4.Children's lives have changed greatly over the last 50years.But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did?
It's difficult to look back on one's own childhood without some element of nostalgia(懷舊的).I have four brothers and sisters,and my memories are all about being with them,playing board games on the living room floor,or spending days in the street with the other neighborhood children,racing up and down on our bikes,or exploring the nearby woods.My parents scarcely appear in these memories,except as providers either of meals or of severe blame after some particularly risky adventure.
These days,in the UK at least,the nature of childhood has changed dramatically.Firstly,families are smaller,and there are far more only children.It is common for both parents to work outside the home and there is the feeling that there just isn't time to bring up a large family,or that no one could possibly afford to have more than one child.As a result,today's boys and girls spend much of their time alone.Another major change is that youngsters today tend to spend a huge amount of their free time at home,inside.More than anything this is due to the fact that parents worry far more than they used to about real or imagined dangers,so they wouldn't dream of letting their children play outside by themselves.
Finally,the kind of toys children have and the way they play is totally different.Computer and video games have replaced the board games and more interesting activities of my childhood.The irony(令人啼笑皆非的事情) is that so many ways of playing games are called"interactive".The fact that you can play electronic games on your own further increases the sense of loneliness felt by many young people today.
Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I had?I personally believe that they do,but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same.
25.What is the purpose of the direct question given in the first paragraph?C
A.To show who the passage is written for.
B.To gather people's opinions on childhood.
C.To get people's attention and lead in the topic.
D.To compare the childhood lives of two generations.
26.Which is NOT a reason for the changes?B
A.Families are smaller today.
B.It's too dangerous to play outside.
C.Toys can be played by children alone at home.
D.Parents worried too much about their children.
27.What has the writer focused on in the fourth paragraph?C
A.Young people today shouldn't play electronic games.
B.Computer and video games have replaced the board games.
C.Some games that young people play today aren't really good.
D.Board games are much more interesting than computer games.
28.The writer's attitude towards the childhood changing isB.
A.a(chǎn)pprovingB.objectiveC.unconcernedD.optimistic.

分析 文章中作者陳述了現(xiàn)在孩子童年發(fā)生了變化和產(chǎn)生變化的原因,問題是現(xiàn)在的孩子是否更快樂?

解答 25.C 26.B 27.C 28.B
25  C  推斷題.由后文作者論述隨著時代發(fā)展,不同時代的人的童年也在發(fā)生變化可知作者在第一段提出"But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did?"這個問題是為了主導全文的話題并引起讀者注意,C正確.
26  B   細節(jié)題.由第三段第二句"Firstly,families are smaller,and there are far more only children."和第五、六句"Another major change is that youngsters today tend to spend a huge amount of their free time at home,inside.More than anything this is due to the fact that parents worry far more than they used to about real or imagined dangers"可知變化產(chǎn)生的原因中沒有涉及到"在戶外玩耍太危險",所以四個選項中只有C項不是變化產(chǎn)生的原因,故正確答案為B.
27  C  由第四段最后一句"The fact that you can play electronic games on your own further increases the sense of loneliness felt by many young people today."可知作者寫第四段的目的是證明現(xiàn)在的一些游戲有很多缺點,因此對于青少年并沒有什么好處,所以C項正確.
28   B   推斷題.由最后一段最后一句"I personally believe that they do,but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same."可知作者個人認為這個時代孩子樂趣少了,但是作者還是給別人留下表達觀點的余地,并未在文中將個人觀點強加給讀者,故正確答案為B.

點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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