Question

【题目】Teenage life — better now，or in the past? Does this situation sound familiar (熟悉)？

You are complaining (抱怨)to your parents about something. Maybe your computer isn't powerful enough to play the latest games.Or your friends’ bikes are better than yours. 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.【1】”

So, is it really true that life is better for teenagers now? It is certainly true that many teenagers have got more things nowadays. 【2】So parents have got more money to spend on each child. And many things are cheaper than they were when our parents were children.

【3】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 is just us, with our computer or television. Teenagers don’t do enough exercise. 【4】And, although young people still get on well with their friends，some people think teenagers today don’t have

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.I like my old days.

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】A

【2】B

【3】E

【4】D

【解析】试题本文通过四十年前生活和现在生活的对比，指出电脑和电子游戏等新技术在给生活带来最大变化的同时，也花费家庭大量金钱和时间，使得青少年忽视了体育锻炼而不像过去那样健康。而且，现在的青少年也没有和过去一样多的社会活动。最后的反问，表明了作者的观点。

【1】根据And it was second-hand.，可知it指的是上文的bike。备选句子And it was too big for me.符合文意的描述，故选A。

【2】根据So parents have got more money to spend on each child. 父母有更多的钱花在每个孩子身上，可知备选句子A typical family is smaller now.和本句存在因果关系，符合文意，故选B。

【3】根据下一段However, technology often means we spend more time at home.技术常常意味着我们在家里花更多的时间，however表转折，可知本段是谈技术的另一方面（比如好处）。备选句子Technology is probably the greatest change in our life符合文意，故选E。

【4】根据Teenagers don’t do enough exercise. 青少年做的运动不够，可知备选句子So they aren’t as healthy as they were in the past.和本句存在因果关系，符合文意，故选D。