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【题目】补全短文。根据短文内容，从短文后的A-F选项中选出适当的选项补全短文，并将选项的字母编号填在题号后的相应位置上。
It’s Friday evening. My daughters, 3 and 9, sigh (叹息) when I gently take the iPads away from their laps. 【1】 We light the candles and sit down to have a big meal.
Most people in our lives know they will not be able to connect with my family by using computer or mobile phones for 24 hours. 【2】 We call it our “Technology Shabbat (科技安息日)” which lasts from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday.
I first understood the importance of disconnecting in 2008, when my father was told that he had got brain cancer(癌). Some days he would have only one good hour, and I wasn’t willing to be disturbed when I was with him, so I’d turn off my mobile phone.
Soon after, encouraged by National Day of Unplugging (全国断网断电日) on March 1st, my husband and I decided to unplug for one full day every week.
【3】 Our Saturdays now feel like mini-vacations. We drive our car or ride our bike. We with our kids, work in the garden, play board games and cook meals. I feel more balanced. I feel like a better mother, wife and person.
Keeping a balance between the good and the bad of technology is my lasting state.【4】 and take in carious ideas all over the world. But the technology also take something away from us. When we stay up late at night linking (连接) from website to website or sending messages or 3-mailing, we click again, and again, and again until we’ve overloaded (超负荷的).
【5】 it’s necessary for us to pay attention to what we are doing online and when we should go off.
I will always remember the most important thing in my family: “Technology Shabbat”.
A.One by one, our screens are tuned off.
B.During our “Technology Shabbats”, time slows.
C.And so it has gone, every week for three years.
D.When we rush into the time full of high technology.
E.The technology we’ve created makes it possible for us to share knowledge.
F.Some days we will spend only one good hour communicating heart to heart.
【答案】
【1】A
【2】C
【3】B
【4】E
【5】D
【解析】试题分析：短文叙述了作者一家在父亲病重需要照顾的情况下，体会到了关机不被打扰的安静，然后在全国断网断电日的鼓励下，决定每周也实行断电断网日，来享受一家人的天伦之乐。
【1】根据下文We light the candles and sit down to have a big meal.点着蜡烛吃晚饭，可知停电了。联系前一句My daughters, 3 and 9, sigh when I gently take the iPads away from their laps.，可知孩子们的iPads因为断电而关闭了。备选句子中，One by one, our screens are tuned off.符合文意，故选A。
【2】根据上下文，可知备选句子And so it has gone, every week for three years.符合文意，it即指上文的they will not be able to connect with my family by using computer or mobile phones for 24 hours.，故选C。
【3】根据上文Soon after, encouraged by National Day of Unplugging on March 1st, my husband and I decided to unplug for one full day every week.，可知作者家决定每周拔掉插头一整天。结合前文We call it our “Technology Shabbat” which lasts from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday.，备选句子During our “Technology Shabbats”, time slows.符合文意，故选B。
【4】根据下文But the technology also take something away from us.技术也带走了我们的东西，而备选句子The technology we’ve created makes it possible for us to share knowledge.能够和它构成转折关系，故选E。
【5】根据后一句it’s necessary for us to pay attention to what we are doing online and when we should go off.，可知备选句子When we rush into the time full of high technology.和它联系紧密，能构成时间状语从句，故选D。
【题目】完成表格。阅读下面短文，根据其内容，完成表格中所缺的信息，并将答案填在相应题号的横线上。
You can study the English language for years but still not understand a native speaker of English when you meet one. Native speakers say a lot of things, but you can’t find them in any dictionary. Well, don’t worry. Here’s a secret for you: a lot of British people can’t understand each other either!
There are different local accents (口音) across the UK, and a number of areas have several different accents, that is, they have their own vocabulary and phrases. There were at least six different accents born to London the last time I counted.
Worse than that, it is not just where a person is born in the UK that decides their accent. For example, a language and its accents often change across class or level of education. Another example is how language can differ among age groups in the UK. The words and pronunciation used by young people in the UK can be completely different compared with those used by adults. They are creating a “yoof culture”.
The word “yoof” is a slang (俚语) spelling of “youth”. Some people don’t consider “yoof” to be a positive term since its pronunciation is easier and lazier than “youth”. Other people see the term as positive, because it describes how young people are creating their own language, concept and identity.
When parents find it difficult to understand their children, the children can say more things without the examining of their parents. In this way, young people are starting to find freedom, independence and self-expression. Even though certain groups of society feel threatened (威胁) by “yoof culture”, new words come and go like fashions.
So learners should have no fear about communicating with native speakers. Even British people don’t speak English properly! The UK no longer owns the English language.
Learner’s worries | They study the language for years and still can’t understand a native speaker. Native speakers say lots of things that don’t 【1】 in any dictionary. | |
【2】 of different accents | People from different areas have their own vocabulary and phrases. A person’s accent depends on the birthplace. How much education people receive also decides on their accents. People from different age groups speak 【3】 | |
Attitudes towards “yoof culture” | 【4】 | It’s easier and lazier to pronounce “yoof” than “youth” |
For | Young people are creative. They can have their own language and identity | |
Conclusion | Don’t 【5】 to communicate with native speakers. British people also don’t speak English properly. | |