完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table,  36  into space and playing with a piece of bread. He’s not even  37 . Is he ill? No, but he does have a  38 ! He has nothing to do because the Internet is down.

When he  39  up this morning, Tony was feeling  40 . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend  41 . It would be a great weekend. But that was  42  he turned on his computer and  43  he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.

Every weekend, Tony  44  goes online to email friends, read the  45  to keep up with what’s happening in the world and play a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to  46  the weekend off. The perfect weekend — online!

Just as Tony is  47  how he can possibly have a  48  weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the  49 . “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t think about the Internet any more, OK?” she says.

Tony makes no answer but  50 . “Go and play chess with Helen!” she  51 .

“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the  52 . We can meet and play chess face to face for a  53 . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad.” Tony  54 , as he walks to the phone. There is life  55  the Internet after all.

36. A. getting     B. staring   C. turning     D. coming

37. A. hungry     B. angry           C. tired        D. sleepy

38. A. fear        B. problem         C. business   D. thing

39. A. rose       B. rang      C. looked      D. woke

40. A. great                          B. disappointed

C. unhappy                   D. worried

41. A. also        B. above           C. ahead       D. ago

42. A. after       B. before          C. until               D. when

43. A. thought    B. guessed       C. decided   D. found

44. A. usually     B. nearly           C. especially  D. already

45. A. letters            B. news    C. reports     D. contents

46. A. pay        B. take       C. finish       D. put

47. A. proving                     B. wondering

C. realizing                    D. remembering

48. A. secret            B. difficult   C. normal      D. strange

49. A. living-room                 B. hall

C. kitchen                            D. study

50. A. sighs       B. cries        C. shouts            D. apologizes

51. A. requests   B. replies          C. tells               D. suggests

52. A. edge       B. distance    C. corner         D. end

53. A. chat       B. time      C. lesson       D. change

54. A. continues  B. smiles          C. reads       D. watches

55. A. with       B. about    C. against     D. beyond

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