“Tom? Are you in bed yet?” called Mrs. White. There was no answer. Mrs. White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son’s room. Tom was sitting in front of a right computer screen (屏幕) on which a colorful dragon (龙) jumped and shouted.

  “Oh, Tom! You’re still playing on that computer. You must stop now, it’s half past eleven. If you don’t go to bed soon, you’ll be very tired tomorrow.” said Mrs. White.

  “But I’ve nearly beaten the dragon.” said Tom. Mrs. White could see the excitement (激动) on her son’s face. She sat down beside him.

  “You are always playing on that computer. You spend more time with this machine than with your family.” she said with a smile. “What’s so special (特别的) about it? Show me what it can do!”

  Tom was very excited. “I think this is a great computer, Mum!” he said happily. “The hardware (硬件) is good. There’s so much memory (内存) and it has some wonderful software programmes. This game, Dragons player, is my favourite, but I sometimes borrow games from Danny and other friends. I don’t have to worry about any infected (被感染的) disks (磁盘) because I have a virus (病毒) detector (监测器) which can go over any disk and check it for viruses. Let me show you!” Tom began tapping (敲打) keys on the keyboard (键盘). The screen changed in answer to his orders (命令).

  “Oh, Tom.” laughed Mrs. White. “I’m sure it’s a wonderful computer, but I’m afraid I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

(  ) 16. When Mrs. White was calling Tom, he was _______.

A. lying in bed reading a book   B. on the computer with a dragon

C. standing in front of the screen of the computer

D. playing computer games in his bedroom

(  ) 17.From the passage we know that the story happened _______.

A. before Tom went to school in the morning B. before Tom went to bed at night

C. just as the dragon jumped and shouted

D. after Tom had slept for some hours in the evening

(  )18. Tom was very excited because _______.

A. he had a radio detector in his computer

B. he was worrying about the infected disks

C. he had nearly beaten the dragon in computer game

D. his mother came upstairs to ask him to go to bed

(  )19.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Tom liked playing computer games

B. Tom enjoyed playing with real dragons

C. Tom hated tapping on the keyboard

D. Tom hated teaching his mother how to play the computer

(  ) 20.How did Tom get on with his mother?

A. Mrs. White was very hard on her son.

B. Mrs. White loved her son and took good care of him.

C. Tom didn’t want to talk about the computer with his mother.

D. Tom thought his mother was as wonderful as the computer game.

  

George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight.When George was fourteen, he became his father's helper.He spent a lot of time learning about engines(发动机).And on holidays he often make one engine to pieces and studied each piece carefully.Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write.He began to learn English letters when he was seventeen years old.Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday,he wrote his own name for the first time in his life.George invented(发明) many things in his life.The train was the greatest one among them.Today when we take trains from one place to another,we'll think of this great man---George Stephenson.

(   )11. In which year did George Stephenson start to help his father?_____.

A. In 1781    B. In 1789      C. In 1795    D. In 1798

(   ) 12. He learned about the engine ________.

A.through reading and writing

B.by making it to pieces and studying each piece carefully

C.at lessons from a young teacher  D.by asking a lot of questions

(   )13.He spent a lot of time learning about engines and soon he became ____.

A.a great man  B.a good maker  C.a good worker  D.a good student

(   ) 14. George Stephenson invented the ________.

A. the train     B. the telephone     C. the car     D. the computer

(  )15.From the passage we know George Stephenson was one of the greatest______ in the world.

A. workers      B. writers     C.learners       D.inventors

  

Once there lived an old man. He liked gold better than anything else in the world. He often said, “If I have plenty of(足够的) gold, I shall be the happiest man in the world.”

One day when he was traveling in the desert(沙漠), the old man lost his way. He was very hungry and thirsty, but there were only rocks and sand around him. Just then, he found a bag lying on the sand. He hoped he would find water and food in it. He took up the bag and opened it. He saw that the bag was full of gold. He was so sad that he threw away the bag and began crying.

Now, the old man knew that there was something better than gold in the world.

(  ) 6. The old man liked ____ best before he traveled in the desert.

A. food          B. water         C. gold          D. bags

(  ) 7. When he lost his way, he wanted to get ____.

A. some food and water    B. some rocks and sand 

C. bags full of gold       D. everything in the desert

(  ) 8. What did he do with the bag? ______.

A. He didn’t take it up       B. He brought it home  

C. He kept it for himself     D. He threw it away

(  ) 9. The old man did not become the happiest man when he got the bag of gold because ____.

A. the bag was too small              B. the gold wasn’t his   

C. there wasn’t much gold in the bag    D. he was very hungry and thirsty

(  )10. In the end, the old man knew that gold was ____ in the world.

A. the best thing           B. not the best thing   

C. better than anything      D. the worst thing

  

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