Imagine the situation.You are an exchange student from China and now you are learning French in a university in Paris,the capital city of France.One day,you come into the kitchen of your flat.Twenty minute later,you cook several delicious French dishes.To everyone's surprise,you learn the French language at the same time!This kind of wonderful kitchen is called a French Digital Kitchen or a"talking kitchen".
What do you think of the"talking kitchen"?A French Digital Kitchen has been developed at Newcatle 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 following cooking steps.
All grammar and vocabulary have been carefully chosen to make sure the users can understand French well.After learning for some time,the users can test themselves by doing a short test on the computer.
The kitchen project was started by Professor Paul Seedhouse.He began to show interest 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 recipethat they want to follow.Using information in the computer,the kitchen starts to guide the users how to make a French dish.If you follow the instruction 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 researcher can also be developing the European Digital Kitchen,for the next three years.
(1)The purpose of the first paragraph is to .
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tell how to cook in France |
B. |
introduce the theme of this passage |
C. |
introduce a way to improve cooking skills |
D. |
describe the life of an exchange student in Paris |
(2)Where did Professor Paul Seedhouse get the idea of French Digital Kitchen?
A. |
French grammar and vocabulary. |
B. |
kitchen which can talk. |
C. |
An exchange student's life in Paris. |
D. |
kitchen project. |
(3)If users don't follow the instruction on the computer,the kitchen .
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goes to the next step |
B. |
stops working at once |
C. |
chooses another recipe |
D. |
shows the recipe or information again |
(4)The last paragraph mainly tells us that .
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the digital kitchen will become more and more important |
B. |
the digital kitchen will become more and more popular |
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how many kinds of digital kitchens will be developed |
D. |
how many places the digital kitchen can be used |
(5)From the passage we can learn that .
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learning languages can be more enjoyable as well as more educational |
B. |
we can depend on the kitchen to learn a foreign language well |
C. |
students needn't to go to school to learn a foreign language |
D. |
the kitchen helps students to cook delicious French food. |