二、请先阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后根据短文内容从下面的七个选项中选择五个还原到文中,使短文意思通顺、结构完整。

    We all love new inventions.1.______ But have all these inventions really improved the quality of our lives? Imagine this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. 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, have no telephone, no car, even no any electricity often seem to be happier? 3. _________.

   One family in the UK went back 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(时尚), beer-drinking granny to one who cooked things.

A. They had no washing machine, microwave oven,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.

F.I love my chldren very much.

G.The new inventions are really boring.


A stamp tells a story about the country which it comes from. You can find stamps that show almost anything. Some stamps honor special events, places, or people. As people collect these pieces of paper, no one knows how valuable(有价值的)they can become. One stamp from 1893 that celebrates Christopher Columbus is worth thousands of dollars! Stamp collecting has become popular. You can join groups and have a look at other's stamps.
 Who decides what is printed on a stamp? Many Americans come up with(提出)ideas for the pictures that go on stamps. They send their ideas to artists(艺术家),business people, and stamp collectors. They pick the best ideas and the postmaster General(首席邮政局长),the head of the Post Office, makes the final decision.

  Today, stamps have different shapes, sizes, and colors. But they still get your mail where you want it to go, just like long ago.  
  1.______can show almost anything of a country.
 
  A. Stamps                 B. Places               C. Colors        D.Food
  
  2.The stamp from 1893 that celebrates Christopher Columbus  is_______.
 
  A. small                  B. expensive            C. cheap      D.big
 
  3._______make the final decision what is put on a stamp.
 
  A. Some artists               B.Some stamp collectors       C. The Postmaster General

D.Some business people
  
  4.What does the underlined "worth" mean in Chinese?
 
  A.值...钱                B.奢侈的               C.富足的     D.有前途的
  
  5.From this passage, we can know that_______.
 
  A. people don't like stamps   B. stamps aren't useful     C. stamps show important things

D.stamps are very important for everyone
 

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