2．It's Friday evening．My daughters，3 and 9，sigh（嘆息） when I gently take the iPads away from their laps．One by one，our screens are turned off．We light the candles and sit down to have a big meal．
Most people in our lives know they will not be able to contact us by using computer or mobile phones for 24 hours．And so it has gone，every week for three years．We call it our"Technology Shabbat（科技安息日）"which lasts from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday．
I first understood the importance of disconnecting in 2008，when my father was told that he had got brain cancer．Some days he would have only one good hour，and I wasn't willing to be disturbed when I was with him，so I'd turn off my mobile phone．
Soon after，encouraged by National Day of Unplugging（全國斷網(wǎng)斷電日） on March 1st，my husband and I decided to unplug for one full day every week．
During our"Technology Shabbats"，time slows．Our Saturdays now feel like mini-vacations．We drive our car or ride our bike．We，with our kids，work in the garden，play board games and cook meals．I feel more balanced．I feel like a better mother，wife and person．
Keeping a balance between the good and the bad of technology is my lasting state．The technology we've created makes it possible for us to share knowledge and take in carious ideas all over the world．But the technology also take something away from us．When we stay up late at night linking（連接） from website to website or sending messages or e-mailing，we click again，and again，and again until we've overloaded（超負荷的）．
When we rush into the time full of high technology，it's necessary for us to pay attention to what we are doing online and when we should go off．
I will always remember the most important thing in my family："Technology Shabbat"．
32．When is"Technology Shabbat'in the writer's family？B
A．Only on Sunday．
B．From sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday．
C．Only on Friday．
D．From sunset on Saturday to sunset on Sunday．
33．The writer's family have"Technology Shabbat"every week mainly because they hope toB．
A．save energy             
B．enjoy life together
C．stay away from others    
D．follow National Day of Unplugging
34．What do the writers family NOT do during their"Technology Shabbats"？D
A．They drive their car or ride bikes for mini-vacations．
B．They light the candles and sit down to have a big meal．
C．They work in the garden，play board games and cook meals．
D．They stay up late at night linking from website to website．
35．What's the main idea of this passage？A
A．Every family must have''Technology Shabbat"．
B．A woman should Iearn to be a good mother or wife．
C．People need to stay away from technology properly．
D．People had better not send messages，e-mail or chat online．

分析 文章大意：本文敘述了作者一家在父親病重需要照顧的情況下，體會到了關(guān)機不被打擾的安靜，又在全國斷網(wǎng)斷電日的鼓勵下，作者一家決定每周也實行斷電斷網(wǎng)日，來享受一家人的天倫之樂．

解答 32題答案：B 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段We call it our"Technology Shabbat（科技安息日）"which lasts from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday．可知從周五的日落到周六的日落為科技安息日，故選B．
33題答案：B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第五段I feel more balanced．I feel like a better mother，wife and person．可知作者一家享受了天倫之樂，故選B．
34題答案：D 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)encouraged by National Day of Unplugging（全國斷網(wǎng)斷電日） on March 1st，my husband and I decided to unplug for one full day every week．因為作者在全國斷網(wǎng)斷電日拔掉了電源，關(guān)了電腦，所以不可能做的事情就是上網(wǎng)了，故選D．
35題答案：A  主旨歸納題．根據(jù)文中的最后一句：I will always remember the most important thing in my family："Technology Shabbat"．我會永遠記得在我的家庭中最重要的一件事："技術(shù)的安息日"．來享受一家人的天倫之樂，所以每個家庭都應該有技術(shù)的安息日，故選擇A．

點評 本文是一篇日常生活類閱讀，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對 性找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確的答案．

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