Question

【題目】Teenage life -----better now, or in the past?

Does this situation sound familiar(熟悉)？

You are complaining to your parents about something. Maybe your computer isn’t powerful enough to play the latest games.【1】Then you hear...

When I was your age,there weren’t any computers or video games. And I didn’t get a bike until I was sixteen . And it was second -hand. 【2】

So,is it really true that life is better for teenagers now?It is certainly true that many teenagers have got more things nowadays.【3】So parents have got more money to spend on each child. And many things are cheaper than they were when our parents were children.

【4】Forty years ago, no one could imagine a world with tiny computers and amazing smartphones, and now these things are necessary ---we can’t imagine living without them!

However,technology often means we spend more time at home. And often it’s just us,with our computer or television.Teenagers don’t do enough exercise.【5】 And,today don’t gave so many social activities as they did in the past.

What do you think? How is teenage life better these days?

A .And it was too big for me.

B. A typical family is smaller now.

C.Or your friends bikes are better than ours .

D.So they aren’t as healthy as they were in the past.

E.Technology is probably the greatest change in our life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】E

【5】D

【解析】

短文大意：本文通過對現(xiàn)在生活和過去生活的對比，說明了科技改變我們生活的同時，也帶來一些青少年運動量不足等方面的問題。

【1】根據(jù)下文的虛擬語境And I didn’t get a bike until I was sixteen .，可知Or your friends bikes are better than ours .符合句意，故選C。

【2】根據(jù)上文I didn’t get a bike until I was sixteen. And it was second -hand.，可知And it was too big for me.符合句意，故選A。

【3】根據(jù)下文So parents have got more money to spend on each child.，講述的是一種結果，可知A typical family is smaller now.介紹的是原因，符合句意，故選B。

【4】根據(jù)下文Forty years ago, no one could imagine a world with tiny computers and amazing smartphones, And now these things are necessary，描述的是科技帶來的四十年的變化對比，可知Technology is probably the greatest change in our life.符合句意，故選E。

【5】根據(jù)上文Teenagers don’t do enough exercise.，可知青少年的運動不足。備選句子So they aren’t as healthy as they were in the past.陳述了產生的結果，符合句意，故選D。

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