"Tom? Are you in bed
yet?" called Mrs White. There was no answer. Mrs White put down her book
and went to her 14-year-old son's room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright
computer screen on which a colourful dragon jumped and shouted.
"Oh, Tom! You're still playing on that computer. You must stop now. It's
half past eleven. If you don't go to bed soon, you'll be very tired
tomorrow," said Mrs White.
"But I've nearly beaten the dragon," said Tom. Mrs White could see
the excitement on her son's face. She sat down beside him.
"You are always playing on that computer. You spend more time with this
machine than with your family," she said with a smile. "What's
special about it? Show me what it can do!"
"I
think this is a great computer, Mum!" he said happily. "The hardware
(硬件) is good.
There's so much memory and it has some wonderful software programs. This game,
'Dragon Player', is my favourite, but I sometimes borrow games from Daniel and
other friends. I don't have to worry about any infected（感染） disks because I have a virus（病毒） detector (探测器) which can go over any disk and check it for viruses. Let me show
you!" Tom began tapping. The screen changed in answer to his orders.
"Oh,
Tom," laughed Mrs White. "I'm sure it's a wonderful computer, but I'm
afraid I don't know what you're talking about."
1.When Mrs White was calling Tom, he was
______.
A. playing
computer games in' his bedroom B. playing with a
dragon in his bedroom
C. playing
"Dragon Player" in the
study D. lying in bed reading a
book
2. Tom was excited because ______.
A. the
computer has a good
memory B. the
hardware is good
C. he had
nearly won the
game
D. his mother came to see him
3. What do we know about Mrs White?
A. She loves
her son too much.
B. She loves
computer games too.
C. She is very
hard on his son.
D. She is as
wonderful as the computer game.
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There was once a rich man who loved his little boy very