Question

【題目】閱讀短文，從方框中選擇適當?shù)木渥犹钤跈M線上，使短文連貫完整。

We all love new inventions. 【1】. But have all these inventions really improved the quality of our lives? Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings and a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen. 【2】. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel? Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, with no telephone, no car, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? 3 【3】.

One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10and Thomas, 7. spent nine weeks in a house of the 1940s. 【4】. The grandmother, Lyn, said, “【5】”. The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy, beer-drinking granny to one who cooked things”.

A. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phone.

B. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work.

C. Perhaps because they live simpler lives.

D. The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.

E. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了科技信息改變了我們的生活，并介紹了現(xiàn)在和過去生活的不同。

【1】根據(jù)上文We all love new inventions.可知下文是They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. 它們令人興奮，令人驚嘆，甚至可以改變我們的生活。故選E。

【2】根據(jù)上文Your mobile phone rings and a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen.可知下文是Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. 突然，電腦一片空白，你失去了所有的工作。故選B。

【3】根據(jù)上文Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, with no telephone, no car, not even any electricity often seem to be happier?可知下文是Perhaps because they live simpler lives. 也許是因為他們過著簡樸的生活。故選C。

【4】根據(jù)上文The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10and Thomas, 7. spent nine weeks in a house of the 1940s.可知下文是They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phone.他們沒有洗衣機、微波爐、電腦或手機。故選A

【5】根據(jù)上文The grandmother, Lyn, said,可知下文是The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes. 你擁有的東西越多，生活就越困難。故選D。