【推荐3】It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table, staring into space and playing with a piece of bread. He is not even ________. Is he ill? No, but he has a problem. He has nothing to do because the Internet is down.
When he woke up this morning, Tony was feeling great. He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend ahead. It would be a weekend like any other—a great weekend. But that was before he turned on his computer. Now he ________ he was unable to get online. Having no Internet changes everything.
Every weekend, Tony usually goes online to email friends, read the ________ to keep up with what’s happening in the world and play a few online chess games with his cousin, Helen, to ________ the weekend off. The perfect weekend—online!
Just as Tony is wondering how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the ________. “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t think about the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no answer but sighs. “Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum ________. “Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the corner. We can meet and play chess face to face for a ________. Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad.” Tony ________, as he walks to the phone.
There is life beyond the Internet after all.
1. A.hungry | B.angry | C.tired | D.sleepy |
2. A.thought | B.guessed | C.decided | D.found |
3. A.letters | B.news | C.texts | D.emails |
4. 5. A.living-room | B.hall | C.kitchen | D.study |
6. A.asks | B.replies | C.tells | D.suggests |
7. A.chat | B.time | C.lesson | D.change |
8. A.continues | B.smiles | C.reads | D.watches |