2025年寧夏警官職業(yè)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點試題含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調(diào)整）一、單選題(共50題)1、Iusuallygotoschool________bike,butsometimesIgotoschool________foot.

(1分)A、with；onB、on；byC、on；withD、by；on正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析bybike：騎車；onfoot：步行2、LiWenliangisabravedoctor________isknowntomillionsofChinesepeople.

(1分)A、whoB、whichC、whatD、when正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意:李文亮是一位勇敢的醫(yī)生，被許多中國人所熟知?？疾槎ㄕZ從句。A、who誰;B、which哪一個;C、what什么;D、when什么時候。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)，這是一個定語從句，先行詞為doctor,指人，且關(guān)系詞在從句中作主語，故應(yīng)用關(guān)系代詞who引導(dǎo)定語從句。故選A。3、-Hey,Millie,longtimenosee!-Sorry,doweknoweachother?Ithinkyoumusthavemistakenme（）someoneelse.(1分)A、toB、withC、byD、for正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查介詞。句意為：“嗨，Millie,好久不見!對不起，我們認(rèn)識嗎?我想你一定是把我當(dāng)成別人了。”mistakeAforB是固定搭配，意為“把A誤認(rèn)為B"。故選D。4、Untilyoutoldme,Iheard（）ofwhathadhappenedtohim.(1分)A、anythingB、somethingC、nothingD、everything正確答案選項：參考答案：C5、Mr.Pitthadtocheerupsoon,（）hewouldlosethegamecompletely.(1分)A、andB、SoC、butD、or正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查連詞。句意為：“Pitt先生必須盡快振作起來，否則他會徹底輸?shù)舯荣?。”or表示一種否定的條件，意為“否則；要不然”。根據(jù)句意可知應(yīng)用并列連詞or來連接。故選D。6、It'snotgoodtobelate（）school.(1分)A、onB、forC、inD、to正確答案選項：參考答案：B7、It’sraining________．Wehavetostayathomeinsteadofgoingfishing．

(1分)A、badlyB、hardlyC、heavilyD、strongly正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析句意：雨下得很大。我們不得不呆在家里而不是去釣魚。從句中意思理解可以排除D(強壯地)。而雨下得大只能說rainheavily或rainhard（而不能用hardly,因為hardly是“幾乎不”的意思），故選C8、______youatschoollastSunday?--No,I____.

(1分)A、Did;didn'tB、Was;wasn’tC、Did;wasn’tD、Were;wasn't正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析“-你上個星期天在學(xué)校吧？-沒有，我沒在”。根據(jù)主語you可知，排除B，且根據(jù)句意可知，問的是狀態(tài)，用be動詞。第一空主語為you，用were，第二空主語為I，用wasn’t。故選D。9、Jack“got”aletterfromhisuncleyesterday，引號里面的詞可以用以下哪個詞替代？（）

(1分)A、postedB、wroteC、receivedD、heard正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析get在句中意思為“收到”。杰克昨天收到他叔叔的一封信。所以選C10、--MayIuseyourdictionary？I'mstuckinthesentence.--It'sjustonmydesk______.

(1分)A、GotitB、MypleasureC、HelpyourselfD、cometopower正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查情景對話。--句意：我可以用你的字典嗎?我困在這個句子上了。--它在我的桌子上，請自便。AGotit；明白了嗎；BMypleasure我很榮幸；CHelpyourself請自便；Dcometopower當(dāng)權(quán)，根據(jù)It'sjustonmydesk，可知這里意思是請自便，故選C。11、找出所給單詞元音字母或組合與其他三個讀音不同的單詞

(1分)A、niceB、bigC、sixD、Miss正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析nice[na?s]i發(fā)a?音，其它三項i發(fā)?音。12、—HaveyoueverbeentotheGreatWall,Jim?—No,notonlyIbutalsomybrother（）fewplacesofinterestsincewecametoChina.(1分)A、hasvisitedB、willvisitC、havevisitedD、visited正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查主謂一致。句意為：“—-Jim,你去過長城嗎?—--沒有，自從我們來到中國，不僅我而且我弟弟也幾乎沒有參觀過名勝古跡。”根據(jù)“sincewecametoChina”可知，空格處用完成時，所以排除B和D;notonly…butalso…連接兩個主語時，謂語動詞遵循就近原則，此處離謂語最近的主語mybrother是第三人稱單數(shù)，謂語動詞應(yīng)用第三人稱單數(shù)形式，所以排除C。故選A。13、Stopcuttingtrees,（）theearthwillbecomeworseandworse.(1分)A、andB、thenC、butD、or正確答案選項：參考答案：D14、Howmuch______theshoes?---Fivedollars_____enough.

(1分)A、is，isB、are，isC、are，areD、is，are正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析——這雙鞋多少錢？——五美元足夠了．＂考查系動詞，is單數(shù).are復(fù)數(shù)，第一個空，主語是shoes復(fù)數(shù)，因此用are,A,D不正確，第二個空，fivedollars五美元，基數(shù)詞加上表示時間、距離、價值或其他度量單位的名詞時，常常看成是一個整體，作為主語時謂語動詞用單數(shù)is15、材料Itookmysontoapopularrestaurantforalunchtimetreat.Anditseemseveryoneelsehadthesame（1）.Theplacewasfullof（2）!Idrovearoundthesmallparkinglotfor10minutes（3）aspot.FinallyI（4）one.AladywasreturningtohercarsoI（5）herandwaitedpatiently.AsIdidthisIlookedinmyrearvisionmirror(后視鏡)and（6）ayoungmanquicklypullupbehindme.Assoonashesawmyindicator(轉(zhuǎn)向燈)onforthespot,heseemedvery（7）andbeganhittinghissteeringwheel(方向盤).Iknewthiswasn'tdirectedatmebutatthedisappointmentthathehad（8）aspot.Ifelthis（9）.Itoohadbeen（10）theplaceforages.

AstheladyleftI1somethingthatsurprisedevenme.Iturnedoffmyindicatoranddrovestraightpast.Ilettheman（12）thespot.

Themanbehindmewas（13）,unsurewhattodo.（14）Iloweredmywindowandgavehima(n)（15）totakeit,callingoutatthesametime“It'syours.”

I（16）drivingfurtherdowntheroadtoanothercarpark,wherealthoughIhadtowalkquiteabitfurther,Iwas（17）Icould.Perhapsthemancouldn'twalkeasilyashis（18）wasn'tasgoodasmine?Iwill（19）know.ButIknewthespot（20）moretohimthanitdidtome,whenIsawhimreactthewayhedid.第20空填（）。(1分)A、provedB、broughtC、showedD、meant正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查動詞詞義辨析。proved意為“證明”;brought意為“帶來”;showed意為“展示”;meant意為“意義重大”。根據(jù)下文的“whenIsawhimreactthewayhedid”及上文的那個人著急想要那個車位可知，此處指這一車位對他來說比對作者更重要。故選D。16、材料Iwaswalkinginthestreetwhenapieceofbeautifulmusiccametomyears.Isawsomeone（1）somerubbishandwalktoatruckwhichwascollectingrubbish（2）.

Assoonasthepeoplenearbyhearthemusic,they（3）gooutwiththeirrubbishandthrowitin.It'sa（4）waytohelpkeepourcityclean.Protectingourenvironmentisveryimportant（5）youlive,youcandosomethingusefulinoraroundyourneighborhood.（6）,wehavedonesomethingtoimprovetheenvironment.Forexample,wehavecollected（7）paperorbottlesforrecyclingandwehaveplanted

（8）treesorflowersinornearourneighborhood.If（9）makesacontributiontoprotectingtheenvironment,theworldwillbecomemuchmore（10）.

第(4)選（）(1分)A、unusual

B、important

C、pleasant

D、common正確答案選項：參考答案：C17、Howoftendoyouwritetoyouruncle?________

(1分)A、OnceamonthB、OnemonthC、InamonthD、Foramonth正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析你多久給你叔叔寫信一次？Onceamonth一個月一次；Onemonth一月；inamonth在一個月內(nèi)；Foramonth一個月了18、Onweekends,I（）watchTV（）playcomputergames.(1分)A、either;andB、either;orC、both;ofD、both;or正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查連詞。句意為：“在周末，我或者看電視或者玩電腦游戲?！眅ither…or…意為“或者……或者……”,表示選擇關(guān)系。故選B。19、

Therearenobusestothebeach.________youhaveacar,it’sdifficulttogetthere.

(1分)A、SinceB、AfterC、UnlessD、Because正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析"句意：沒有去海灘的公共汽車。除非你有車，否則很難到達那里?？疾檫B詞辨析。since自從；after在……之后；unless除非；because因為。分析“…youhaveacar,it’sdifficulttogetthere.”可知，此處表示否定的條件，用unless引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句，故選C。"20、SpaceDayofChinafalls________April24theveryyear.

(1分)A、on

B、by

C、at

D、in正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意：每年的4月24日是中國的“航天日”?？疾榻樵~辨析。on用在星期或具體時間前；by到……為止；at其后加點鐘等；in其后加早中晚/月份/年份等。根據(jù)“April24th”可知，此處加具體的時間，故選A。21、材料Mattjumpedintobed.Hisfathercameinand(1)besidehim.“Whatkindof(2)didyouhave,Matt?”heasked.“Itwasabaddayforme,”Matt(3).“IhadafightwithHed.The(4)sentanotehomeaboutme.AndItalkedbacktoMother.”??“Yes,partofthedaywasbad,”Mr.Goldsaid.“Butthereweregoodpartstoo.Nowit'stimetogoto(5).Sotellmeaboutthe(6)thing.”Mattsmiled.“AfterschoolIwentfishing,”hesaid.“Noonewantedtogowithme.SoIhadtogo(7)Ididn'tthinkIwouldhaveanyfun.ButIdid.I(8)abigfish!”“Iamgladyouhadagoodtime,”Mr.Goldsaid,“Thinkaboutituntilyougotosleep.NowIamgoingto(9)offthelight.Happydreams!”“Goodnight,Dad.”Mattsaid.??Everynight,Mr.GoldandMatthavealittletalk(10)this.EverynightMattgoestosleepthinkingaboutthebestthing.

第(8)選（）(1分)A、saw

B、caught

C、lost

D、invited正確答案選項：參考答案：B22、材料

MostBritishtelephonecardsarejustplaingreen,butcardcollectingisbecomingapopularhobbyinBritainandcollectorsevenhavetheirownmagazine,InternationalTelephoneCards.Onereasonfortheirinterestisthatcardsfromaroundtheworldcomeinawidevarietyofdifferentandoftenveryattractivedesigns.Thereare100,000differentcardsinJapanalone,andthereyoucanputyourowndesignontoablankcardsimplybyusingaphotographorabusinesscard.

Thefirsttelephonecards,producedin1976,wereItalian.FiveyearslaterthefirstBritishcardappeared,andnowyoucanbuycardsinmorethanahundredcountries.Peopleusuallystartcollectingcardsbecausetheyareattractive,smallandlight,andtheydonotneedmuchspace.Itisalsoacheaphobbyforbeginners,althoughforsomepeopleitbecomesaseriousbusiness.InParis,forexample,thereisamarketwhereyoucanbuyonlytelephonecards,andsomeFrenchcardscostupto4,000pounds.ThefirstJapanesecardhasavalueofabout28,000pounds.Mostpeopleonlyseecardswithpricesliketheseintheircollectors'magazine.

WhendidpeopleinBritainbegintousephonecards?(1分)A、

In

1971.

B、

In

1975.

C、

In

1976.

D、

In

1981.正確答案選項：參考答案：D23、—AreyouwillingtoliveonMarsoneday?—____________．Itsoundsexciting,butitstillworriesme.

(1分)A、OfcourseIam.B、I’mnotsure.C、WhynotD、Areyoujoking正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析B句意:——你愿意將來有一天在火星上生活嗎？——我不確定，在火星上生活聽著讓人興奮，不過我還是有點兒擔(dān)心。B項“我不確定”符合上下文。A當(dāng)然，我愿意；B我不確定；C為什么不？；D你在開玩笑嗎？24、Thedaysinwinterareshorterthan（）insummer.(1分)A、thatB、thoseC、thisD、these正確答案選項：參考答案：B25、Susan’sparentshaveboughtalargehousewithaswimmingpool.It_____beveryexpensive

(1分)A、mustB、canC、mustn’tD、can’t正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意：蘇珊的父母買了一座帶游泳池的大房子。一定非常昂貴?？隙ā⒁欢?，用must26、

Ishallneverforgettheday________ShenZhouVwaslaunched.

(1分)A、whenB、thatC、whichD、where正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查定語從句。句意：我永遠(yuǎn)不會忘記神州五號被發(fā)射的那一天。“____ShenZhouVwaslaunched”是定語從句，修飾theday，引導(dǎo)詞在從句中做時間狀語，故該從句應(yīng)用關(guān)系副詞when引導(dǎo)。A選項正確。27、Tomis___acleverboy___hecananswerallthequestions.

(1分)A、too，toB、so，thatC、such，thatD、either，or正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析句意:湯姆是一個如此聰明的男孩，以至于他能回答所有的問題。先根據(jù)句意棚餘A、D兩項such...that…和so...that…都表“如此……以至于……”，但用法不同。such—般用于“such+a(n)+adj+單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞+that從句”結(jié)構(gòu)中，而so—般用于“so+adj+a(n)+單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞+that從句”結(jié)構(gòu)中。由此可知C項正確。28、—IboughtanewPCyesterday.—Oh,______

(1分)A、howdoyoulikeit?B、thankyousomuch.C、whydobadthingshappentogoodpeople?D、Ireallyhavenoidea正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查情景對話。句意：——昨天我買了一臺新的電腦?！叮阌X得它怎么樣？howdoyoulikeit?你覺得它怎么樣？thankyousomuch.非常感謝。whydobadthingshappentogoodpeople?為什么好人身上總是發(fā)生壞的事情？IreallyhavenoideA我真的不知道。A項符合情境。29、We（）ourselvesatthepartyyesterday.(1分)A、doenjoyB、doenjoyedC、didenjoyD、didenjoyed正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查強調(diào)句。句意為：“在昨天的派對上我們確實玩得很開心。”當(dāng)句子中沒有其他的助動詞時，強調(diào)謂語時，可以用“助動詞do/does/did+動詞原形”。根據(jù)時間狀語yesterday可知，謂語動詞要用過去時，所以用did強調(diào)，且其后的動詞要用原形。故選C。30、––CanyoubelieveKim’sgotfiredfromwork?––____.Shewasalwayslateorcallinginsick.ButIhopeshewillfindanewjob

(1分)A、GodblessherB、Itcan’thurtC、ItservesherrightD、Noworries正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查習(xí)慣用語。句意：——你能相信金被解雇了嗎？——她活該。她總是遲到或請病假，但我希望她能找到新工作。AGodblessher上帝保佑她。BItcan’thurt無妨；CItservesherright她活該；DNoworries不用擔(dān)心。分析句子可知，Kim總是遲到或請病假，她被解雇也是她活該。故選C。31、材料It'softensaidthatyoucanjudgeapersonbylookingatwhat'sontheirbookshelves.Well,whenIaskedmyselfthisquestionafewyearsago,Imadea(n)（1）discovery.Prettymuchallthe（2）onmybookshelveswerewrittenbyBritishauthors,andtherewasalmostnothingintranslationfromother（3）.Whatashame!So,Idecidedtolaunchmy（4）readingproject.

ButhowcouldIfindbooksfrommuchoftherestoftheworld?Ihadtoaskfor（5）.SoinOctober2011,Istartedmyblog,and(6)ashortappealonline.Withinhours,peoplebeganto（7）.Atfirst,itwasfriendsandcolleagues.Thenitwasfriendsoffriends.Andsoon,itwas（8）.

Fourdayslater,Igota(n)（9）fromawomancalledRafidahinKualaLumpur.Shesaidshelovedmyproject,（10）ifshecouldgotoherlocalEnglish-languagebookshopandchoosemyMalaysianbookandpostittome.Iaccepted（11）,andafewweekslater,apackage（12）containingnoone,buttwobooks—Rafidah'schoicefromMalaysia,andabookfromSingaporethatshehadalso（13）forme.Atthetime,Iwas（14）thatastrangermorethan6,000milesawaywouldgotosuchlengthstohelpsomeoneshewouldprobablynever（15）

ButRafidah'skindness（16）tobethepatternforthatyear.Timeandagain,peoplewentoutoftheir（17）tohelpme.Andbooksoftencamefrom（18）sources.Awriterevenemailedmeanunpublishedtranslationofhisnoveltome,allowingmetobecomeoneofthe（19）peopleevertoreadthatbookinEnglish.

Thatyear,thankstokindstrangersfromthefour（20）oftheworld.Ireadbooksfromover100countries第9空填（）。(1分)A、parcelB、giftC、envelopeD、message正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查名詞詞義辨析。parcel意為“包裹”;gift意為“禮物”;envelope意為“信封”;message意為“消息”。在博客上發(fā)布的消息，所以應(yīng)該是收到信息。故選D。32、Myfamilyhave________breakfasttogethereveryday.Thishelpsusstartadaywell.

(1分)A、不填B、aC、anD、the正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意：我的家人每天一起吃早餐。這有助于我們更好地開始新的一天?？疾楣谠~。a/an不定冠詞，表示泛指；the定冠詞，表示特指；havebreakfast“吃早餐”是固定短語，三餐前不用冠詞，故選A。33、Howmuch（）thepairofshoes?Twentydollars（）enough.(1分)A、is;isB、is;areC、are;isD、are;are正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查主謂一致。句意為：“——這雙鞋子多少錢?—一二十美元足夠了。”thepairofshoes為單數(shù)，謂語動詞應(yīng)用單數(shù)，所以排除C和D;表示時間、距離、金錢、重量等的名詞作主語時，謂語動詞用單數(shù)，Twentydollars表示金錢，謂語動詞應(yīng)用單數(shù)，所以排除B。故選A。34、Justleavethekeytotheexercisesbehind,（）youwillbedependentonit.(1分)A、orB、andC、soD、but正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查連詞。句意為：“不要看后面練習(xí)的答案，否則你會依賴上它的。”or表示一種否定的條件，意為“否則；要不然”。根據(jù)句意可知用并列連詞or。故選A。35、

Ieatrice________beefandpotatoes.It’sdelicious.

(1分)A、InB、onC、withD、for正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析"句意：我吃米飯時和牛肉土豆一起吃。這樣吃很好吃。考查介詞。in在……里；on在……上；with和……一起；for為了。根據(jù)語境可知，此處指的是“吃飯時連同牛肉土豆一起吃”，故應(yīng)用介詞with。故選C。"36、-Where'syoursister,Eric?-Ithink（）isintheschoollibrary.(1分)A、heB、himC、sheD、her正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查人稱代詞。句意為：“——-Eric,你姐姐在哪里?——我認(rèn)為她在學(xué)校的圖書館。”根據(jù)句意可知，空格處指代的是Eric的姐姐，所以排除A和B;由句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，空格處為賓語從句的主語，所以應(yīng)該用主格形式。故選C。37、Hewasn't（）toliftthecase.(1分)A、toostrongB、enoughstrongC、strongenoughD、sostrong正確答案選項：參考答案：C38、Idon’tthink____isanyneedforaguideonourjourney.

(1分)A、itB、thisC、thereD、that正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考察賓語從句，根據(jù)地點狀語onourjourney可知從句為therebe句型，表示某處有某物。故選C。我認(rèn)為在旅途中沒有找向?qū)У谋匾?9、—MichealwaslateforProfessorYang'sphilosophyclassthismorning.—________?AsfarasIknow,helovesphilosophyandalwayscometoClassontime.

(1分)A、HowcomeB、GuesswhatC、SowhatD、Whynot正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查交際用語。句意：——邁克爾今天早晨楊教授的哲學(xué)課遲到了?！趺磿烤臀宜?，他很喜歡哲學(xué)，總是準(zhǔn)時上課的。AHowcome怎么會；BGuesswhat你猜怎么著；CSowhat那又如何；DWhynot為什么不呢？根據(jù)空格后句句意可知，第二個說話人對于邁克爾遲到這件反常的行為感到很不解，故所選用語應(yīng)表達疑惑的用途。故選A。40、—TheChineselanguageismoreandmorepopular.—Exactly!It’sbecominga________languageskillintheinternationalcommunity.

(1分)A、similarB、difficultC、necessaryD、traditional正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析句意：——漢語越來越受歡迎。——的確如此！它正在成為國際社會的一種必要的語言技能?？疾樾稳菰~辨析。similar相似的；difficult困難的；necessary有必要的；traditional傳統(tǒng)的。根據(jù)“TheChineselanguageismoreandmorepopular.”可知，漢語是一種必要的語言技能，所以越來越受歡迎，故選C。41、Uptonow,theweather______pleasantforthejourney.Ihopeourgoodluckwillcontinue.

(1分)A、isB、wasC、hasbeenD、willbe正確答案選項：參考答案：C42、Ifhehadknownhowtodoit,he（）you.(1分)A、hasshownB、hadshownC、wouldshowD、wouldhaveshown正確答案選項：參考答案：D43、Lookaroundwhen_____thestreet。

(1分)A、crossB、crossingC、crossedD、tobecrossing正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析此處考察時間狀語從句，省略了主語和謂語，完整句應(yīng)為lookaroundwhenyoucrossingthestreet主語和cross是主動關(guān)系。44、材料After20yearsofmarriage,mywifewantedmetotakeanotherwomanoutto（1）.Shesaid,“Iloveyou,butIknowthisotherwomanlovesyoutoo.”

Theotherwomanthatmywifewantedmetovisitwasmymother,whohasbeenawidow(寡婦)for19years,butmybusylifehadmadeitimpossibletovisither（2）.ThatnightIcalledto（3）heroutfordinner.

“What'swrong?Areyouwell?”she'asked.Mymotheristhetypeofwomanwhosuspectsthatalatenight（4）isasignofbadnews.

“Ithoughtthatitwouldbepleasanttospendsometimewithyou,”I（5）.

Shethoughtaboutitforamoment,and（6）.Duringthedinner,wehadanagreeableconversation—（7）extraordinarybutrecenteventsofeachother'slife.

Beforewe（8）,shesaid,“I'llgooutwithyouagain,（9）onlyifyouletmeinviteyou.”

Afewdays（10）,mymotherdiedofaheartattack.It（11）sosuddenlythatIdidn'thaveachancetodoanythingforher.Afewdaysafterthefuneral,Ireceivedanenvelopewithare-ceipt(收據(jù))fromthesameplacewheremotherandIhad（12）.Anattachednote（13）:

“Ipaidthisbill（14）.Iwasn'tsurethatIcouldbethere;butnevertheless,Ipaidfortwo（15）一oneforyouandtheotherforyour（16）.Youwillneverknowwhatthatnightmeantforme.I（17）you,son.”

Atthatmoment,I（18）theimportanceofsayingintime:“ILOVEYOU”.Giveyourfamilythe（19）theydeserve,becausesometimesthingscannotbe（20）till“someothertime”.第8空填（）。(1分)A、metB、partedC、leftD、divided正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查動詞詞義辨析。met意為“見面”;parted“分開”;left“離開”;divided“劃分”。根據(jù)短文可知，作者與母親吃完飯，分別回各自的家。所以此處表示分別之前，故選B。45、材料

Myhouseismadeofwood,glassandstone,Itisalsomadeofsoftware.

Ifyoucometovisit,you'llprobablybesurprisedwhenyoucomein.SomeonewillgiveyouanelectronicPINtowear.ThisPINtellsthehousewhoandwhereyouare.Thehouseusesthisinformationtogiveyouwhatyouneed.Whenit'sdarkoutside,thePINturnsonthelightsnearestyou,andthenturnsthemoffasyouwalkawayfromthem.Musicmoveswithyou,too.Ifthehouseknowsyourfavoritemusic,itplaysit.Themusicseemstobeeverywhere,butinfactotherpeopleinthehouseheardifferentmusicornomusic.Ifyougetatelephonecall,onlythenearesttelephonerings.

Ofcourse,youarealsoabletotellthehouseifyouwantsomething.Thereisahomecontrolconsole(控制臺)，asmallmachinethatturnsthingsonandoffaroundyou.

ThePINandtheconsolearenewideas,buttheyareinfactlikemanythingswehavetoday.Ifyouwanttogotoamovie,youneedaticket.IfIgiveyoumycarkeys,youcanusemycar.Thecarworksforyoubecauseyouhavethekeys.MyhouseworksforyoubecauseyouwearthePINorh