Three
21 ago, my family got our first computer. 22 the
beginning of this summer, I found it was too old and I wanted to get a 23
one. After my father. and I talked for a long time, he 24
. We went to many shops and read many ads. 25 we
bought an HP computer.
During
the first week, I noticed 26 our computer had some
problems. I spent many hours 27 to fix it, but
it 28 work. So I 29 to
phone the HP company and ask them 30 to work
out my problem. They told me to wait until the next morning because all their
workers were 31 that day.
The
next morning two workers came. It took them many hours to mend it, but the
computer 32 did not work. My dad had no other way but
to return the whole thing.
A
few days later, we decided that I should go on the Internet and order some
parts to build a new computer by 33 .
It
was not an easy job for me to build a new computer. I tried many times, and in
the end I was successful. From these setbacks(挫折),
I have learned a lot. Now I believe that if the HP computer hadn't had any problems,
34 I would not have learned how to build the new
one. Even though I spent lots of time on it, I know it wasn't 35
.
1. A. days
B. weeks C. months
D. years
2.A. At
B. On
C.
To
D. For
3.A. big
B. new
C.
cheap
D. small
4. A. won
B. paid
C.
agreed
D.
received
5.A. At first B.
At last
C.
At once
D. At times
6.A. if
B.
that
C.
what
D. how
7.A. try
B. tried
C. to try
D. trying
8.A. do
B. did
C. don't
D.
didn't
9.A. hoped B. have
C. had
D.
liked
10.A. how B. what
C. why
D.
where
11. A. free
B. sad
C. busy
D.
exciting
12.A. already B.
always
C. still
D. usually
13.A. themselves B.
himself
C. itself
D.
myself
14.A. or
B. then C. so
D.
and
15.A. a waste of time B. a successful job C. a
good computer
D. a bad
company