I think the most terrible thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is almost sick when my mother calls, "Herbert! It's seven o'clock! Get up!" Herbert answers, "I'm coming!" and goes right back to sleep. I'm not at all like my brother. I don't like to go to bed at night but I don't mind getting up in the morning. I usually wake up before my mother calls me. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom to take a shower. I get dressed, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and get ready to go downstairs for breakfast as soon as my mother calls. But not Herbert. He just sleeps. A military band (军乐队) in our bedroom could not wake him up. I call him and say, "Get up! Mum will be up here to pull you out of bed if you don't get up immediately!" But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed. It's that way every day with my little brother. Perhaps some day he'll learn to get up on time, but I really don't think so.
1.The most terrible thing in life for my little brother is going to school.
2.I'm not like my brother because I like to go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning.
3.I usually jump out of bed and go into the bathroom for a shower before my mother calls.
4.When mother calls, Herbert doesn't answer and remains in bed.
5.My mother often has to go upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed as he refuses to get up.
Look at the diagram. It something of home computer used by a group of young people. We asked thirty young people between fourteen and eighteen. We asked them how much they usually spent on their computers in a week, but we were most interested in they used their computers for.
The usual time spent on a computer in a week was about twelve hours, with user about thirty-two hours, and the lowest user only five hours.
All the children said they usually used computers . Fourteen children told us they did some word processing (文字处理) . Only two of them said computers helped with their lessons, and eight people told us they kept addresses and phone numbers on their computers or used as diaries. Only three people said they were learning to make computer programmes and nobody looked up databases(数据库). None of them used computers for any use.
The results show that computer use is quite high among 14～18 year old. They also show quite clearly that computers by most young people as little more than game machines. The only other great uses are for word-processing and address lists. Though computers are common in the homes of young people, they have not yet become useful in everyday life.
1.A. shows B.says C. writes D. gives
2.A. hours B. money C. time D. /
3.A. what B. why C. how D. whether
4.A. high B. higher C. the higher D. the highest
5.A. to read B. reading C. to play games D. playing games
6.A. at times B. as usual C. in the end D. all the time
7.A. theirs B. them C. its D. it
8.A. another B.other C. the other D. others
9.A. are seen B. have seen C. will be seen D. see
10.A. closing B. opening C. leaving D. keeping
---Can you tell me what to wear at the party?
---If I ___you,I___the blue jeans.
A.was,will wear B.am,will wear C.were,would wear D.were,wore
Paul is friendly to us.He always___good solutions to our problems.
A.ends up B.stays up C.makes up D.comes up with
I have to finish my homework first_____ cleaning up the room.
A. because of B. instead of C. in front of D. at the end of
The Olympic champions_____ all the audience excited at 2004 Olympic Games.
A. let B. saw C. made D. felt
