题目内容
17."Life is speeding up.Everyone is getting unwell."This may sound like something someone would say today.But in fact,an unknown person who lived in Rome in 53AD wrote it.
We all love new inventions.They are exciting,amazing and can even change our lives.But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
Picture this.You're rushing to finish your homework on the computer.Your mobile phone rings,a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen,the noise from the television is getting louder and louder.Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work.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 up feeling stressed (重压) and tired.Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities,who have no telephones,no car,not even any electricity often seem to be happier?Perhaps because they live simpler lives.
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 Thomans,7,spent nine weeks in a 1940s house.They had no washing machine,microwave,computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother,Lyn,said,"The more things you have,the more difficult life becomes."The boys said they fought less.Probably,they said,because there was less to fight over,such as their computer.Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy (时髦的),beer-drinking granny,to one who cooked things.
54.The writer uses the quote (引证) at the beginning of the story toA.
A.tell us a truth about our live
B.tell us what life was like long time ago
C.point out what causes such a thing to happen
D.point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same
55.The family chose to spend some time in a 1940s house becauseA.
A.they loved to live simple lives
B.they wanted to know how people lived without modern inventions
C.they were troubled by modern inventions
D.living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them
56.According to the passage,which is NOT right?B
A.People who live far away from noisy cities often seem to be happier
B.An unknown Roman was sure that the quality of life would get better
C.The family had some changes when they lived in a 1940s house
D.With the improvement of our lives,we often feel stressed and tired
57.The passage is mainly aboutA.
A.problems with technology
B.improvements of our lives with technology
C.changes happening to technology
D.the importance of technology.
分析 "生活加速.每个人变得不适."
这可能听起来像今天的某个人说的东西.但事实上是一位住在罗马AD53的一位不知名的市民所写的.
我们都爱新发明.他们使人兴奋,惊奇且能改变我们的生活.但是所有的这些发明真的改善了我们的生活质量吗?
看这一幅图:你正在急于在电脑上完成你的作业.你手机响了,你朋友的QQ信息在屏幕上出现,电视的噪音变得越来越大.突然电脑黑屏,你丢失了所有的工作.现在你不得不一直熬夜把事情做完.你觉得你会平静和开心吗?
发明已大大加速了我们的生活,以致于它们经常使我们感到压力和疲累.为什么你觉得远离嘈杂城市,没有电话,没有小车,甚至没有电的人们经常看起来更开心呢?可能是因为他们过着简单的生活.
英国的一个家庭"回到过去"看看没有我们今天的一切发明的生活是怎样的.一对爷爷奶奶,带着他们的女儿,以及外孙本杰明10岁和托马斯7岁在20世纪40年代的房子里渡过了9周.他们没有洗衣机,微波炉,电脑或手机.
祖母lyn说,"生活上很困难,但精神上却没有.她认为生活不需要太多物质性."你拥有的东西越多,生活就变得越困难.她说.两个男孩说他们打架次数变少了.可能,他们说,因为打架的理由少了,比如为了电脑打架.LYN也从一个时尚的,爱喝酒的奶奶变成了一个爱煮东西的奶奶."
解答 54.A理解推断题.根据文章内容可知本文一开始就引用一位不知名的市民的话,然后就对这句话进行论证,这句话启示就是告诉了我们一个事实,故选A.
55.A细节理解题.根据第五段Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities,who have no telephones,no car,not even any electricity often seem to be happier?Perhaps because they live simpler lives.
可知这家人选择在40年代的房子里呆上一段时间是因为他们喜爱简单的生活,故选A.
56.A细节理解题.根据第一句即罗马人的话可知他并不确定现在的人们生活的更好,故选A.
57.B主旨大意题.根据文章内容可知本文讲述的就是科技的进步给人们带来的困扰,故选B.
点评 做题时要在理解好文意的基础上,与题目有机的结合,从文章中找到相关细节性的句子与选项细细比对,进行选择或推理判断,选出符合文章内容的正确选项.做题注意灵活,有时可采用排除法或直选法确定出最终答案.
| 1.The weekend before she has to give it to the teacher,she sits on her own in the kitchen.First,she looks at the title and thinks a lot. | 2.Then she writes a few ideas onto a piece of paper,in no particular order. She looks up a couple of words in the dictionary and writes those down. | 3.Then she has a sandwich and goes to watch TV. | 4.The next day she looks at whatshe wrote.She adds some more ideas.Then she decides how to order her ideas.She starts to write. |
| 5.There are some words she's not sure about so she looks them up in her dictionary. | 6.When she has finished writing, she reads carefully through her composition.She crosses some things out and changes one or two sentences. | 7.Then she looks back at her notes from other written work.She makes sure she hasn't made any of the same mistakes. | 8 Finally,she writes out her composition onto a clean piece of paper and puts it in her bag. |
A.She looks at the title and thinks a lot.
B.She has a sandwich and goes to watch TV.
C.She writes a few ideas onto a piece of paper.
D.She looks up a couple of words in the dictionary.
52.When she meets some words she's not sure,D.
A.she writes them down
B.she looks back at her notes
C.she crosses some things out
D.she looks them up in the dictionary
53.From the passage we can know Sofia is aC.
A.driver
B.doctor
C.student
D.parent.