When you’re not at home, many worries may start to crowd your mind. Did I turn the coffee maker off? Did I lock the door? Are the kids doing their homework or watching TV? With a smart home, you can forget all of these worries.

A smart home is a home with a communication network. This network connects(連接) devices (裝置), such as lights and TV sets, and makes them to be controlled( 控制) from far away through electrical wiring( 電線), mobile phone communication or WiFi over the Internet.

More and more people may start to think about owning a smart home, because it makes life much easier. It can help keep your room at a certain temperature. It can record (錄制) what happens inside the home and send the video to your phone. When you are on holiday abroad, you can use a smart home controller to switch on or off the electricity when necessary. Some smart homes can receive a visitor, allowing him to come in and offering him a drink. They can even feed the cat and water the plants.

Besides, smart homes are easy to fix. Most smart home technology and devices are wireless and can be set up with a minimum ( 最 少 量 ) of tools, using only the guiding information. When there is a problem, you can deal with it yourself without paying a professional (專業(yè)人士).

However, for home-users, the smart home technology is far from perfect. It can be rather expensive to own the technology and the devices. Also, because the smart home system ( 系 統(tǒng) ) allows its owner to get home information from anywhere, it leaves the home easy to be attacked by hackers ( 黑 客 ), who may secretly use or change the information in the system.

Now, many scientists are excited about the future of smart home technology. Imagine being able to get fashion advice from your mirror, or receive food shopping suggestions from your fridge. While there are others who worry that those smart devices will make people lazier and lonelier. Whatever it is, one thing is for sure — smart home technology will change the way we live and work.

1.According to the passage, nowadays a smart home can lock the door through .

A.electric lights B.mirror technologies

C.mobile phones D.shopping programs

2.The third paragraph of the passage is mainly about .

A.the steps to use smart systems B.the prices of smart programs

C.the good points of a smart home D.the tools for setting up smart devices

3.Which of the following is TRUE about a smart home according to the passage?

A.Smart homes can’t help feed pets nowadays.

B.Smart homes cost a lot of money at present.

C.You can’t control your smart home in other countries.

D.It’s hard for hackers to get information from smart homes.

4.What’s the writer’s opinion(觀點(diǎn)) according to the passage?

A.People will become less happy in the future.

B.People’s life style will be different in the future.

C.Mobile phones are the most important in smart homes.

D.Smart homes are much better than other smart systems.

She often looks for some_____(信息) about fashion on the Internet.

Go_____(徑直地) on and you’ll find the library on your left.

The workers are painting all the_____(長椅) in the park now.

We are now_____(準(zhǔn)備) for the coming exam.

The pictures_____ (在下面) show you how to fix the machine.

He lives on the eighth floor. (對劃線部分提問)

_____ does he_____?

These are Millie’s trousers. (對劃線部分提問)

_____ are these?

Cross the bridge and you will find the snack shop on your right. (同義句轉(zhuǎn)換)

_____ the bridge and you will find the snack shop on your right.

Turn left at the third turning. (同義句轉(zhuǎn)換)

_____ on the left.