A Manchester teenager has received a phone bill（賬單） for over ? 420 after sending 3,800 text messages in just one month．

Tony Russell has had his new mobile phone for only one month, but now his father, Lionel, has taken it away．

“He's been asking me for a mobile for years because all his friends have got one,” explained Lionel．”I finally bought one for his birthday because he's been doing so well at school, but he and his friends are crazy about sending text messages．They do it all the time．They even text each other from different sides of the school playground．

Tony said, “I thought texting was much cheaper than phoning, so I've been texting my friends all day long and even into the early hours of the morning．I've been going to bed at 2:00 most nights．Sometimes my hand hurt because I pressed the buttons so much, but I was having such good fun that I couldn't stop!”

His father said, “I have forgiven him, but I am angry with the phone company as they are encouraging this crazy behavior．” He has made his son promise to pay back the money, so Tony has been working on Saturdays．He has found a job in a shoe shop．“I think it will take me about half a year to clear this debt（債務(wù)）,” he said．

76．What does the passage mainly talk about?

　 A．A father who worries about his son．　 B．A teenager who sent too many text messages．

C．Young students' problems at school． 　　　 D．A young man and his friends．

77．Tony got the mobile phone because _____

A．he's been asking his mother for years　　 B．he wanted to change a better one

C．he needs a birthday present　　　　　　 D．he's been doing well at school

78．The underlined（加下劃線的） word “text” probably means______

A．make a phone to　　　　　　 　　　　　 　B．send messages to

C．write a letter to　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　D．read textbooks to

79．When he sent text messages, Tony ______．

A．made friends at school　　　 　　　　　 　B．hurt himself

C．felt quite happy　　　　　 　　　　　　　 　D．got help from his friends

80．How much does Tony get for his job every month?

A．About ?70．　 　　 B．About ?90．　 　 C．About ? 35． 　　 D．About ? 630

用方框中所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，使短文通順正確、連貫（每個(gè)單詞限用一次）。

This week we asked students at New High School about the best ways to learn more English. Many said they learnt by using English. Some students had more   1.  suggestions. Lillian Li, for example, said the best way to learn new words was by reading English magazines. She said that  2.   the words of pop songs also helped a little. When we asked about studying grammar, she said,” I never study grammar. It’s too boring.”

  Wei Ming feels  3.  . He’s been learning English for six years and really love it. He thinks studying grammar is a great way to learn a   4. .He also thinks that watching English movies isn’t a bad way, because he can watch the actors say the words. Sometimes, however, he  5.    watching movies frustrating because the people speak too quickly.