Who says constant texting is just a bad habit? The teenager with the fastest thumbs in the country was crowned on Wednesday at the LG US National Texting Championship in New York City, winning ＄50,000 after a series of fierce texting battles.
16-year-old Austin Wiershke comes from Rhinelander, Wisconsin of the United States. He took home the top prize at the fifth annual texting event, beating 11 other competitors in the final, including last year’s champion Brianna Hendrickson from Brooklyn, New York.
Wiershke, who was wearing a gray shirt and having Justin Bieber’s hairstyle, sailed through each level of the competition by typing passages of text on a QWERTY keyboard rapidly without any mistaken. One special round even included being blindfolded(蒙眼) on the state to make up phrases by memory.
“I’m extremely nervous,” Wiershke said while waiting for the results after the final round. “I’m getting ready to hear Brianna’s name. When I heard my name was announced, I really couldn’t believe my ears.” After the announcement was made, confetti(五彩纸屑) dropped from the ceiling and Wiershke was met on the stage by the singer who said that she liked texting very much. She was Ashley Tisdale, a famous and beautiful singer, who awarded him his check.
In August, a film on Music Television called “Thumbs” took a behind-the –scenes look at the teenager’s life. It shows how he practiced texting to be the fastest. The film followed a series of young texting competitors, including Brianna Hendrickson, in the weeks leading up to this year’s LG US National Texting Championship. Besides showing the always –connected lifestyle of these teenagers nationwide, the mover also shows the studies, sports , dreams and friendships among these competitors.
【小题1】What is the main idea of this passage?

三. 完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，计30分）
Two years 36  , my husband bought me a bike. If you live in a town, it is often faster than a car and you  37  have to worry 38  parking. You can  39   it anywhere. As it has a seat   40   the back and a basket at the  41  .I can take my small daughter to the library, shopping and anywhere in fact.
I use it 42  in summer when the weather is warm and dry. It can also be very dangerous. You must, of course ,be careful  43a bike. Accidents are not the 44   problems, though. One day I went shopping and 45  back to  46   my front wheel was 47 . Though it was a long walk to the bike shop, I have to buy a 48 one.
My husband   49 my bike sometimes for a short journey. He is not a good cyclist（骑自行车的人） but says it is    50  than waiting  51  a bus. He still   52   his car for  53   journey   54  and fresh air, and cycling makes me feel a lot  55   .
36.   A. ago     B. before C. after   D. until
37.   A. doesn’t      B. don’t  C. didn’t D. not
38.   A. with   B. about  C. at       D. over
39.   A. lie      B. laid     C. forget D. leave
40.   A. in       B. at       C. behind       D. down
41.   A. before B. top     C. front   D. end
42.   A. not    B. more   C. best    D. most
43.   A. on      B. over    C. above  D. with
44.   A. one     B. only    C. very    D. right
45.   A. come  B. has come    C. came   D. comes
46.   A. see     B. watch  C. find    D. look
47.   A. missed       B. losing C. missing      D. go
48.   A. another      B. new    C. other D. the other
49.   A. uses    B. takes   C. brings D. fetches
50..  A. good   B. well   C. better        D. more
51.   A. in       B. on      C. from   D. for
52.   A. likes B. prefers      C. loves D. hopes
53.   A. short   B. longer C. long   D. small
54.   A .exercise      B. good   C. practice      D. games
55.   A. old    B. older   C. young D. younger

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life.

　　My friends told us that taking the “hard　 36　 ”to Beijing would be really terrible. So we didn’t know what to　 37　. But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the

　 38　 , which was relatively modern and　 39　 . During the 14 - hour ride we ate peanuts and talked. It was not　 40　 at all.

　　It was morning when we arrived. We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much　 41　 . However, We had energy, First we tried to get teturn tickets to Shanghai, but the tickets seller　 42　 us that tickets would not be on　 43　 for another two days. We were a little worried about getting　 44　 , but we made up our minds to　 45　 for the hotel to put our bags down. After fighting our way　 46　 the“ gypsy”taxi drivers that tried to　 47　 us one hundred yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it　 48　 cost us thirty yuan to get　 49　 we had planned to go. When we reached the hotel, there was a window for airplane and train tickets.　 50　 the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we

　 51　 . The most important lesson about China I ever　 52　 , is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much　 53　 . We were not able to get tickets, but the

　 54　 agents（代理）could.

While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of interest, most of which were very　 55　 . It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place, There aren’t any words to describe it.

36．A. chair                       B. bed                         C. seat                         D. bench

37．A. provide                   B. expect                     C. happen                    D. think

38．A. plane                             B. bus                         C. ship                        D. train

39．A. quick                             B. clean                       C. simple                     D. long

40．A. bad                         B. good                       C. easy                        D. hard

41．A. trouble                    B. food                        C. sleep                       D. help

42．A. promised                 B. informed                 C. advised                    D. persuaded

43．A. time                        B. show                       C. duty                        D. sale

44．A. behind                    B. out                          C. through                   D. back

45．A. start                        B. ask                          C. look                        D. pay

46．A. towards                   B. into                         C. across                      D. past

47．A. offer                       B. charge                     C. bargain                    D. share

48．A. even                       B. still                         C. also                         D. only

49．A. what                       B. which                      C. where                      D. how

50．A. Somehow                B. However                 C. Therefore                D. Otherwise

51．A. wouldn't                  B. couldn't                   C. shouldn't                  D. needn't

52．A. learned                    B. taught                     C. offered                    D. heard

53．A. harder                     B. earlier                     C. later                        D. easier

54．A. business                  B. transport                  C. travel                             D. hotel

55．A. interesting                      B. crowded                  C. famous                    D. noisy

Peter joined the army when he was eighteen, and    31   several months he    32   how to be a good soldier. He   33 everything except shooting. One day,   34  officer   35   the young soldiers how to shoot. He asked each soldier to shoot ten times,   36   all of them    37   quite well except Peter. After he had shot    38  the target nine times and had not   39   it once, the officer    40  and said. "You are quite hopeless, Peter! Don't    41    your last bullet too! Go behind that    42  and shoot yourself with it !"

     Peter did not say    43   and went behind the wall. A few    44    later, the officer and the other young soldiers   45    the sound of a shot.

    "Heavens!" the officer said, "   46    that foolish man really shot   47   ?"

     He ran behind the wall   48   , but Peter was   49  . "I'm  sorry, sir,"  he said,  "but I 50  again."

A. from        B. since         C. within        D. at

A. will be taught B. taught          C. was teaching   D. was taught

A. wasn't good at B. stopped to do  C. did quite well in D. wanted to do

A. another      B. other         C. an           D. a

A. asked       B. learned          C. taught        D. chose

A. but         B. yet             C. just            D. and

A. are doing      B. were doing    C. would do        D. were done

A. at            B. from           C. to             D. for

A. beaten        B. knocked        C. hit            D. touched

A. got angry   B. was hungry      C. was pleased    D. got ready

A. leave       B. lose          C. waste         D. pass

A. house        B. wall          C. desk           D. target

A. anything     B. nothing         C. everything            D. something

A. weeks       B. days          C. years         D. seconds

A. saw        B. heard           C. listened       D. watched

A. Does       B. Did            C. Has          D. How

A. his friend   B. the soldier       C. him            D. himself

A. at once      B. at last          C. with a smile   D. no longer

A. very good    B. badly          C. gone         D. all right

A. changed    B. left            C. missed         D. lost 

Everybody knows Charles Chaplin, a world-famous funny actor. People ___1_____ have laughed at Charles Chaplin’s films until tears run ____2____ their faces. From his very first ____3____ they know what will happen. The little man is always with black moustache, wide-open eyes, round black hat and ___4_____ too large for his feet. He’ll ____5____ through snow, and fall from windows. He’ll fight men who are twice his ____6____, fall in love with women, who ___7______ notice him, and try to ___8_____ them.

The poor man that Charles Chaplin ____9_____ in hundreds of films makes all kinds of stupid mistakes, He is always in ____10_____, but he never ____11_____. He dreams of becoming a great man.

Even people who ____12____ understand English can ____13______ his films, because they are mostly ____14_____. It isn’t what he says that makes people laugh, His comedy（喜剧）

doesn’t ____15_____ words. It depends on little actions which mean the ____16_____ thing to people all over the world.

Chaplin raises his thick eyebrows or rolls his eyes. He hides behind a fat lady or under a table to escape from his ___17_____. He dresses well and pretends to be a ____18_____ and important man. It is all so hopeless and ____19_____ that he makes us laugh. This is the secret of Chaplin’s huge ____20______.

1. A. here                   B. everywhere    C. abroad            D. who

2. A. down                  B. along             C. over              D. with

3. A. disappearance      B. appearance      C. words             D. emotions

4. A. trousers              B. stocks             C. shoes             D. hands

5. A. sleep                    B. sit                   C. play              D. struggle

6. A. length                 B. size                 C. greatness                D. width

7. A. hardly                B. deeply             C. widely            D. luckily

8. A. love                   B. hate               C. hug                D. praise

9. A. played                B. recognized       C. loved               D. fooled

10. A. joy                   B. excitement       C. sorrow            D. trouble

11.A. comes down      B. gets ways       C. goes back       D. gives up

12. A. don’t               B. can               C. do                 D. may

13. A. understand        B. watch            C. enjoy             D. see

14. A. frightening         B. silent              C. pleasant          D. moving

15. A. depend on         B. translate         C. explain            D. know

16. A. some              B. different         C. same             D. bitter

17. A. enemies                  B. own              C. characters       D. films

18. A. poor               B. dad                C. rich              D. beautiful

19. A. possible                  B. impossible       C. instructive       D. tired

20. A. success           B. failure            C. films               D. play