E-mail is a way of sending messages to other people. E-mail is a fast and cheap way to keep in touch with friends and family. It is much quicker than sending a letter. People who use E-mail have an E-mail address. This address must have letters and dots and the symbol“@”meaning at. This is what an address looks like. People can send the messages across the Internet. It is quick, easy and fun.

(1) If you know about computers, you must know the letter“E” in “E-mail”stands for“________”.

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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 （聚集） of computer networks （网）．A network is a small group of computers put together．The Internet is many different networks from all over the world．These networks are called the Internet．Once you have learned to use the  Internet, you can do a lot of interesting things 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（主页）．You can find information （信息） 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 e-mail?

Electronic mail is a way of sending messages to 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心looks like: Emily@star.net．Write a message, type （打字）in the 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!

1．The Internet is

A．a big computer                               B．a small group of computers

C．lots of computer networks                            D．the World Wide Web

2．The World Wide Web is like

A．an electronic book                            B．homepages

C．an electronic page                                   D．an interesting picture

3．What does "talk to your friends on the pages" 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

4．People like to use e-mail to send messages to their friends and family because          

A．they don't have to pay any money

B．it's faster and cheaper

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

D．sending e-mail is interesting

5．The "e" in e-mail means                

A．easy                  B．electrical             C．electronic            D．enjoyable

Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it?The internet is many different networks around the world. A network is a group of computers put together.
Maybe that doesn’t sound interesting. But when we’ve joined the internet, there are lots and lots of things wecan do. We can have a lot of interest on the World Wide Web (WWW). We can use the Internet instead of a libraryto find all kinds of information for our homework. We can find information about our favorite sports or film starsand do shopping on the Internet. We can also send messages to other people by e-mail. It is much cheaper and quicker than calling our friends or sending a letter.
Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. People can now work at
home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information they need. They can buy or sell whatever they want by the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?
【小题1】The passage is mainly about _________________.

Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using it in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.

Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activities you can do online.

Don’t give your password to anyone else, and never give out the following information: your real name ,home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.

Check with your parents before giving out a credit card number.

Never send a photo of yourself to someone in e-mail unless your parents say it’s OK.

Check with your parents before going into a chat room. Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents will want to make sure it’s a right place for you.

Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parent’s permission. Never meet anyone you met online alone.

Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as if they were strangers.

If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or a teacher right away.

Treat other people as you’d like to be treated. Never use bad language.

Remember that not everything you read on the Internet is true.

1.The writer tells children to_____________.

A．send their own photos to him.

B．make rules for Internet use with parents.

C．believe everything they read on the Internet

D．give out their personal information

2.It’s good for children to _______________.

A．give password to others

B．get useful knowledge and information

C．give out a credit card number

D．go into a chat room as they’d like to

3.What shouldn’t you do when you are on line?

A．Using bad language.

B．Sending messages and e-mails.

C．Leaving the site if you feel uncomfortable.

D．Treating everyone online as strangers.

4.If your parents don’t agree, never________________.

A．read anything on the Internet.

B．have a face-to-face meeting with anyone you met online.

C．relax in your free time

D．treat other people as you’d like to be treated.

5.The best title for this passage is “_________________”.

A．How to use computers                   B．Surfing on the Internet

C．Information on the Internet                D．Internet safety rules