A few years ago my sister moved from her home in Alabama to Buffalo, New York. Since moving to Buffalo she’s bee a big hockey fan and has encouraged me to start watching it. Unfortunately it’s very difficult to find hockey on television here in Alabama. Since hockey games don’t air very much on television I’ve had to look for different ways to watch hockey games.
I often see websites that claim if you go to their website you can watch television on your puter. I try out many of these websites hoping that one of the television stations is a northern station that airs hockey games. Unfortunately, most of them don’t work. Either the site doesn’t really give you what they advertise or their video player doesn’t work properly. But finally I’ve found one website that actually works.
Free Tube is a site that you can go to and watch Television online for free. You don’t have to download any kind of special software or pay money or even sign up for anything. All you have to do is go to Free Tube, choose your channel and start watching.
The different channels to choose from are separated into different categories like news, business, entertainment, music and sports. You’re not going to find channels like NBC or ABC so you can watch the latest episode of Heroes or Grey’s Anatomy but it does include some popular channels like Cartoon Network and ESPN.
There is also a movie section. Each movie channel airs different sorts of films like adventure, classics, edy or horror and that channel will always air that kind of movies. The movie section also includes my favorite station called Maxx Trailers (预告片). Maxx Trailers airs nothing but movies trailers 24 hours a day. Some of the trailers are for movies ing out and some are for movies that have already been released but already released movies don’t go back farther than a couple of months.
So far I haven’t had any problems with Free Tube’s video player either. Whenever I choose a channel, the video almost always works and usually loads every quickly. The only problem I have with Free Tube is that there is currently a glitch if you’re using Firefox. Once you choose a channel you can’t select another channel to change to, your web browser will freeze up. So if you’re using Firefox, the only way to switch channels is to leave the site and re-enter the site, when choosing what channel you want to go to. However, Free Tube is aware of this glitch and is working with Mozilla to get it fixed right away.
If you’re missing some show everyone is talking about like Grey’s Anatomy or Heroes, this isn’t really a solution for that. But Free Tube is a good way to find channels that you weren’t aware of; there are several good stations to be found.
【小题1】The author mainly in this passage.A．tells us his experience in using the WebB．introduces Free Tube to the readersC．shows us the disadvantages of Free TubeD．shows us how to enjoy films online【小题2】The author got interested in watching hockey games A．because he is a sports fanB．due to his sister’s influenceC．since everyone enjoys the gamesD．because he has nothing to do all day long【小题3】From the passage we can learn that A．the author is also very fond of moviesB．Maxx Trailers airs to-be-released moviesC．ABC is a very famous TV station in AmericaD．Firefox is the only software used to watch films online【小题4】 The underlined word “glitch” probably means A．coverB．changeC．noteD．faultB
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(答案→)B
解析：作者主要给读者介绍Free Tube网站。该网站能免费看电视直播。有各种各样的栏目,尤其是电影区，各种最新的电影和预告片给人全新的享受。唯一的问题是用Firefox(电脑的)浏览器通常会存在的一个技术问题。不过网站正在积极协商处理。所以Free Tube是一个能解决你各种问题的不错的网站。
【小题1】主题归纳题。根据全文大意，和最后一句话可知，作者主要想给读者介绍Free Tube网站。选B。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一、二句可知，姐姐自从搬到布法罗以来，就成了一个曲棍球大球迷，还鼓励我看曲棍球。所以选B。
【小题3】推理判断题。根据倒数第三段的介绍可知，Free Tube网站有电影分区。可以看到各种各样的电影甚至是预告片。选A（作者也很喜欢电影。）。
【小题4】词意猜测题。根据该词所在的句子中的the only problem后的解释可知，网站有小故障时，Firefox(电脑的)浏览器会瘫痪，你需要关闭网站重新进入而Free Tube 知道这个问题和Mozilla合作在修补。cover报道；change变化；note做笔记； fault过错。选 D。