Question

【题目】阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的句子填在横线上，使短文连贯完整。

We all love new inventions. 【1】. But have all these inventions really improved the quality of our lives? Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings and a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen. 【2】. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel? Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, with no telephone, no car, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? 3 【3】.

One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10and Thomas, 7. spent nine weeks in a house of the 1940s. 【4】. The grandmother, Lyn, said, “【5】”. The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy, beer-drinking granny to one who cooked things”.

A. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phone.

B. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work.

C. Perhaps because they live simpler lives.

D. The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.

E. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了科技信息改变了我们的生活，并介绍了现在和过去生活的不同。

【1】根据上文We all love new inventions.可知下文是They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. 它们令人兴奋，令人惊叹，甚至可以改变我们的生活。故选E。

【2】根据上文Your mobile phone rings and a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen.可知下文是Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. 突然，电脑一片空白，你失去了所有的工作。故选B。

【3】根据上文Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, with no telephone, no car, not even any electricity often seem to be happier?可知下文是Perhaps because they live simpler lives. 也许是因为他们过着简朴的生活。故选C。

【4】根据上文The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10and Thomas, 7. spent nine weeks in a house of the 1940s.可知下文是They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phone.他们没有洗衣机、微波炉、电脑或手机。故选A

【5】根据上文The grandmother, Lyn, said,可知下文是The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes. 你拥有的东西越多，生活就越困难。故选D。