Maybe you're wondering how we spend our free time in the year 2059, so I, ll tell you what I did last weekend.

On Saturday morning, I stayed in bed until 11 o’clock, when my mother woke me up. “Wang Mang! Get out of bed, you lazy little pig!” she said. “You can’t lie in bed all day, and you’ve got homework to do, haven’t you?” Were mothers so annoying fifty years ago?

Anyway, I got out of bed and asked the robot to make me a quick brunch—hamburger and French fries. But the robot said, “Sorry, Mang. Your mother says I can only give you hamburgers 3 times a week, and you had 2 hamburgers yesterday. Fast food is not healthy. I suggest you have some of the dumplings I made yesterday. Or perhaps some fruit salad” You see, my mother has programmed the robot to stop it giving me the things 1 really want to eat. I feel like a prisoner (囚犯）！

After finishing my brunch, I got out my homework pad. The pad looks like a piece of paper, but it’s actually a computer. We don’t use paper much any more. Paper books are really expensive, so we usually buy cheap computer books.

I had to do my math homework on Saturday. We never need to use math in our daily lives—computers solve all the math problems for us. But our math teacher says that if people stop studying math, they’ll forget how to think and become like vegetables. Well, I want to be a vegetable. I hate math!

56. The underlined word “brunch” in the third paragraph means           .

A. breakfast and lunch    B. breakfast with milk

C. lunch with coffee      D. lunch and dinner

57. Wang Mang says he feels “like a prisoner” because          .

A. he is completely controlled by the robot           B. he has to get out of bed too early

C. he doesn’t know how to use the robot             D. he isn’t allowed to eat what he likes

58. One difference between the year 2059 and today is that          .

A. computer books are cheaper than paper books

B. children aren’t allowed to eat fast food

C. students have to do homework at the weekend

D. there is no paper in the year 2059

59. Wang Mang thinks that studying math is          .

A. interesting                 B. useless                      C. too hard                 D. too easy

60. Which can be the best title for the article?

A. A Day in the Future                                       B. A Modern Robot at Home

C. Paper Books V.S. Computers                          D. Math or Vegetables

Mr. Green once worked in a big company．He was quite busy so that he couldn't do any reading．So he gave up his job and opened a bookshop in the center of the town．It wasn't big but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there．When the shop was closed，he could read at home．He knew a lot and many learned people were glad to make friends with him．

It was Sunday and it was cold outside．Mr. Green was very busy．At nine in the evening all the buyers left but a woman was still there．She was dressed up and seemed to be waiting for somebody there．Standing by the shelves，she looked over the books one after another，and made them in a terrible mess．Mr. Green came up to her and asked，" Excuse me，madam．What can I do for you?"

"Your books are not interesting at all，"said the woman，"I want a delicious one．"

"That's easy，" Mr. Green smiled．He brought out a cookbook and said，" Here you are，madam．"

1．Why did Mr. Green change his job? _________

A．He didn't like reading

B．He was too busy to read books

C．He liked the life in the center of the town

D．He wanted to write a cookbook himself

2．Most people liked to buy books in the shop because _________

A．the bookshop was in the center of the town

B．all the books were nice cookbooks

C．it was very large

D．the books there were all good for people

3．Which is WRONG? _________

A．Mr. Green liked to lend his books to the learned persons．

B．When Mr. Green came back home from the，bookshop，he often did some reading．

C．Many learned people liked to make friends with Mr. Green．

D．At nine on that Sunday evening all the buyers left the bookshop except a woman．

4．From the story we know that "learned people" means_________

A．people who are free

B．people who are studying hard

C．people who have much knowledge

D．people who have much money

5．What's the most suitable ending of the story? _________

A．Mr. Green would make friends with the woman．

B．Mr. Green would teach the woman how to cook delicious food．

C．The woman left the bookshop without buying any books．

D．The woman bought many books in order to be a learned person．

Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face,“What a long day this is going to be!”
Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off    1   hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.
“What a nice    2   ,”said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight.“It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up    3   smile.”
George, the little boy, told his mother about that    4   girl when he got back home,“She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”
“Why not give her some    5  ?”said his mother. George agreed.
The next morning, as Jennie    6    at he window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said,“Can I come in?”Jennie told him    7   to get into the house.
Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle“Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”
“Are they for me?”said Jennie    8  .“How kind you are,”she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap.“I’ve    9   received any flower since we moved to the town.”
“Did you live in the countryside?”asked George,    10    the old, small and empty room.
“Yes,”said Jennie.
Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She    11   walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick   12    so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.
George told his parents    13   . They decided to help her. More and more people in the   14   gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.
A few months later, Jennie and her mother    15   a flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on her face.

Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face,“What a long day this is going to be!”

Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off    1   hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.

“What a nice    2   ,”said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight.“It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up    3   smile.”

George, the little boy, told his mother about that    4   girl when he got back home,“She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”

“Why not give her some    5  ?”said his mother. George agreed.

The next morning, as Jennie    6    at he window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said,“Can I come in?”Jennie told him    7   to get into the house.

Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle“Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”

“Are they for me?”said Jennie    8  .“How kind you are,”she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap.“I’ve    9   received any flower since we moved to the town.”

“Did you live in the countryside?”asked George,    10    the old, small and empty room.

“Yes,”said Jennie.

Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She    11   walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick   12    so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.

George told his parents    13   . They decided to help her. More and more people in the   14   gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.

A few months later, Jennie and her mother    15   a flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on her face.

1.                A．her            B．his             C．your D．my

2.                A．house          B．door           C．smile D．schoolbag

3.                A．and            B．but            C．as   D．or

4.                A．rich           B．lucky           C．bad  D．poor

5.                A．money         B．flowers         C．clothes   D．food

6.                A．danced         B．cried           C．sat  D．laughed

7.                A．how           B．who           C．when D．why

8.                A．angrily         B．easily          C．sadly D．happily

9.                A．never          B．usually         C．always    D．sometimes

10.                                A．looking for  B．looking around

C．looking like                       D．looking after

11.               A．shouldn’t      B．needn’t       C．couldn’t  D．mustn’t

12.               A．for            B．in             C．at    D．on

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

14.               A．countryside     B．town           C．village D．city

15.               A．reached        B．left            C．closed D．opened