阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table, 36 with a piece of bread. He’s not even 37 . Is he ill? No, but he does have a 38 . He has nothing to do because the Internet is down. When he 39 up this morning, Tony was feeling 40 . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend 41 . It would be a weekend like any other --- a great weekend. But that was 42 he turned on his computer and 43 he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.
Every weekend, Tony 44 goes online to email friends, read the 45 to keep up with what’s happening in the world and 46 a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to finish the weekend off. The perfect weekend --- online!
Just as Tony is 47 how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the 48 . “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t 49 the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no 50 but sighs (叹气).“Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum 51 .
“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the 52 . We can meet and play chess face to face for a 53 . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad,” Tony 54 , as he walks to the phone. There is 55 without the Internet after all.
1.A. cutting B. playing C. eating D. thinking
2.A. hungry B. angry C. tired D. sleepy
3.A. fear B. problem C. business D. thing
4.A. rose B. rang C. looked D. woke
5.A. great B. disappointed C. unhappy D. worried
6.A. also B. above C. ahead D. ago
7.A. after B. before C. until D. when
8.A. thought B. guessed C. decided D. found
9.A. usually B. nearly C. especially D. already
10.A. letters B. news C. reports D. contents
11.A. guess B. take C. play D. make
12.A. proving B. wondering C. realizing D. remembering
13.A. living-room B. hall C. kitchen D. study
14.A. talk about B. care about C. think about D. look about
15.A. answer B. progress C. movement D. choice
16.A requests B. replies C. tells D. suggests
17.A. edge B. distance C. corner D. end
18.A. chat B. time C. lesson D. change
19.A. continues B. smiles C. reads D. watches
20.A. change B. task C. weekend D. life
I don’t think Jack is a man to be ______ when we are in trouble. He only cares for himself.
A. relied on B. familiar with C. turned to D. based on
____ is mentioned above, the number of students in senior high schools is increasing.
A. What B. That C. Which D. As
According to a UN report, some 844 animals and plants ______ in the last 500 years.
A. disappeared B. were disappeared
C. have disappeared D. had been disappeared
Seeing their son back home safe and sound, the couple smiled _____.
A. in peace B. in relief C. in return D. in turn
Jam Hsiao, a singer from Taiwan, understands that it is his singing, rather than his talking, ______ has got him to where he is now.
A. which B. what C. that D. as
