Let us say there is something you don’t know how to do. In the past if you were

Letus say there is something you don’t know how to do.

Inthe past if you were determined to learn, you might have called a friend orrelative, taken a night class or walked down to the local library for aresearch term. But now a host of websites are springing up to provide freepractical advice on these subjects and actually anything else you can think of.

Inone sense,  these “how-to” sitesrepresent(表明) a part of the growing world ofonline learning. This tradition found one of its earliest forms in the FAQs—orFrequently Asked Questions files— that began on Usenet,  the Internet’ s global discussiongroup. These FAQs,  many of whichstill circulate (go round continuously), took a specific subject—and explained it to complete novices.

But“how-to” sites take the FAQs idea in a somewhat different direction byaddressing subjects that aren’t necessarily related to discussion forums(论坛). These sites take the style of a writtentutorial (teaching period) and a tone of friendly advice. Possibly the biggestand best known of these sites is learn2. com (www. learn2. com). It offersnearly 1000 free tutorials and adds new ones frequently for a job interview.

Atehow. com (www. ehow. com) you can learn how to train for your firstmarathon,  how to buy a vacationhome,  or how to make a movie ineight steps.

1. Thepurpose of writing the passage is to ________________.

A.introduce new websites to people

B. teachhow to take new courses by Internet

C.present new means to learn something you want to know

D. helpyou to solve any difficulty you meet with

2.“How-to” sites are set up to ________________.

A.explain FAQs to the public

B. helppeople to learn what they want to

C. tellthe difference from discussion forums

D.complete the growing world of online learning

3. Theunderlined word “novices” in the passage probably means ________________.

A.experts who know a lot 

B. hostsof “how-to” sites

C. peoplewithout knowledge  

D.beginners of “how-to” sites

4. It canbe inferred from the passage that ________________.

A.“how-to” sites are specially designed for the disabled

B. peoplecan teach themselves at home by visiting “how-to” sites

C. it ispleasant to listen to the advice on “how-to” sites

D. youcan just click your mouse at home to question anything

5.According to the text, if you want to buy a tent for camping you may________________.

A. visitwww. ehow. com  

B. visitwww. learn2. com

C. visitthe discussion forums

D. visitthe FAQs

试题答案

答案：CBDBA