— ___________, but I have a lot of homework to do.

    Perhaps you have heard1about the Internet, but what is it?

    The Internet is many different networks around the world. A network is a group of computers put together. These networks joined together are called the Internet.

    2that doesn't sound interesting. But3we've joined the Internet, there are4things we can do. We can have a lot of5on the World Web. We can use the Internet instead of a library to6all kinds of information7our favorite sports or film stars and do some shopping on the Internet. We can send messages to other people8email. It's much cheaper and quicker than9a letter.

    Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. People can now work at home with a computer, getting and sending the information they need. They can buy or sell whatever they want on the Internet. But do you know much information is10English?

    7-year-old Tom likes cartoons very much. When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they're over. Sometimes he waits for a long time and goes to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he'll be late for school.

    Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned on the television, but he didn't see the programme on it. He had to have breakfast and then go to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking lunch in the kitchen. He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn't find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother for help.

    "It's only ten to twelve now," said the woman," your programme will start after dinner." "Well, let's have dinner right now!"