Maybelle said she wouldn't be coming with me to the library. I asked why, and sh

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

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

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

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

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

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

I said, "All right. As long as I getInternet."

"You need a computer, then you need toget 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 Isaid, "Whatever it takes."

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

"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 orso."

He said," Let's drive, or you will fainton 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 computera mile or so?"

1.What kind of person is Maybelle?

A. She always says what she means in anhonest way.

B. She no longer likes reading in her oldage.

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

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

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

A. Because the writer believes that one isnever too old to learn.

B. Because the writer thinks that it isbetter late than never.

C. Because of the pressure from people of hisage.

D. Because of the convenience the Internetwill bring.

3.Arsenius gives _________ reasons for driving to themall.

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

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.B

【解析】本文讲述了一起去图书馆的老朋友突然改在网上做一切，为了顺应时代，我不得不也请人装网络。

1.细节题。根据第一段最后一句话，可知答案为A。

2.推理题。根据第五段内容，可知，作者其实不想买电脑，装网络，只是为了听从朋友的建议，顺应时代。所以是来自同龄人的压力。

3.概括题。第一个理由为： you will faint on me in this heat；第二个理由为：Walkingwill cost you a lot more；第三个理由为：you feel like carryinga computer a mile or so?"