Maybe you're wondering how we spend our free time in the year 2059, so I, ll tell you what I did last weekend.

On Saturday morning, I stayed in bed until 11 o’clock, when my mother woke me up. “Wang Mang! Get out of bed, you lazy little pig!” she said. “You can’t lie in bed all day, and you’ve got homework to do, haven’t you?” Were mothers so annoying fifty years ago?

Anyway, I got out of bed and asked the robot to make me a quick brunch—hamburger and French fries. But the robot said, “Sorry, Mang. Your mother says I can only give you hamburgers 3 times a week, and you had 2 hamburgers yesterday. Fast food is not healthy. I suggest you have some of the dumplings I made yesterday. Or perhaps some fruit salad” You see, my mother has programmed the robot to stop it giving me the things 1 really want to eat. I feel like a prisoner (囚犯）！

After finishing my brunch, I got out my homework pad. The pad looks like a piece of paper, but it’s actually a computer. We don’t use paper much any more. Paper books are really expensive, so we usually buy cheap computer books.

I had to do my math homework on Saturday. We never need to use math in our daily lives—computers solve all the math problems for us. But our math teacher says that if people stop studying math, they’ll forget how to think and become like vegetables. Well, I want to be a vegetable. I hate math!

56. The underlined word “brunch” in the third paragraph means           .

A. breakfast and lunch    B. breakfast with milk

C. lunch with coffee      D. lunch and dinner

57. Wang Mang says he feels “like a prisoner” because          .

A. he is completely controlled by the robot           B. he has to get out of bed too early

C. he doesn’t know how to use the robot             D. he isn’t allowed to eat what he likes

58. One difference between the year 2059 and today is that          .

A. computer books are cheaper than paper books

B. children aren’t allowed to eat fast food

C. students have to do homework at the weekend

D. there is no paper in the year 2059

59. Wang Mang thinks that studying math is          .

A. interesting                 B. useless                      C. too hard                 D. too easy

60. Which can be the best title for the article?

A. A Day in the Future                                       B. A Modern Robot at Home

C. Paper Books V.S. Computers                          D. Math or Vegetables

A：I have never been late for school，but yesterday morning…

B：1__________________

A：I overslept．I had watched a football match between China and Brazil the night before last．When I went to bed，it was already 1：00 in the morning．

B：2__________________

A：Yes．But it didn't go off．By the time I woke up，my mother had already gone into the bathroom．I had to wait for her to come out．

B：You had to rush，didn't you?

A：Yes．I took a quick shower and then ran off to the bus stop without breakfast．

B：It's bad for your health if you don't have breakfast too often．

A：I agree．But by the time I got to the stop，the bus bad already left．

B：3___________________

A：I had to take a taxi，When I got on the taxi，I suddenly found out I had left my purse at home．I had no money with me．I had ring my English teacher to meet me at the gate and pay for me．

B：So you could get to school on time，couldn't you?

A：But unfortunately，it was rush hour．The car was as slow as I am taking a walk．

B：4____________________

A：You're right．I got to school very late．And I made an apology to my teacher．

B：What a pity! 5___________________

At lunchtime, Bonnie and Ruth sat together like they always did at school. Ruth and Bonnie were best friends and best friends always sat together for lunch. They1 sandwiches, cupcakes and almost everything.
But today things were 2. Bonnie looked upset, and Ruth did not know why. “Why are you sad today, Bonnie?” Ruth asked. “Because my daddy 3 his job yesterday,” she said. “And we may have to move. My mom and dad are very unhappy and they always argue. I am 4. What is going to happen to us?”
Bonnie’s news made Ruth very sad, too. What would school be like 5 Bonnie? What could she do to help her friend? When Ruth went home she told her mom the bad 6.
“What can I do to help?” she asked.
“I’m not sure, Ruth,” said her mother sadly.
Ruth thought and thought. She thought while she ate supper and she thought while she did homework. She even thought when she brushed her teeth before going to bed.
“What can I do?” she 7.
The next day was Saturday and Ruth woke up very early. She dressed and ate a quick breakfast, 8went to find her friends. They all decided to 9 together to help Bonnie. They pulled weeds, played with babies and walked dogs. They even put on a Talent show in Ruth’s backyard. All the adults paid one dollar to watch the 10 sing and dance and do magic tricks. After the performance, the children 11their money. They had made three hundred dollars! Ruth’s mom took them to the grocery store and they bought food, soap, paper towels, and all kinds of things that a person might need.
When they left the store they went to Bonnie’s house and each of the children 12 carried a bag to the door, rang the doorbell and ran away quickly. They had so much fun with 13secret surprise! They knew it would make Bonnie very happy.
Ruth felt happy too, 14she had helped her friend. She knew it wasn’t much, but all she needed to do was to show her friend that she cared 15. I think Bonnie got the message, don’t you?

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