Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell. This may sound like someone would say today. But in fact,        unknown person who lived in Rome in AD(公元) 53 wrote it.
We all love inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ          from your friend        on the screen, the         from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer breaks        and you lose all your homework. Now you have to       up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives       much that people often feel stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far       from noisy cities, who have no telephones, cars, even electricity(電) often       to be happy? Perhaps          they live simpler lives.
One family in the UK “went back in time” to see        life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents,         their daughter and grandsons Tom, 10 and Jim, 7, spent 8 weeks in a 1940s house. They had no       machine, fridge, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Linda said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably because there was        to fight for, such as their computer. And they noticed that their grandmother had changed from       fashionable to one who liked cooking things.
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)B．a(chǎn)nC．theD．/
小題2:
A．noticeB．messageC．newsD．information
小題3:
A．comesB．a(chǎn)ppearsC．goesD．leaves
小題4:
A．noiseB．voiceC．soundD．hearing
小題5:
A．upB．intoC．downD．out
小題6:
A．wakeB．stayC．giveD．get
小題7:
A．veryB．tooC．soD．such
小題8:
A．a(chǎn)wayB．upC．downD．over
小題9:
A．lookB．seemC．watchD．find
小題10:
A．becauseB．sinceC．a(chǎn)ndD．or
小題11:
A．whoseB．whichC．whatD．how
小題12:
A．withB．betweenC．togetherD．a(chǎn)long
小題13:
A．shoppingB．sleepingC．writingD．washing
小題14:
A．moreB．lessC．fewerD．worse
小題15:
A．likingB．beingC．seeingD．running

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:C
小題6:B
小題7:C
小題8:A
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:C
小題12:A
小題13:D
小題14:B
小題15:B

試題分析：短文大意：“生活正在加速，每個人都處于不舒服中�！� 這看上去蠻像是現(xiàn)時社會某個人的埋怨。但是，實際上，這是公元前52年前，一位生活在羅馬的不知名的公民寫下的這句話。我們都喜歡新的發(fā)明。因為它們有趣、讓人興奮甚至能改變我們的生活。但是擁有這些發(fā)明真的能改進我們生活的質(zhì)量嗎？
小題1:考查冠詞及語境理解。句意：但是，實際上，這是公元前52年前，一位生活在羅馬的不知名的公民寫下的這句話。 a一；an   一；the這，那。unknown 是一個以元音音素開頭的單詞，故在其前面應加不定冠詞an，所以選B。 
小題2:考查名詞及語境理解。句意：一條從你朋友那來的QQ短消息出現(xiàn)在電腦熒屏前。notice通知；message消息，口信；news新聞；information消息。故選B。
小題3:考查動詞及語境理解。句意：一條從你朋友那來的QQ短消息跳出出現(xiàn)在電腦熒屏前。comes來；appears出現(xiàn)；goes去；leaves離開。故選B。
小題4:考查名詞及語境理解。句意：從電視機發(fā)出來的噪音越來越大。noise吵鬧聲；voice嗓音；sound聲音；hearing聽見。因此選A。
小題5:考查介詞及語境理解。句意：突然，電腦黑屏，失去你所有的工作。 up向上；into down向下；out在外。break down失敗; 損壞; 衰弱下來。所以選C。
小題6:考查動詞及語境理解。句意：現(xiàn)在你必須熬夜完成它。 wake醒；stay呆；give給；get得到。Wake up醒來；stay up熬夜；give up放棄；get up起床。所以選B
小題7:考查副詞及語境理解。句意：發(fā)明已經(jīng)大大加快我們的生活速度，以至于它們讓我們感覺到壓力與疲憊。 very很；too太；so很；such如此。So+形容詞或副詞+that如此…以致；such+名詞+that 如此…以致。根據(jù)much及后面的that從句就可知該選C。
小題8:考查副詞及語境理解。句意：你是如何看待以前的人們生活得更快樂，他們住在郊區(qū)，遠離城市噪音， away離開；up向上；down向下；over在上方。Far away from遠離，是一個固定短語，所以選A。
小題9:考查動詞及語境理解。句意：甚至沒有電的人活的更開心呢？ look看；seem似乎；watch   觀看；find找到。Seem to be + 形容詞，似乎處于某種狀態(tài)，所以選B。
小題10:考查連詞及語境理解。句意：也許是因為他們過著簡單的生活。 because 因為；since從；and和；or或者。所以選A。
小題11:考查疑問詞及語境理解。句意：英國有一個家庭舉行了一次“回歸過往”的活動，去探究一下沒有現(xiàn)在我們所擁有的所有的發(fā)明的生活是什么樣的？ whose誰的；which 哪一個；what   什么；how怎么。根據(jù)句意可知該選C。
小題12:考查介詞及語境理解。句意：爺爺，奶奶，和他們的女兒，還有他們的孫子，10歲的本杰明和7歲的托馬斯。 with有，和；between在兩者之間；together一起；along沿著。所以選A。
小題13:考查動詞及語境理解。句意：他們沒有洗衣機、微波爐、電腦和移動電話。 shopping購物；sleeping睡覺；writing寫；washing洗。故選D。
小題14:考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：兩個孫子說他們現(xiàn)在因為他們的電腦的爭吵更少了。 more較多的；less較少的；fewer較少的；worse較糟的。B
小題15:考查動詞及語境理解。句意：本杰明也發(fā)覺他的奶奶從一個時髦的的，愛好喝啤酒的老太太轉(zhuǎn)變成一個自己做飯的人了。 liking喜歡；being存在；seeing看見；running跑。所以選B。
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