Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it, do you know? The Internet is a network. It uses the telephone to join millions of computer together around the world.
Maybe that doesn’t sound very interesting. But when you are joined to the internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. You can send e-mail to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (WWW).                                              
There are many different kinds of computers now. They all can be joined to the internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on people’s desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices, or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the internet itself.
There are lots of places for you to go into the internet. For example, your school may have the internet. You use it during lessons or free time. Libraries often have computers joined to the internet. You are welcome to use it at any time.
Thanks to the internet, the world is becoming small. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell what ever you want by the internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the internet is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?
A internet     B information       C computers       D E-mails
【小题2】Which is the quickest and cheapest way to send messages to your friends?
A by post     B by e-mail       C by telephone     D by satellite
【小题3】Which may be the most possible place for people to work tomorrow?
A in the office     B at school     C at home    D in the company
【小题4】Who is the owner of the internet?
A The headmaster    B The officer     C The user      D No one
【小题5】What does the writer try to tell us with the last two sentences?
A English is important in using the internet.
B The internet is more and more popular.
C Most of the information is in English.
D Every computer must have the internet.

Now satellites are helping to forecast（预报）the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere, because this is where the weather forms. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.

Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.

So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead.

1.Satellites travel _____________.

A. in space                              B. in the atmosphere

C. above the ground                   D. above space

2.Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere? Because __________.

A. the weather satellites can do it easily          

B. clouds form there

C. the weather forms there                     

D. the pictures can forecast the weather

3.Meteorologists forecast the weather __________.

A. when they have received satellite pictures

B. after they have compared new satellite pictures with earlier ones

C. before they received satellite pictures

D. during they study satellite pictures

4.Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for ________.

A. one day                              B. two days

C. five days                            D. seven days or even longer

5.The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in _________.

A. taking pictures of the atmosphere           

B. receiving pictures of the atmosphere

C. doing other work in many ways             

D. weather forecasting

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Trees should be pruned(修剪)when it is necessary. A good gardener will cut away the overgrown and unwanted branches(树枝). They can make the trees more beautiful and healthier. But sometimes we’d better leave the trees to grow in their own way. Because the inexperienced gardeners will damage(毁坏) the trees.

First, pruning may be done to make sure that trees in good shape or size. Maybe people want to get a tree of the right height and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches. Then people can make the tree’s appearance thick or give it a special shape.

Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier. You may cut out diseased or dead branches. The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing branches that are blocking up (封闭)the center and so stopping the free movement of air.

One result of pruning is that an open wound is left on the tree and this provides an easy chance for disease, but the wound will heal(愈合). Often there is a race between the healing and the disease as to whether the tree will live or die, so that there is a period when the tree is in danger. Every gardener should try to reduce that danger of death as soon as possible. It is important to make the area, which has been pruned, smooth and clean, because healing will be slowed down by roughness(粗糙). You should allow the cut surface to dry for a few hours and then pain it with one of the special materials. Pruning is usually done in winter, because you can see the shape of the tree clearly and also it is very unlikely(未必的) that the cuts you make will bleed. If this happens, it is impossible to paint them properly(合适地).

Come to Austria

Soll is a village in the mountains in western Austria. And the Post Hotel is clean and not expensive. It is opened by a local family. From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forests and the mountains. Temperatures in summer are usually 20℃ to 25℃ in the daytime, but much cooler by evening.

Enjoy Thailand

When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, don’t miss the early morning river boat trip to the Floating(漂浮) Market outside the city. There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. And you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat: the sun can be strong and it may be as hot as 40℃ at noon.

Visit Hawaii!

Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit its long, sandy beaches in the south and west of the island, and mountains and forests in the north, but don’t be surprised if it rains in the centre of the island. Daytime temperatures there are usually around 24℃ to 26℃ by the sea, and only a little cooler by late evening.

1.The advertisements above are about _____.

A．shopping          B．food             C．travel            D．hotels

2.If you go to Bangkok，you can _____.

A．climb mountains                        B．enjoy the scenery of the forests

C．live in the Post Hotel                     D．buy fruits while sitting in your boat

3._____ is a better way to prevent the strong sunshine in Bangkok.

A．Going to the sandy beaches               B．Wearing a hat

C．Climbing up the mountains                D．Staying in the forests

4.If you want to visit both mountains and beaches, you’d better choose _____.

A．Soll in Austria                          B．Bangkok in Thailand

C．the Floating market                      D．Kauai in Hawaii

5.According to(根据)the advertisements, we know that _____.

A．the hottest travel place is Soll

B．maybe it often rains in the centre of Kauai

C．the Floating Market is the middle of Bangkok

D．the Post Hotel in Austria is clean but the price is high