Question

Life is speeding up (加速). Everyone is getting unwell.

This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person who lived in Rome in AD (公元) 53 wrote it.

We all love new inventions. They are exciting , amazing and can even change our lives.

But have all these developments really improved the quality (品質(zhì)) of our lives?

Picture this: you’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?

Inventions have sped up our lives so much that we often live feeling stressed (有壓力的) and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no car, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they live simpler lives.

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, 10 and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.

The grandmother, Lyn, said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer . Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy (時(shí)髦的), beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things”.

1.The writer uses the quote (引用) at the beginning of the story to _________.

A. tell us a truth about our life

B. tell us what life was like long time ago

C. point our what causes such a thing to happen

D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same

2.In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions ________.

A. have speeded up our lives

B. have improve the quality of our lives

C. may make people feel very happy

D. may bring people some trouble

3.The family chose to spend some time in a 1940s house because _______.

A. they loved to live simple lives

B. they wanted to know how people lived without modern inventions

C. they were troubled by modern inventions

D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them

4.According to the passage, which is NOT right?

A. People who live far away from noisy cities often seem to be happier.

B. An unknown Roman was sure that the quality of life would get better.

C. The family had some changes when they lived in a 1940s house.

D. With the improvement of our lives, we often feel stressed and tired

5.The passage is mainly about_______.

A. problems with technology

B. improvement of our lives with technology

C. changes happening to technology

D. the importance of technology

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了發(fā)明給人們生活帶來(lái)的影響。我們都喜歡新發(fā)明，它們改變了我們的生活。它們使生活速度加快，同時(shí)給我們帶來(lái)了壓力和疲勞。有一家人到一個(gè)20世紀(jì)40年代的房子里生活，想知道沒(méi)有現(xiàn)代發(fā)明的生活是什么樣。

1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)Life is speeding up (加速). Everyone is getting unwell.可知生活的速度加快，人們正變得不舒服，故推測(cè)這是在說(shuō)關(guān)于生活的真諦，故選A。

2.Suddenly the computer goes blank and lose all your work.“突然你的電腦一片空白，你丟失所有的工作內(nèi)容”可知新發(fā)明有時(shí)會(huì)給人們帶來(lái)麻煩。故選D。

3.One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today.可知他們?cè)?0世紀(jì)40年代的房子里生活是想知道沒(méi)有現(xiàn)代所有發(fā)明的生活是怎么樣的。故選B。

4.Life is speeding up (加速). Everyone is getting unwell.可知這位未知名的羅馬人寫(xiě)的這句話(huà)的意思是人們生活會(huì)越來(lái)越不好，故B項(xiàng)的意思與文中意思不相符，故選B。

5.推理判斷題。根據(jù)Inventions have sped up our lives so much that we often live feeling stressed (有壓力的) and tired.可知發(fā)明給我們感到壓力，疲倦，會(huì)給我們帶來(lái)一些麻煩。故選A。

考點(diǎn)：日常生活類(lèi)短文閱讀。