I’m Tony. My best friends are Frank and Cindy. We often do many things together(一起). He is thirteen years old and tall, medium build. He has curly hair and blue eyes. He’s good-looking and very clever. He’s good at math and often helps me with my homework.

Cindy is eleven years old. She is thin and medium height. She has curly blonde hair and her eyes are brown. She is good-looking, too, but a little bit shy. She is good at playing the guitar.

We have great fun together, and we help each other and sometimes play video games at my house.

56. The three children ______ together.

A. play baseball    B. play video games     C. play the guitar      D. both B and C

57. ______ eyes are blue.

A. Frank’s           B. Cindy’s               C. My                     D. Tony’s

58. ______ good at math.

A. Frank is                 B. Cindy is                 C. I am                   D. Tony is

59. ______ is good-looking, but a little bit shy.

A. Frank                 B. Cindy                C. Tony                  D. My friend

60. Where do they play video games? 

A. at school.                            B. At Frank’s house.

C. At Cindy’s house.                    D. At Tony’s house.

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