Sixtyyearsagopeopleaskedaboutyourastrological(星座)sign.Nowadaystheywanttoknowyourwebsite.Thesedayshavingawebaddressisalmostasimportantasastreetaddress.Yourwebsiteisanelectronicmeetingplaceforyourfamily

Question

Sixty years ago people asked about your astrological (星座) sign. Nowadays they want to know your website. These days having a web address is almost as important as a street address. Your website is an electronic meeting place for your family friends and millions of people around the world. Best of all you may not have to spend a cent. The web is filled with all kinds of free services and all it takes is some time and creativity.

Think of your home page as the starting point of your website. Like the table of contents of a book or magazine the home page is the front door. Your site can have one or more pages depending on how you design it.

While web pages vary greatly in their design and content most use a traditional magazine layout (编排). At the top of the page is a banner (横幅) GRAPHIC. Next comes a greeting and a short description of the site. Pictures texts; and links to other websites follow.

Before you start building your site do some planning. Think about whom the site is for and what you want to say. Next gather up the material you want to put on the site.

Draw a rough layout on a sheet of paper.

While there are no rules you have to follow there are a few things to keep in mind:

◆Start simply. If you aim too high at the beginning you may never get the site off the ground. You can always add something new to your site.

◆Less is better. Most people don’t like to read a lot of texts online. Break it into small pieces.

◆Smaller is better. Since it takes a long time to download large picture files (资料) keep the file sizes small.

Now it’s time to roll up your sleeves and start building. Learning the net communities helps provide tools to help you build your site.

44. The main purpose of the author in writing the passage is to tell you ______.

A. how to build your own website

B. what a website should be like

C. how to meet people on line

D. what a website consists of

45. According to the author your website is a place where ______.

A. you tell others about your street address online

B. you can meet people on the Internet for free

C. you can get all kinds of free services

D. you can learn the net communities

46. The home page of your website should be ______.

A. full of all the contents of your website

B. so designed that it looks like a front door

C. more or less similar to the cover of a book or magazine

D. so designed that it can direct people to more of your pages

47. The passage can be classified as ______.

A. entertainment                                        B. computer science

C. advertisement                                       D. social skills

Answer 1

AB DB