Crazy Reading 4Calling My Air ConditionerThink about the following questions.1．How many of your friends have cell phones?2．What kind of things can we do with cell phones?3．Why do you think people would call their air conditioners?Write the letter of the word or phrase with the same meaning as the underlined word.1．_____ Can you imagine a new kind of robot?2．________ The machine can talk with you? That’s impossible!3．________ The inventor created a new device to control air conditioners.4．________As science develops, new and better machines are made.5．_______Today, many people communicate with cell phones.6．______Read the instructions before you use the new machine.7．______The elevator will close automatically.8．______ He opened the door and entered the room.Cell phones are all around us. We use cell phones to call our friends, send text messages, play games, and even take photographs. Now imagine using your cell phone to call your air conditioner. Then you could tell your air conditioner to turn on before you got home. Does this sound impossible to you? Well, it could become possible sooner than you think. In the near future, we might use cell phones like remote controls for the electrical devices in our homes.People are already working to develop various ways to communicate wirelessly with devices we use every day. For example, it is already possible for cell phones to communicate with laptop computers Businesspeople using laptops during meetings can use their cell phones like remote controls. They can use their cell phones to send instructions to computers to turn on , change pictures, and turn off.With the same technology, people can use their cell phones to control other devices. You cancall your stereo to play music automatically. You can call your lights to turn on when you enter a room. There are all kinds of devices we could call to work automatically with our cell phones. Maybe even by next summer you will be able to call your air conditioner!1．What is the main idea of this reading?A．In the future we will all need air conditioners.B．Businesspeople need to use computers.C．Some people like to make phone calls to machines.D．We will use cell phones as remote controls in the future.2．What are people in this reading calling?A．A special computer B．Various devicesC．Cell phone companies D．Remote controls3．Which probably can NOT be controlled by a cell phone?A．An air conditioner or heater B．A computer or printerC．A bicycle D．A CD player or MP3 player 4．When will people be able to use their cell phones as remote controls for their homes?A．Now B．SoonC．In ten or fifteen years D．Never5．Which instructions can be communicated to a laptop?A．Play music and send a message B．Start and shut downC．Call again and hang up D．Go faster and go slowerFind these idioms in the reading.turn on to start; to begin to use electricity 打开She turned on the television using the remote control.Turn off to stop; to quit using electricity 关闭Please turn off the lights when you leave.All kinds of many different 各种各样的The store sells all kinds of electronic devices.Fill in the blanks. Use each of the above idioms once. Change the form of the words if needed.1．He should _____________ the air conditioner and open the window.2．Push the big green button to __________ the machine.3．We grow __________ vegetables in our garden.Fill in the blanks with the correct words.Discuss the following questions.1．How often do you use your cell phone?2．What do you like about cell phones? What do you not like about them?3．Imagine you could control anything with your cell phone. What would you control?Write your own short paragraph by answering the questions below.Dealing with Stress————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————A．Choose the best word to fill in the blank.1．The store sells many kinds of ____________ equipment.A．electrical B．impossible C．remote D．sooner 2．Everyone stood up when the queen ________ the room.A．is into B．find out C．entered D．checked in 3．You have several new ____________ in your email inbox.A．behaviors B．information C．messages D．words 4．Does this button turn on the ____________?A．control B．device C．instruction D．future5．The air conditioner will turn off ______ when the room is cool.A．already B．automatically C．significantly D．wirelessly 6．This device will ______ insects from eating plants in your yard.A．develop B．make up C．benefit D．prevent 7．Lots of people like to _________ with each other online.A．communicate B．develop C．respond D．look out for B．Choose the correct form of the word to fill in the blank.8．We can use our _____ to think about the future.A．imagination B．imagined C．imaginative9．Many people in _____ countries do not have computers.A．development B．developed C．developing10．I don’t know how to operate this device. Can you ____ me?A．instructions B．instruct C．instructive。