26、Mr. Smith can run very fast. And __1___ is very proud of this.

One day a __2___ breaks into（破门而入） his ___3___ and steals something. Just as the thief is going to run away, Mr. Smith finds him, and quickly ___4___ after him.

“Hey! Stop! Don’t you know you can’t run __5___ than me?” Mr. Smith shouts.

But the thief just doesn’t ___6__. Mr Smith gets very __7____. He tries his best to run faster. Soon he catches up ___8___ the thief and runs ahead of （在。。。的前面） him.

“Why are you in such a hurry?” a __9__ asks.

“I’m trying to catch the thief.” says Mr. Smith.

“But __10___ is the thief?”

At that time, Mr. Smith finds he can’t see the thief any more.

24、根据汉语意思用英语完成句子，将答案写在横线上。

1．拥有一种健康生活方式很重要。

It's          to have a          lifestyle．

2．我们必须学会如何与别人相处。

We must          how to          along with others

3．你能告诉我们明天是否有雪吗?

Could you tell us                            snow tomorrow?

4．多亏了王老师帮助，李雷取得了很大进步。

21、“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net．”

“I often check my e-mail forty times a day．”

“I often spend more than tree hours during one time on the net．”

“I spend more time in chat rooms（聊天室）than with my real-life friends．”

Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction（瘾）called Internet addiction．Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online very week．The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug（毒品） use．People lose contro1（控制） of the time they spend on the Internet．

For example, one college student was missing for several days．His friends were worried, and they called the police．The police found the student in the' computer lab; He was surfing the net for several days straight．

Studies show that about 6% to 10% of Internet users became addicted．And people worry about the teenagers because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them．They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family．

Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms（症状）：

＊ You do not go to important family activities or you do not go to school or work because you like to spend hours on the Internet．

＊ You can't wait for your next online time．

＊ You plan to spend a short time on line, but then you spend several hours．You go out with your friends less and less．

1．What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

A．What an Internet addict usually does．         B．How to become an Internet addict．

C．Where to find an Internet addict．                D．Why to write this passage．

2．How does the writer describe the addicts' use of Internet?

A．It is something like keeping drugs．             B．It is a way of producing drugs．

C．It is like taking drugs．                               D．It is terrible to imagine．

3．The example in the passage shows that                ．

A．Internet problems are more serious among college students

B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

C．Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

D．The police often help to find those Internet addicted

4．What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?

A．Don't be addicted the Internet．

B．Go to family activities more often．

C．Do things as you have planned．

D．Stay with your parents as often as possible．

20、Mobile phones have become a problem for middle schools; Some middle schools in Australia have banned（禁止）students from carrying mobile phones during school hours．

Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for．the school this year．Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, teachers said mobile phone use is a distraction（娱乐）to students during school hours and it also gives teachers So much trouble in their classrooms．Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams．

She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones．Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't get in touch with（与……联系）their children．

Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office．They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies．

Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones．

1．Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones      ．

A．when they are at school                          B．when they are free

C．because they are students                                D．because they are children

2．We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from             ．

A．the makers and sellers                                 B．the passers-by and strangers

C．their parents and friends                              D．some mobile phones users

3．What does the underlined word cheat mean in the passage?

A．聊天                      B．核对                       C．查询                      D．作弊

4．The passage tells us that         ．

A．parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours

B．It is impossible to ban students from using mobile phones at school

C．some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't use their phones at school

D．students shouldn't have mobile phones, at school except for some special reasons