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【題目】My grandfather is an eighty-year-old man. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.

Families aren’t families the way they used to be. A lot of families have broken down. If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now everyone is working. No one has time to look after children at home．

And the cars! No one walks any more: everyone drives. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. But now they don’t. And in school the children don’ t have to think any more. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide in our heads. Kids don’ t use their heads any more; instead, they use calculators(計(jì)算器).

Most families have computers now. In the past we didn’ t have computers. We didn’t even have lights. My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now nobody eats at home and cooks food any more.

And people don’t talk to each other any more. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think...

Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.

【1】What does my grandfather think of the life today?

A. Life today is better than it used to be. B. Life today is worse than it used to be.

C. Life today is as good as it used to be. D. Life today is as bad as it used to be.

【2】In the past___________________________.

A. students walked to school, even in winter B. no one had time to look after children at home

C. nobody ate at home and cooked food D. kids used calculators instead of their heads

【3】What changes have happened to some families, according to the passage?

① There are lights at home. ② People like to cook and eat at home.

③ Lots of families have computers. ④ Many families have broken down.

A. ①②④ B. ②③④ C. ①②③ D. ①③④

【4】The best title for this passage is _______．

A. Life in the Past B. Life at Present C. The Changes in Our Life D. My Grandfather

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】本文從作者的爺爺視角描述了過去的生活，描述了生活中很多方面的變化，包括家庭、出行、兒童、教育等等，表達(dá)爺爺對(duì)過去簡(jiǎn)單生活的懷念。

【1】句意：我的祖父對(duì)今天的生活有什么看法？A.今天的生活比過去好。 B.今天的生活比過去更糟糕。C.今天的生活和過去一樣好。 D.今天的生活和過去一樣糟糕。原文“He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.”（他總是抱怨事情發(fā)生的變化是多么快，他經(jīng)常說過去的生活更好。）說明祖父認(rèn)為今天的生活更糟，故選B。

【2】句意：過去即使在冬天，學(xué)生走路上學(xué)。A. 即使在冬天，學(xué)生走路上學(xué)B.沒有人有時(shí)間在家照顧孩子C.沒有人在家吃飯或做飯D.孩子們用計(jì)算器而不是頭腦，原文“We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter.”（我們過去常常每天步行五英里去學(xué)校，即使是在冬天。）說明過去學(xué)生即使在冬天都是走路上學(xué)，故選A。

【3】句意：根據(jù)這篇文章，一些家庭發(fā)生了什么變化？①家里有燈。 ②人們喜歡在家做飯和吃飯。③很多家庭都有電腦。 ④許多家庭已經(jīng)散了。原文“A lot of families have broken down.”（許多家庭都散了）說明④是變化之一，原文“Most families have computers now.”（大多數(shù)家庭現(xiàn)在有電腦）說明③是變化之一，原文“We didn’t even have lights.”（我們甚至沒有電燈）說明有電燈①也是變化之一，故選D。

【4】句意：這篇文章的最佳標(biāo)題是我們生活的變化。A.過去的生活B.現(xiàn)在的生活C.我們生活的變化D.我的祖父，本文從我的爺爺視角描述過去的生活，描述了生活中很多方面的變化，包括家庭、出行、兒童、教育等等，所以主題應(yīng)該是圍繞“變化”展開，故選C。