Question

   What do yo think of a “talking kitchen”? A French Digital Kitchen has been developed at Newcastle University in the UK.It teaches students how to cook French food and speak French at the same time.For the first time,students can learn the language by the following cooking steps.

All grammar and     have been carefully chosen to make sure the users can understand French well. After learning for sometime,the users can test themselves by doing s short test on the computer. 

The kitchen project was started by professor Paul Seedhouse.He became interested in the idea after he visited another kind of talking kitchen.He said,”The purpose of the French Digital Kitchen is to make learning a language more interesting and more educational.”

How does the kitchen work? There is a computer in the kitchen.With this computer,the users can first choose a French recipe that they want to follow. Using information in the computer,the kitchen start to guide the users how to make a French dish.If you follow the instructions on the computer,it moves on to the next.If you go wrong,the program goes back and repeats the recipe or information.At any time,the users can ask the kitchen to repeat the recipe or any information.

The new kitchen can be used in schools,universities and even people’s homes.The researchers can also be developing the European Digital Kitchen, for the next three years.

1.After reading the passage.we know the digital kitchen       .

   A.is a “talking kitchen”               B.teaches students English

   C.was developed in France            D.cooks all food for people

2.Which of the following can be properly put in       .

   A.food            B.vocabulary           C.recipe          D.instructions

3.Paragraph 3 is mainly tells us about         .

   A.how the kitchen works               B.where the kitchen can be used

   C.when the kitchen can be bought        D.why the kitchen project was started

4.If the user don’t follow the instruction on the computer, the kitchen        .

   A.choose another recipe                B.goes to the next step

   C.repeats the recipe or information       D. stops working at once

5.The passage is written to        .

   A.show you how computer works       B.introduce a French Kitchen

   C.teach you how to cook French food    D.tell you the importance of language learning 

Answer 1

1.A [解析]細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) What do yo think of a “talking kitchen”? A French Digital Kitchen has been developed at Newcastle University in the UK.可知電子廚房實際上是一個可以說話的廚房。

2.B [解析]單詞推理題。根據(jù)and 的單詞是grammar，而與grammar（語法） 同類型的單詞應該是單詞。故選B。

3.D[解析]細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The purpose of the French Digital Kitchen is to make learning a language more interesting and more educational.可知本段主要講的是發(fā)明電子廚房的原因。故選D.

4 C[解析]細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)If you go wrong,the program goes back and repeats the recipe or information.可知，一旦出現(xiàn)錯誤的話，程序會返回去，重復之前的菜單或信息。故選C。

5. B[解析]主旨歸納題。文章主要介紹了電子廚房的工作原理、發(fā)明電子廚房的原因以及使用領域。故本文主要是介紹法語電子廚房。故選B。