A Good Friend,a Second Self

  I couldn't believe my ears when I heard my name called for the leading role in our high school play. Mrs. Dermitt, my drama teacher, had been looking for someone to play an ener?getic boy in a comedy. Luckily for me,she thought that I could handle the1

  That afternoon my friend Kevin and I talked 2about the play. Although Kevin hadn't been 3 for a part on stage,his job with the set crew was important to the success of the play. I told him I was a little 4 because I had a lot of lines to memorize.

  "You can do it," he said. I knew I could 5him:we had been friends since the third grade, and we 6 a good team.

  Preparations for the play moved at a rapid pace. While working hard with the set crew,Kevin 7 spent hours helping me learn my lines. He often said my lines with me by silently moving his lips. We 8 that he could probably play my part as well as I could.

  Three days before the 9 night, everything was ready for the performance. But when I woke up 10 a fever and sore throat on the day of the play,the entire production came to a sudden 11 Everyone in the drama department was worried, 12 there was no way I could perform. The play was 13 to open in fewer than six hours,and we had no time to cancel. I tried to think of a way to 14 . Then it hit me―Kevin knew the 15 as well as I did. I called Mrs. Dermitt to give her my 16 . Within a few short hours, Kevin stood on stage in costume and make-up. The amusing lines he had 17 with me so many times made the crowd laugh and cheer. In a strange turn of events, Kevin and I had 18 the day for everyone by working as a team.

  Of course,I was terribly disappointed to have 19 my chance in the spotlight,but I was extremely 20 to have such a good friend.

(   ) 1. A. part    B. play     C. band    D. crew

(   ) 2. A,calmly     B. seriously    C. excitedly D. anxiously

(   ) 3. A. called    B. chosen    C. invited    D. trained

(   ) 4. A. upset    B. bored       C. nervous    D. confused

(   ) 5. A. count on    B. tend to   C. talk with    D. agree with

(   ) 6. A. joined    B. founded     C. took    D. made

(   ) 7. A. also    B. only         C. still    D. simply

(   ) 8. A. expected    B. debated     C. agreed    D. joked

(   ) 9. A. final    B. special       C. opening    D. greeting

(   ) 10. A. with    B. from       C. in    D. by

(   ) 11. A. change    B. turn      C. stop    D. end

(   ) 12. A. for    B. but           C. and    D. so

(   ) 13. A. likely    B. ready     C. sure    D. due

(   ) 14. A. pass    B. help       C. care    D. face

(   ) 15. A. steps    B. lines        C. points    D. cases

(   ) 16. A. introduction  B. instruction   C. explanation   D. suggestion

(   ) 17. A. scanned    B. grasped       C. practiced    D. presented

(   ) 18. A. valued    B. saved       C. left    D. kept

(   ) 19. A. offered    B. avoided      C. risked    D. missed

(   ) 20. A. successful    B. thankful     C. trustful    D. hopeful

 The 1990s saw great changes in the way people communicate. People could send mail with?out going to the 1 ,and go shopping without leaving home.like "email" and "download" became part of people's vocabulary. The cause of this great change was the 3

  The idea for the Internet began in the early 1960s in 4 . The Department of Defense wanted to 5 their computers together in order to 6 private information. In 1969, the ARPA net ( an early form of the Internet) first connected the 7 at four American univer?sities. One computer successfully 8 information to another. In 1972,scientists shared ARPA net 9 the world. They created a 10 to send person-to-person messages using ARPA net. This was the 11 of email.

  Over the next few years,there was a lot of progress made in the world of computing, 12 most people were not using the Internet. Then,in the 1980s,personal computers be?came more 13 . In the early 1990s,14 important things happened:the birth of the World Wide Web in 1991 ,and the creation of the 15 Web browser(浏览器)in 1993. The Web made it 16 to find information on the Internet, and to move from place to place 17 links. The web and browser made it possible to see information as a website with pic?tures,sound, and words.

  Today, 18 of people connect to the Internet to send email, visit websites, or store in?formation on servers. 19 are now an important part of our lives and are changing 20 we learn,work,shop,and communicate.

(   ) 1. A. post office    B. supermarket C. department store    D. office

(   ) 2. A. Expressions    B. Phrases C. Letters    D. Words

(   ) 3. A. computer    B. Internet   C. server    D. browser

(   ) 4. A. America    B. England   C. China    D. Canada

(   ) 5. A. put    B. get      C. connect    D. leave

(   ) 6. A. have    B. take       C. reach    D. share

(   ) 7. A. computers    B. colleges   C. telephones    D. lines

(   ) 8. A. worked    B. found     C. posted    D. sent

(   ) 9. A. to    B. in         C . with    D. for

(   ) 10. A. place    B. way      C. path    D. direction

(   ) 11. A. beginning    B. finding C. creating    D. using

(   ) 12. A. but    B. and      C. or    D. because

(   ) 13. A. practical    B. familiar C. expensive    D. common

(   ) 14. A. two    B. three      C. four    D. five

(   ) 15. A. new    B. first       C. advanced    D. modem

(   ) 16. A. easier    B. harder     C. slower    D. cheaper

(   ) 17. A. circling    B. seeking    C. sending    D. using

(   ) 18. A. tens    B. hundreds     C. thousands    D. millions

(   ) 19. A. Emails    B. Messages    C. Computers    D. Websites

(   ) 20. A. how    B. what      C,when       D. why

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