This report presents facts of home computer used by a group of young people．It is a common belief that teenagers today know about 1 and are familiar 2 using them in all their lives．We decided to try to 3 if this was true．
We questioned thirty people between 14 and 18．All the teenagers we 4 said they had computers at home．We asked them how much time they spent on their computers in an average week, 5 we were most interested in 6 they used their computers 7 ．
The average time 8 on a computer in a week was about 12 hours, with the highest user average 32 hours and the lowest user 9 5 hours．There was 10 important different between boys and girls．
All of the people questioned said they regularly used the computer to 11 games．Fourteen told us they did some word-progressing at home, but not very much．Only two said that computers 12 them with their studies, 13 eight people told us they kept address and telephone numbers on their computers 14 used them writing diaries．Only three people said they were learning to program computers．But 15 of the people used their computers for 16 purpose．
The results make it known that average computer use is quite high 17 teenagers．They also show quite clearly that computers are seen by most young people 18 little more than game machine．The only important uses are for word-procession and organizing address lists．It 19 to us that, although computers are popular with British youths, they have not 20 become useful tools in their daily life．
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question．“What?”I asked．
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 ．We knew the restaurant was extremely good．“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me．
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded．“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie．We will be well 6 ．”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river．And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins．
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time．As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten．
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores．People smiled and nodded．“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed．
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said．
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 ．It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles．
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
(1)
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A．
sigh
B．
breath
C．
surprise
D．
thought
(2)
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A．
chance
B．
choice
C．
praise
D．
prize
(3)
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A．
nervous
B．
interested
C．
excited
D．
serious
(4)
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A．
restaurant
B．
place
C．
time
D．
condition
(5)
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A．
Two
B．
Four
C．
Everyone
D．
Nobody
(6)
[ ]
A．
mannered
B．
built
C．
dressed
D．
fed
(7)
[ ]
A．
spring
B．
summer
C．
autumn
D．
winter
(8)
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A．
appearance
B．
expression
C．
picture
D．
view
(9)
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A．
orderly
B．
strictly
C．
beautifully
D．
cleanly
(10)
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A．
tasted
B．
enjoyed
C．
served
D．
prepared
(11)
[ ]
A．
turned out
B．
worked out
C．
came out
D．
figured out
(12)
[ ]
A．
lights
B．
chairs
C．
trees
D．
boats
(13)
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A．
almost
B．
surely
C．
never
D．
seldom
(14)
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A．
humorous
B．
joking
C．
funny
D．
friendly
(15)
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A．
kindness
B．
handsomeness
C．
strangeness
D．
carelessness
(16)
[ ]
A．
found
B．
saw
C．
took
D．
slowed
(17)
[ ]
A．
glasses
B．
plates
C．
picture
D．
window
(18)
[ ]
A．
answer
B．
expression
C．
reason
D．
effect
(19)
[ ]
A．
running
B．
hanging
C．
looking
D．
falling
(20)
[ ]
A．
napkin
B．
tablecloth
C．
cup
D．
fork
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In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
(1)
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A．
lecture
B．
lesson
C．
training
D．
speech
(2)
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A．
how
B．
why
C．
whether
D．
that
(3)
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A．
star
B．
average
C．
ordinary
D．
important
(4)
[ ]
A．
learn
B．
benefit
C．
take
D．
get
(5)
[ ]
A．
worried
B．
worrying
C．
anxious
D．
eager
(6)
[ ]
A．
keep
B．
talk
C．
pull
D．
take
(7)
[ ]
A．
put
B．
set
C．
placed
D．
kept
(8)
[ ]
A．
alone
B．
lonely
C．
tall
D．
strong
(9)
[ ]
A．
attended
B．
participated in
C．
join
D．
take part
(10)
[ ]
A．
get
B．
realize
C．
make
D．
achieve
(11)
[ ]
A．
alone
B．
aside
C．
away
D．
down
(12)
[ ]
A．
before
B．
when
C．
then
D．
until
(13)
[ ]
A．
fixed
B．
put
C．
kept
D．
paid
(14)
[ ]
A．
run
B．
walk
C．
jog
D．
go
(15)
[ ]
A．
Unfortunately
B．
Repeatedly
C．
Secondly
D．
Luckily
(16)
[ ]
A．
stood
B．
picked
C．
struggled
D．
raised
(17)
[ ]
A．
mentally
B．
socially
C．
emotionally
D．
technically
(18)
[ ]
A．
won
B．
defeated
C．
beat
D．
got
(19)
[ ]
A．
yet
B．
however
C．
though
D．
while
(20)
[ ]
A．
pleased
B．
satisfied
C．
proud
D．
ashamed
完形填空。
The film starts out as a normal day at a typical American high school．Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football．
But there's a big surprise when the movie 1 with two students going crazy in the 2 shooting and killing people．
This is“Elephant”．Filmed in just 20 days, it stars real high school kids．American 3 Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines(台词)．The student actors 4 their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own 5 ．
6 it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palmed' Or(金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes 7 festival in France on May 25．
The film is based on the 8 at a high school in the US, where two boys 9 13 people and then themselves in 1999．
The title of the 10 refers to the old expression about a 11 that's as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house．
The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims(受害者)and the 12 ．It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone－fun and friendly, or hard and 13 ．
In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary 14 ．But, there are hints(暗示)of the 15 they feel inside．One of the boys is bullied at school．The other plays violent 16 games．But Van Sant isn't 17 their killings on either bullying or violent video games．In fact, the film doesn't offer any 18 for why school violence happens．
“I didn't want to 19 anything．It's up to the audience to draw its own 20 ,”said the 51-year-old director．
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
