Text messaging, or simply “texting”, which allows people to send and receive messages on  mobile phones, becomes very popular today.

The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save time. Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it one second. Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone. These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send dozens of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking.

 However, texting has its disadvantages. Junk messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too full, you can’t receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.

What’s more, if you don’t do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous. It can cause injuries and even death. It was reported that about 6,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011. Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting, they don’t notice other people or things around them. To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting the use of mobile phones while driving.

Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings.

1. How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two.       B. Three.        C. Four.      D. Five.

2. What did the researchers at Stony Brook University find?

A. Texting is a good way of communication. 

B. 6,000 people were killed and injured.

C. Texters are easier to have an accident.

D. Many people text to greet families and friends.

3. The underlined word restricting probably means _________.

A. not telling   B. not allowing    C. enjoying   D. making

4. This passage is written to tell us that __________.

A. we should do less texting

B. texting has many advantages

C. texting is better than phone calling

D. we should do texting properly

 

Little Tom likes cartoons (动画片) very much .When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they’re over. Sometimes he’d rather wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he will be late for school.

Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned the television, but didn’t receive the programme. He had to have breakfast and then went to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen (厨房). He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn’t find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother to help.

“It’s only five now,” said the woman. “Your programme will be after supper.”“Well, let’s have supper right now!”

1. Tom goes to bed late sometimes, so______ .

A．he’s late for school

B．he goes to school by bus

C．he can’t wake up himself in the morning

D．he has to go to school without breakfast

2.Tom spends much time _____ when he is free.

A．playing football	B．watching football matches on TV
C．doing his homework	D．watching cartoons on TV

3.Tom _____,so he turned on the television after getting up this morning .

A．thought he had some time left

B．didn’t know when the cartoon would begin

C．wanted to know the important news

D．hoped to watch TV play

4.Tom was afraid _____, so he ran home.

A．to miss the interesting cartoon	B．to miss the last bus
C．he would be hungry	D．he had little time to finish his homework

5. Tom thought _____.

A．supper should be ready

B．his mother’s watch was slow

C．the cartoon would be as soon as he finished supper

D．his mother cooked super too late

 

Little Tom likes cartoons (动画片) very much .When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they’ re over. Sometimes he’d rather wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he will be late for school.
Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned on the television, but didn’t receive the programme. He had to have breakfast and then went to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen (厨房). He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn’t find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother to help.
“It’s only five now,” said the woman. “Your programme will be after supper.”
“Well, let’s have supper right now!”
【小题1】Tom goes to bed late sometimes, so______ .

A．he’s late for school	B．he goes to school by bus
C．he can’t wake up himself in the morning	D．he has to go to school without breakfast

【小题2】Tom spends much time _____ when he is free.

A．playing football	B．watching football matches on TV
C．doing his homework	D．watching cartoons on TV

【小题3】Tom _____,so he turned on the television after getting up this morning .

A．thought he had some time left	B．didn’t know when the cartoon would begin
C．wanted to know the important news	D．hoped to watch TV play

【小题4】Tom was afraid _____, so he ran home.

A．to miss the interesting cartoon	B．to miss the last bus
C．he would be hungry	D．he had little time to finish his homework

【小题5】Tom thought _____.

A．supper should be ready	B．his mother’s watch was slow
C．the cartoon would be as soon as he finished supper	D．his mother cooked super too late

Little Tom likes cartoons (动画片) very much .When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they’re over. Sometimes he’d rather wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he will be late for school.
Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned the television, but didn’t receive the programme. He had to have breakfast and then went to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen (厨房). He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn’t find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother to help.
“It’s only five now,” said the woman. “Your programme will be after supper.”“Well, let’s have supper right now!”
【小题1】 Tom goes to bed late sometimes, so______ .

A．he’s late for school

B．he goes to school by bus

C．he can’t wake up himself in the morning

D．he has to go to school without breakfast

【小题2】Tom spends much time _____ when he is free.

A．playing football	B．watching football matches on TV
C．doing his homework	D．watching cartoons on TV

【小题3】Tom _____,so he turned on the television after getting up this morning .

A．thought he had some time left

B．didn’t know when the cartoon would begin

C．wanted to know the important news

D．hoped to watch TV play

【小题4】Tom was afraid _____, so he ran home.

A．to miss the interesting cartoon	B．to miss the last bus
C．he would be hungry	D．he had little time to finish his homework

【小题5】 Tom thought _____.

A．supper should be ready

B．his mother’s watch was slow

C．the cartoon would be as soon as he finished supper

D．his mother cooked super too late

Little Tom likes cartoons very much .When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they’ re over. Sometimes he’d rather wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he will be late for school.

Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned the television, but didn’t receive the programme. He had to have breakfast and then went to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen (厨房). He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn’t find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother to help.

“It’s only five now,” said the woman. “Your programme will be after supper.”

“Well, let’s have supper right now!”

1.Tom goes to bed late sometimes, so______ .

A．he’s late for school

B．he goes to school by bus

C．he can’t wake up himself in the morning

D．he has to go to school without breakfast

2.Tom spends much time _____ when he is free.

A．playing football

B．watching football matches on TV

C．doing his homework

D．watching cartoons on TV

3.Tom _____,so he turned on the television after getting up this morning .

A．thought he had some time left

B．didn’t know when the cartoon would begin

C．wanted to know the important news

D．hoped to watch TV play

4.Tom was afraid _____, so he ran home.

A．to miss the interesting cartoon

B．to miss the last bus

C．he would be hungry

D．he had little time to finish his homework

5.Tom thought _____.

A．supper should be ready

B．his mother’s watch was slow

C．the cartoon would be as soon as he finished supper

D．his mother cooked super too late