Question

【題目】 “Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”

This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lives in Rome in AD53 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 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 you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead simpler lives.

One family in the UK went back in time to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.

The grandmother, Lyn, said: “It was hard physically. But not mentally.” She believed life was less materialistic (重物質(zhì)享受的). “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes,” she said. The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer.

Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!

Don’t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day. Don’t check your e-mails every day.

Don’t reply to somebody as soon as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets annoying.

With the Internet and so much information available, we are expected to know everything all the time, but don’t be afraid to say sometimes: “I don’t know”.

Make sure you spend some time talking to your family. Set aside one evening a week when you don’t turn on the television. Play cards and chat instead.

【1】The passage is mainly about ________.

A.problems with technology

B.improvements of our life with technology

C.the important roles technology plays in our everyday life

D.main changes which will be likely to happen to technology

【2】The writer uses the quote (引語) at the beginning of the story to ________.

A.make the passage interestingB.tell us what life was like long time ago

C.introduce the topicD.point out that everyone is experiencing some serious problems

【3】Why did the family choose to spend some time in a 1940s house?

A.Because they loved to live simple lives.

B.Because they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions.

C.Because they were troubled by modern inventions.

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

【4】What do you think the underlined word “available” means?

A.busy on line.B.able to be used.

C.freeD.able to be found by others.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇議論文。文章主要講述隨著現(xiàn)代科學(xué)技術(shù)的發(fā)展，我們的生活中有了很多新的發(fā)明，但是這些新發(fā)明讓人們感到壓力和疲憊。文章最后介紹了消除這些壓力的四種方法。

【1】主旨大意題。文章的關(guān)鍵詞是inventions,根據(jù)第一段的“unwell”和第七段的“stress”可知講述的是發(fā)明不好的一方面。文章的主要意思是隨著現(xiàn)代科學(xué)技術(shù)的發(fā)展，我們的生活中有了很多新的發(fā)明，但是這些新發(fā)明讓人們感到壓力和疲憊。文章的主旨是科學(xué)技術(shù)的發(fā)展給人們帶來的問題。故選A。

【2】推理判斷題。短文的開頭作者引用了一個生活在公元53年的羅馬的一個不知名的人所說的話“生活在加速，每個人都因此而不安”。根據(jù)第三段“We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?”可知作者用這句話引出了他想要談?wù)摰脑掝}，即生活的快速發(fā)展到底對我們是好的還是壞的。故選C 。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段“see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones”可知因為他們想看看沒有這么多發(fā)明的生活是什么樣的。故選B。

【4】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第八段“Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day. Don’t check your e-mails every day”可知一天的特定時間里關(guān)手機以及不要每天都檢查自己的郵箱，目的是為了不讓別人聯(lián)系上你。available意思是“能被別人找到的”。故選D。