

D．sending e-mail is interesting

(5)The“e”in e-mail means ________,

A．easy

B．electrical（有电的）

C．electronic

D．enjoyable