Question

閱讀理解 　　You’ve probably heard of a lot about the Internet, but what is it? 　　The Internet is a computer network that uses the telephone system to connect together millions of computers around the world． 　Maybe that isn’t very exciting but once you’re connected to the Internet, there are lots and lots of different things you can do．You can send electronic messages or “emails” to your friends(as long as they’re on the Internet, too), or you can sort through all kinds of information on something called the World Wide Web(www世界信息網)． 　　You don’t need to know how the Internet works in order to use it, but if you understand the basics, it may help you work out any technical problems you have－and of course you can help your friends with your Net knowledge! 　　You may think that your telephone is just for talking．But as long as you have the equipment, you can use a telephone line to send computer data(數據)as well as sounds．If you connect your computer with the telephone system, it can receive information from, and send information to other computers(as long as they are connected with the telephone system, too)． 　　Because there is not an organization which operates the Internet, no one exactly knows how many people are connected to it．It’s thought that there could be 60 millionpeople on the Net, connected up to over 15 million computers! (1) If you want to join the Internet, you need, first of all, to ________． [　　] A． learn how to operate a computer B． know how to make a telephone call C． have a telephone D． learn how to type on a computer (2) You can keep in touch with your friends by e-mail．The condition is that ________． [　　] A． they also have their own telephones B． they also have their own computers C． you have already known their telephone numbers D． they are also connected to the Internet (3) According to the writer, it’s better to ________． [　　] A． work out its technical problems besides using the Internet B． use the Internet besides working out its technical problems C． sort through all kinds of information on www D． help your friends with your Net knowledge (4) With both your computer and telephone, you can ________． [　　] A． see the other’s face while calling up B． receive information from other computers C． send information to other computers D． both B and C (5) If you are connected to the Internet right now, you could be number ________． [　　] A． 15 000 001 B． 60 000 001 C． 1 500 001 D． 6 000 001

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．D;3．A;4．D;5．B;
解析：

(1)	細節題。根據第二段內容可知，若要上網首先須有一部電話。
(2)	由第三段中“You can send electronic messages or ‘e-mails’ to your friends(as long as they’re on the Internet, too)”一句話，可得出答案為D項。
(3)	第四段中說到使用互聯網并不一定知道它的工作原理，但如果了解一些基礎知識，掌握一些網絡技術是有好處的。
(4)	由倒數第二段中“If you connect your computer with the telephone system it can…”可知，只要有幾臺計算機連在網上就可以收發信息。
(5)	由最后一段可知，人們認為可能有6000萬人在上網，則你很可能成為第6千萬零1個上網者。