牛津译林版英语八年级下册Unit3Online tours单元检测题（二）

The Sound of Music is one of the most popular American movies.1people all over the world like it very much. And the2"Do Re Mi" in the movie is also popular in the world. It can be heard everywhere.

    The movie is a3about a tutor(家庭教师)，Maria. She was a young and outgoing（外向的）woman. She went to4for a family with seven children. Their family5was Von Trapp. Mr. Von Trapp was a captain.  He and his family lived in Austria.

    The family were very6and tired after the children's mother, Mrs. Von Trapp died.7took care of the children. They cried and shouted every day. The lonely father often became angry because of the8children.

    Maria was able to9the family by teaching them to sing lively songs and perform short, funny plays. At first the father was almost mad,10the smiling faces of the children pleased him and made him happy again. Then Mr. Von Trapp fell in love with Maria. At last they got married.

The Internet is becoming important in our life. How much do you know about it?

What is the Internet?

The Internet is a large, world-wide collection (聚集) of computer networks( 网络). A network is a small group of computers put together. The Internet is many different kinds of networks from all over the world. These networks are called the Internet. If you have learned to use the Internet, you can have a lot of interest on the World Wide Web(网)

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) book with millions of pages. These pages are called homepages. You can find information 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 favourite 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 (e-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" @ " (means "at"). For example: Lily @ Yahoo, com. Write a message, type a 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 .

   Every day some people are killed while they are crossing the roads. Most of these people are old people and children. Old people are often killed because they can't see or hear very well. Children are killed because they are not careful. They forget to look and listen before they cross the roads.

   A car or a bus can't stop quickly.  If a car is going very fast, it will travel a few metres before it stops. Some people don't always understand this. They think a car can stop in a few metres. It's difficult to know how fast a car is moving. The only way to cross the roads safely is to look both ways, right and left. Then if the roads are empty, you can cross them.

在日常生活（daily life）中，国际互联网起着越来越重要的作用。请根据以下提示，以On the Internet为题写一段50－70字的短文。

国际互联网的主要用途：