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【题目】阅读表达

阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

When we were growing up in our grandparents’ home, Jack, my grandfather, was always in his room sitting in the chair and listening to the radio. The voices speaking from the metal box day and night, taught us that there was a larger world outside. He would roll the black dial (刻度盘) back and forth until the signal was clear. Then he would listen.

Now he is old and falls ill. When I went to visit him, he said to me, “I dislike the Internet. The problem is that we’re losing primary contact with each other. No more shaking hands. Everyone is so busy. We want too much and in the process of getting it we miss so much.” He stopped for a while. “It makes me lonely and sad.” Then he looked at me, “I just want to hear your voices.”

I think of all the voices on the radio he has spent a lifetime listening to. I asked, “How did you become interested in radio?” “I don’t know,” he said. “It was another way to reach people. I was always interested in searching for a better signal, a clearer, more powerful signal that could communicate with someone somewhere.”

“And I’ll tell you another funny thing: you can electronically eliminate all kinds of noise from the signal, but you can’t remove natural noise caused by thunder and lightning, rainstorms, or snowstorms.”

He closed his eyes and smiled. “I was just thinking that in spite of all our technologies, maybe we haven’t progressed that far as human beings. We shouldn’t forget we still have the same basic needs.”

【1】What did Jack use to do in his room? (No more than 15 words)

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【2】Why did Jack roll the black dial back and forth? (No more than 5 words)

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【3】How is Jack feeling now? (No more than 10 words)

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【4】What does the underlined word “eliminate” in Paragraph 4 mean? (1 words)

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【5】What should you do to solve the problem of losing direct contact with others?

(No more than 20 words)

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】He used to sit in the chair, listening to his radio.

【2】To find a clear signal.

【3】He is feeling lonely and sad.

【4】Remove.

【5】We should reduce the time we spend on the Internet and find more time to communicate with others.

【解析】

试题分析:文章讲述了在科技越来越发达的条件下，我们不能忘记了人们的基本需求。

【1】He used to sit in the chair, listening to his radio.考察细节理解题。根据文意my grandfather, was always in his room sitting in the chair and listening to the radio可知Jack经常在他的屋子里坐在椅子上听收音机。

【2】To find a clear signal.考察细节理解题。根据文意He would roll the black dial (刻度盘) back and forth until the signal was clear.可知Jack不停地拨弄着刻度盘是为了信号清晰。

【3】He is feeling lonely and sad.考察细节理解题。根据文意It makes me lonely and sad.可知他感觉到很孤独和悲伤。

【4】Remove.考察词意推测题。根据文意you can electronically eliminate all kinds of noise from the signal, but you can’t remove natural noise caused by thunder and lightning, rainstorms, or snowstorms可知你可以消除信号的声音，但你消除不了大自然的声音，由此词意是“消除”的意思。

【5】We should reduce the time we spend on the Internet and find more time to communicate with others.考察主旨大意。根据文意在科技越来越发达的条件下，我们不能忘记了人们的基本需求，我们要有更多与人交流的时间和机会。