It was raining. I went into a cafe and asked for a coffee..While waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed loneliness. I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls because their souls belonged to the Net.

I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man sitting in front of it. "I am Steve," he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. "I can't talk with you. I'm busy," he said He was chatting online and, at the same time playing a computer game: a war game. I was surprised.

Why didn't Steve want to talk with me? I tried again to speak to that computer geek, but not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction I was unhappy. I put my hand in front of the monitor and he shouted, "Leave me alone." I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people, especially Steve.I wouldn't want to imagine the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines instead of with people. I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn't even realize that the coffee was bad, just as Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him.

1.What was the weather like when the writer entered the cafe?

A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Snowy. D. Rainy.

2.What does the underlined word "monitor" mean in Chinese?

A. 显示器 B. 检测器 C. 主机 D. 鼠标

3.- Why didn't Steve want to talk to the writer? - Because____.Which of the following is WRONG?

A. he thought the writer was ugly B. he was playing a computer game

C. he was chatting online D. he was busy at that time

4.According to the passage, which word can best describe Steve?

A. Polite. B. Generous. C. Patient. D. Indifferent.

Have you ever heard of the story of the first Teddy bear? Do you know how the first Teddy Bear was created? The story starts with America’s twenty-sixth president Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt traveled to Mississippi because the state was having an disagreement with its neighbor, Louisiana. President Roosevelt was a great hunter, so some people took him to go hunting while he was in Mississippi. Things were not going well. Almost everyone had successfully shot an animal, but President Roosevelt hunted nothing. Nobody wanted to see the president look sad, so someone caught a bear and tied it to a tree. Then they asked President Roosevelt to shoot. The president was very surprised to see that. He felt it was unfair to shoot the bear, because it couldn’t run away. He refused to shoot the helpless and tired bear. The story of his decision went all over the country. Everyone was moved by the president’s belief.

The next day, a cartoon artist drew a picture about the scene and it was put into the Washington Post Newspaper on November 16th, 1902. Everyone saw the cartoon, including a couple named Morris and Rose Michtom who lived in New York. The Michtoms owned a toy store and decided to make a stuffed ( 填 满 填 充 物 的 ) bear to remember the president’s actions in letting the helpless bear stay alive. They call it “Teddy bear”.

Other toy bears had been made in the past, but they all looked mean and threatening ( 威 胁 他 人 的 ). The Michtoms’ bear looked sweet and harmless. People fell in love with the Teddy Bear soon and they were willing to own it.

1.What happened to the bear after someone caught it?

It ________________to a tree after someone caught it.

2.How did President Roosevelt save the bear?

He saved the bear by_______________________.

3.Who drew a picture and put it into the Washington Post Newspaper?

________________________________________.

4.Before the first Teddy Bear was made, what were the toy bears like?

They looked_________________________________.

5.What does the passage mainly want to tell us?

________________________________________.

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