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 tile name of Arsenius, said his work would cost me.
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?"
小題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 mort.
D．She doesn't want to keep up with the time.
小題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.
小題3:Arsenius gives _________ reasons for driving to the mall.
A．twoB．threeC．fourD．five

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B  
隨著時(shí)代的變遷，越來越多的人要接觸網(wǎng)絡(luò)，我就是其中之一。
小題1:推理題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句Maybelle is very direct like that, always has been.可知Maybelle非常直接，總是直接說出心中所想。
小題2:推理題。根據(jù)文章可知她的朋友因?yàn)橛辛穗娔X不愿意再陪她去圖書館，來之朋友的壓力讓她不得不上網(wǎng)。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。Arsenius給出了三個(gè)理由：天氣太熱會(huì)暈倒；步行花費(fèi)更多時(shí)間和金錢；我的全程搬著電腦。
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