这一篇小故事，主人公是怀特夫人和她的小儿子．俩人对在网上玩游戏，持有不同观点，母亲怕儿子玩得太晚，影响休息；儿子则因为有了台好电脑，硬件好，内存大，各种软件和消毒盘齐全而玩得尽兴不已．这篇短文的取材时尚，内容与初中学生：年龄相吻合，容易引起他们的浓厚学习情趣．

　　“Tom? Are you in bed yet?” called Mrs White. There was no answer. Mrs White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son's room Tome was sitting in front of a bright computer screen(屏幕) on which a colorful dragon(龙) jumped and shouted.

　　“Oh, Tom! You're still playing on that computer. You must stop now, it's half past eleven. If you don't go to bed soon, you'll be very tired tomorrow.” said Mrs White.

　　“But I've nearly beaten the dragon.” said Tom. Mrs White could see the excitement(激动) on her son's face. She sat down beside him.

　　“You are always playing on that computer. You spend more time with this machine than with your family,” she said with a smile. “What's so special(特别的) about it? Show me what it can do!”

　　Tom was very excited. “I think this is a great computer, Mum!” he said happily. “The hardware(硬件) is good. There's so much memory(内存) and it has some wonderful software programmes. This game, Dragonsplayer, is my favourite, but I sometimes borrow games from Danny and other friends. I don't have to worry about any infected(被感染的) disks(磁盘) because I have a virus(病毒) detector(监测器) which can go over any disk and check it for viruses. Let me show you!” Tom began tapping(敲打) keys on the keyboard(键盘). The screen changed in answer to his orders(命令).

　　“Oh, Tom,” laughed Mrs White. “I'm sure it's a wonderful computer, but I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about.”

1．When Mrs White was calling Tom, he was ________.

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A．lying in bed reading a book

B．on the computer with a dragon

C．standing in front of the screen of the computer

D．playing computer games in his bedroom

2．From the passage we know that the story happened ________.

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A．before Tom went to school in the morning

B．before Tom went to bed at night

C．just as the dragon jumped and shouted

D．after Tom had slept for some hours in the evening

3．Tom was very excited because ________.

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A．he had a radio detector in his computer B：he was worrying about the infected disks

C．he had nearly beaten the dragon in computer game

D．his mother came upstairs to ask him to go to bed

4．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

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A．Tom liked playing computer games

B．Tom enjoyed playing with real dragons

C．Tom hated tapping on the keyboard

D．Tom hated teaching his mother how to play the computer

5．How did Tom get on with his mother?

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A．Mrs White was very hard on her son

B．Mrs White loved her son and took good care of him

C．Tom didn't want to talk about the computer with his mother

D．Tom thought his mother was as wonderful as the computer game

英汉互译 （15分）

1.He hopes to have friends________________________________. (与他不同的)

2.He often _________________________ his English. (担心)

3.The little girl sometimes _________________________. (使我们生气)

4.__________________________ is good for our health. (做锻炼)

5.Did you _____________________________ yesterday? (嗓子疼)

6.你认为谁应该得到这份工作? _______________________________________

7.昨天他花了40 分钟走到那儿.________________________________________

8.乘船一定比乘地铁有趣得多._________________________________________________

Qian Zhongshu was 9.one of the most famous Chinese writers to the western world. Born on November 21, 1910 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.
Qian liked reading books and had a surprising memory（记忆力）. He only needed to read something once before learning it by heart. 10.He showed his good memory at an early age. His uncle often took him to tea houses. He liked reading story books in the tea houses. When they returned home, he could repeat the stories to his cousins.