19．Is your TV connected to the Internet？What about your chair，or your fridge？Probably they are not．But in the future，most things in your home may be connected，thanks to the so-called"Internet of things"
The Internet of things may be coming sooner than you think．Earlier this year，Aamsung CEO spent a lot of time talking about the Internet things．He said that five years from now，every Samsung product will be part of the Internet of things，no matter whether it's a remote control or a washing machine．
So，how do household（家用的） objects that are part of the Internet of things work？Well，think of a common chair．When connected to the Internet，the chair warms up when it knows the user has just walked into the room and is feeling cold．
An Internet-connected camera could help people feel safer in their homes．It can know people's faces and has an infrared sensr（紅外傳感器），so even if it's dark it can see when someone passes by and send you a message on your smartphone to let you know who's there．If the person is someone you don't know，it can tell you that，too．
But according to MIT Technology Roview，whether companies are connecting dog food bowls or security systems to the Internet，there may be some problems．For example，many early connected-home objects don't have much built-in security，which means they could be hacked（被黑客攻擊）．Morever，it could be difficult to get these new machines to work together especially when they are made by different companies．To fight this，many companies have joined the Open Interconnect Consortium，which had 45menbers by late 2014．
So，picture this：you enter your home．The temperature changes to make you feel comfortable．Your favorite music starts playing for you．Do you think that this would be a good thing？It may happen sooner than you think．
42．What does the article mainly talk about？C
A．Advantages of living with the Internet
B．Disadvantages of living with the Internet
C．The coming"Internet of things"
D．The imposslble"Internet of things"
43．Which of the following can support the idea"how will household objects connected to the Internet work？"D
A．A warm chair connected to the Internet
B．Dog food bowls connected to the Internet
C．A remote comtrol made by the Samsung Company
D．An Internet-connected camera with an infrared sensor．
44．Paragraph 5is mainly aboutA
A．the possible problems of"the Internte of things"
B．the problems with early connecten-home objects
C．how to get different new machines working together
D．how to solve the"the Internet of things"problems
45．Which of the following words best describes the writer's tone（語氣） in the article？B
A．Doubtful
B．Hopeful
C．Humorous
D．Worried．
分析 本文是一篇日常生活類短文．主要敘述了隨著物聯網技術的應用和發展，網絡可能會和家里的設施連接起來，這就是互聯網，比如可以加熱家里的座椅，連接網絡的紅外監控．問題是各個廠家的標準不一，會很容易被黑客攻擊．很多企業加入了物聯網行業標準組織．所以你可以想象未來，家里溫度正合適，放著你喜歡的音樂，這一切很快就會實現．
解答 42．C．主旨大意題．根據"But in the future，most things in your home may be connected，thanks to the so-called"Internet of things"
The Internet of things may be coming sooner than you think．"本文主要敘述了"物聯網"在將來的應用和發展會越來越普遍、廣泛，所以就是說的"即將到來的物聯網"．故選C．
43．D．細節理解題．根據"An Internet-connected camera could help people feel safer in their homes．It can know people's faces and has an infrared sensr（紅外傳感器）"可知一個帶有紅外傳感器的攝像頭和互聯網相連是很容易實現的，所以這個是對物聯網是一個很好的支持．故選D．
44．A．段落大意題．根據"But according to MIT Technology Roview，whether companies are connecting dog food bowls or security systems to the Internet，there may be some problems．"由于做物聯網的公司太所，這會引發一些問題．可知這一段主要敘述了物聯網的可能存在的問題．故選A．
45．B．推理判斷題．根據"Do you think that this would be a good thing？I t may happen sooner than you think．"可知作者對物聯網的未來是充滿了希望．故選B．
點評 首先要仔細閱讀短文，掌握大意，然后結合具體的題目，再讀短文，找出相關信息，就可以確定正確答案．
