Helen and Sally are cousins. Helen is a writer. She lives  41  to Sally, She is  42  writing every day. She doesn’t want to talk to others when she is  43  . Her friends know her well. If they want to see her, they often 44  her first. If Helen tells them she has  45  , they will come to her house.

Sally works in a  46  , She is a bank clerk. She has lots of friends and they often come to see her and talk with her.  47  Helen can’t write well when they are talking. She doesn’t know what to  48  to Sally. Now Helen is talking about it with her best friend Ruth. Ruth is  49  to help Helen. She says, “You can put a note on  50  door. It would say, ‘Nobody is at home. Please come another day.’”

It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table, staring into space and playing with a piece of bread. He’s not even  16  . Is he ill? No, but he does have a problem. He has nothing to do because the Internet is down.

When he woke up this morning, Tony was feeling   17  . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend ahead. It would be a weekend like any other great weekend. But that was  18  he turned on his computer and  19  he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.

Every weekend, Tony will go online to email friends, read the news to

20  what’s happening in the world and play a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to kill time. The perfect weekend-online.

Just as Tony is  21  how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the  22  “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t think about the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no answer but sighs. “Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum  23   .

“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the corner. We can meet and play chess face to face for a  24  . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad.” Tony  25  , as he walks to the phone. There is life beyond the Internet after all (毕竟).

1. A. hungry                B. tired                     C. busy                  D. thirsty

2.A. excited                B. bored                C. tired           D. surprised

3.A. after           B. before                   C. until                       D. when

4.A. thought               B. guessed             C. decided                  D. found

5.A. write                   B. draw             C. listen          D. get

6.A. improving            B. wondering         C. checking           D. doing

7.A. bathroom            B. bedroom              C. kitchen              D. study

8.A. requires              B. answeres             C. invites              D. suggests

9.A. chat                    B. time                    C. lesson                D. change

10.A. continues         B. worries                C. smiles               D. reports

It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table, staring into space and playing with a piece of bread. He’s not even  16 . Is he ill? No, but he does have a problem. He has nothing to do because the Internet is down.
When he woke up this morning, Tony was feeling   17 . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend ahead. It would be a weekend like any other great weekend. But that was  18  he turned on his computer and  19  he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.
Every weekend, Tony will go online to email friends, read the news to
20 what’s happening in the world and play a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to kill time. The perfect weekend-online.
Just as Tony is  21  how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the  22 “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t think about the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no answer but sighs. “Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum  23   .
“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the corner. We can meet and play chess face to face for a  24  . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad.” Tony  25 , as he walks to the phone. There is life beyond the Internet after all (毕竟).

口语运用（每小题2分，共10分）

Jane: Hi, Helen. Your coat looks very nice .

Helen: 71                                   .

Jane: Where was it made?

Helen: It was made in Zhejiang.

Jane: Really?  72                                 ?

Helen: It’s made of cotton.

Jane:  73                                        ？

Helen: I bought it online last Saturday.

Jane: Shopping online? That’s cool! Can you teach me how to do that?

Helen: 74                    . You can come to my house to learn it this Sunday afternoon.

Jane: Great! Thank you very much.

Helen: 75                                      .