A computer game is very popular（流行的）today．Many young office workers and students like playing it．People can“farm”on a piece of“land”，and“grow vegetables，flowers，and fruits”on the Net．They can make some e-money to buy more things．

Here are different ideas about it．

Henry：I don’t like any computer games．I think it’s a waste（浪费）of time．

Laura：I live in tile city and I long for（渴望）the life on the farm．So I like this game very much．

Allen：I often play this game with my friends．We have fun（乐趣）playing it．

Ivy：I’m a student．I think we students can use computers to do many useful things．But why do some of us choose to play computer games? It’s bad for our studies．

1．According to the passage，people can’t ________ in the game．

A．grow vegetables      B．make e-money         C．buy things               D．watch movies

2．Of the tour people，________ doesn’t／don’t like the game．

A．one                        B．two                        C．three                      D．four

3．The word“useful”means“________”in Chinese．

A．无效的                   B．遗憾的                   C．有益的                   D．消极的

4．Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Allen is happy to play the game．

B．Laura lives on the farm．

C．Ivy doesn’t like to study．

D．Henry usually plays computer games．

5．Where can we see this passage?

A．In a computer magazine．                           B．In a science book．

C．On a train timetable．                                 D．On a movie ticket

It’s Tuesday afternoon, and I’m in Rheinburg, Germany, visiting the Extra Future Store. The “store of the future” is attracting a lot of attention these days– but not for it’s prices. Instead, people are coming from all over to experience a new way to shop.
The experience is less like shopping in a supermarket and more like playing some kind of high–tech game. It starts as I enter the store and choose a shopping cart(购物车). First, I swipe my store ID card through a computer on the cart. The computer’s screen comes on, a map of the store shows, and the journey begins.
As I shop, antennas(天线) around the store send information about different specials to the computer on my cart. Attracted by one of the ads, I choose a box of cheese. I hold up the box to the computer. It displays the price and also suggests that a certain type of bread would be good with it. The map on my chart shows me where to find the bread. It’s like the store is helping me to shop.
How does the store make this kind of shopping experience possible? The answer is radio frequency identification chip (or RFID射频识别). Each chip has a special number. Using an RFID reader on the computer, we can get information from a chip about the product(产品). RFID will help shoppers find the things in a store more quickly– products that are just right for them. In addition, people won’t have to wait in long lines to pay. The things in your cart will be read by the computer and the money will be paid by your store ID card automatically(自动地). So you can simply walk out of the store with your shopping bags.
Sounds good, right? Maybe you will experience the new shopping soon in your city.
【小题1】Why are so many people coming to the Extra Future Store?