Question

Maybelle said she wouldn't be coming with me to the library. I asked why, and she said she could get all the short stories she wanted off the Internet. Saved walking all the way to the library, and putting up with my long chat on the way there, and on the way back. Maybelle is very direct like that, always has been.

"But, Maybelle, we've been walking to the library every Monday for the last fifty years!"

She said," Why don't you get Internet'? We can send each other emails."

So I had to get Internet. I called the local high school. They said they'd send me a good student to tell me all about computers and such.

Evil thing, this Internet. Makes you lose old friends, forces you to learn new complex ideas, even if you're too old. But Maybelle said you have to be modern; otherwise, you're dead.

The kid came the next day. Tall skinny black kid, by the name of Arsenius, said his work would cost more.

I said, "All right. As long as I get Internet."

"You need a computer, then you need to get hooked up," he said.

"Let's buy a computer and get hooked up, then."

"How much you want to spend?"

"Whatever it takes."

"How many rams you want?"

I wasn't going to show him my ignorance, so I said, "Whatever it takes."

"Let's go to the mall. You got a car?"

"In the garage."

When I opened the garage door, he gasped. Daddy's car is still there, a'57 Chevy. I never drive it. Walk everywhere.

I said," Let's walk. It's only a mile or so."

He said," Let's drive, or you will faint on me in this heat."

"Young man, I don't faint, never have. We're walking."

"I get paid by the hour," he said. "Walking will cost you a lot more. Also, you feel like carrying a computer a mile or so?"

1.What kind of person is Maybelle?

A. She always says what she means in an honest way.

B. She no longer likes reading in her old age.

C. She doesn't want to be friends with the writer any more.

D. She doesn't want to keep up with the time.

2.Why does the writer want to have Internet at his place?

A. Because the writer believes that one is never too old to learn.

B. Because the writer thinks that it is better late than never.

C. Because of the pressure from people of his age.

D. Because of the convenience the Internet will bring.

3.Arsenius gives _________ reasons for driving to the mall.

A. two            B. three              C. four               D. five

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.B

【解析】本文講述了一起去圖書館的老朋友突然改在網(wǎng)上做一切，為了順應(yīng)時代，我不得不也請人裝網(wǎng)絡(luò)。

1.細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句話，可知答案為A。

2.推理題。根據(jù)第五段內(nèi)容，可知，作者其實不想買電腦，裝網(wǎng)絡(luò)，只是為了聽從朋友的建議，順應(yīng)時代。所以是來自同齡人的壓力。

3.概括題。第一個理由為： you will faint on me in this heat；第二個理由為：Walking will cost you a lot more；第三個理由為：you feel like carrying a computer a mile or so?"