John is 14 years old. He is a student of Grade Eight. He was a very active and happy boy two years ago. But everything changed after he started to play computer games. He never plays basketball or football with his friends any more. And when he sits in the classroom, he can’t listen to the teachers. He sleeps in class. And he spends less and less time in studying. So he gets bad marks in tests. But he is very different after school is over. He stays in the net bar until it is closed. Ah, he loses himself in（沉迷于）computer games. His parents can do nothing to stop him. Every morning in the school, when we see that he is so tired after a night’s “busy working”, we really feel sad. He is too tired!
【小题1】John was ______two years ago.

John is 14 years old. He is a student of Grade Eight. He was a very active and happy boy two years ago. But everything changed after he started to play computer games. He never plays basketball or football with his friends any more. And when he sits in the classroom, he can’t listen to the teachers. He sleeps in class. And he spends less and less time in studying. So he gets bad marks in tests. But he is very different after school is over. He stays in the net bar until it is closed. Ah, he loses himself in（沉迷于）computer games. His parents can do nothing to stop him. Every morning in the school, when we see that he is so tired after a night’s “busy working”, we really feel sad. He is too tired!

1.John was ______two years ago.

2.John changed a lot because ________.

3.Every morning John feels ________.

4.John _______ plays basketball with his friends now.

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

John is 14 years old. He is a student of Grade Eight. He was a very active and happy boy two years ago. But everything changed after he started to play computer games. He never plays basketball or football with his friends any more. And when he sits in the classroom, he can’t listen to the teachers. He sleeps in class. And he spends less and less time in studying. So he gets bad marks in tests. But he is very different after school is over. He stays in the net bar until it is closed. Ah, he loses himself in（沉迷于）computer games. His parents can do nothing to stop him. Every morning in the school, when we see that he is so tired after a night’s “busy working”, we really feel sad. He is too tired!

1. 1.

   John was ______two years ago.

   1. A.
      sad and unhealthy
   2. B.
      active but bored
   3. C.
      active and happy
   4. D.
      healthy but sad
2. 2.

   John changed a lot because ________.

   1. A.
      he couldn’t get good grades
   2. B.
      he played computer games
   3. C.
      he had to work for money
   4. D.
      he didn’t exercise any more
3. 3.

   Every morning John feels ________.

   1. A.
      tired
   2. B.
      healthy
   3. C.
      happy
   4. D.
      relaxed
4. 4.

   John _______ plays basketball with his friends now.

   1. A.
      usually
   2. B.
      often
   3. C.
      always
   4. D.
      never
5. 5.

   Which of the following is TRUE?

   1. A.
      John wasn’t a good student two years ago.
   2. B.
      John often sleeps in class at school.
   3. C.
      John’s parents don’t love him.
   4. D.
      John is busy working every day.

Mr. White works in an office. He is very  1   and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back   2    his office, he’s always tired and wants to go to bed early.   3     his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after supper. She doesn’t stop talking until he falls    4    . But it’s usually too late and Mr. White has to    5     early in the morning when she is asleep.

One day the man    6    terrible and couldn’t（不能）go to work. He decided to go to    7    . And Mrs. White went with him. Before her husband said   8   was the matter with him, the woman had told the doctor all and the doctor understood（知道）why. He wrote a prescription(处方)。And when Mrs. White brought the medicine to the doctor, he said to her, “    9    is for your husband and the pills are for you.”

“For me?”the woman said in surprise, “I’m fine. I don’t need   10medicine”

“I don’t think so, madam,” said the doctor. “They are sleeping pills(安眠药丸). Your husband will soon be all right if you take them.”

6.A. feels            B. was feeling   C. falls         D fell