My grandfather is an eighty-year-old man. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.

Families aren't families the way they used to be. A lot of families have broken down. If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now not anymore. Everyone's working. No one has time to look after children at home.

And the cars! No one walks anymore; everyone drives. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. But now we don't. And in school, the children don't have to think anymore. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide in our heads. Kids don't use their heads anymore; instead, they use calculators(计算器).

Most families have computers now. In the past we didn't have computers. We didn't even have lights. My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now nobody eats home-cooked food anymore.

And people don't talk to each other anymore. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think ..

Life used to be simple, but it isn't anymore.

1. What does the grandfather think of the life now?

A. He thinks the life is the same as it used to be.

B. He thinks the life now is worse than it used to be.

C. He thinks the life now is better than it used to be.

D. He thinks the life now is very good.

2. What does the underlined word "marriage" mean in Chinese?

A.生活 B.工作 C.婚姻 D.家庭

3.What has happened to students these years according to the passage'?

A. The students don't have to think anymore in school.

B. The students use calculators in math class.

C. The students used to walk to school, but now they don't.

D. All of the above.

4. What changes have happened to some families?

①There are lights at home

②People like to eat home-cooked food

③Lots of families have computers

④Lots of couples live apart because of unhappy problems

A.①②④ B.②③④ C.①②③ D.①③④

5.Which is RIGHT according to the passage?

A. People have too much time to talk with each other.

B. Life now is very simple.

C. Some families have become single-parent families.

D. Lots of mothers stay at home and look after their children

It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL (English as a Second Language) classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Korea. Because Tara looked Korean, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Korea. Tara replied, "No, I'm not." Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Japan, or Thailand, or China. To each question, Tara answered them a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, "She's not from anywhere!" The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Korean.

The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory(介绍的)questions of each other. A student in Tara's group asked her, "Where are you from?" Tara answered that she was from Korea. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara's answer.

"Aha!" they both exclaimed, "You ARE from Korea!" Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized(道歉)to both of them for lying the day before. She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their mother language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Korean. In her opinion, ESL students should try to speak English only.

"I agree." said Rose.

"You're 100 percent right." agreed Jenny, "Rose and I must stop speaking Korean to each other. Right,Rose?" Rose nodded,and then said something in Korean. All three women laughed.

The next half a year, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Korean to them during class or break.

1.The underlined word "exclaimed" in Paragraph 3 means " ".

A. announced with excitement B. shouted in surprise

C. screamed with joy D. cried in fear

2.From the passage, we can infer(推断)that .

A. Tara said she was from Korea because she knew the student in her group was also from Korea

B. Tara said she was from Korea because she wanted to make friends with the student in her group

C. Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't want Rose and Jenny to speak Korean with her the following days

D. Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't like Rose and Jenny and wasn't willing to speak Korean with them

3. Which is the best title of this passage?

A. Don't Tell Lies B. An ESL Class

C. Let's Speak English D. Three Korean Women

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