One day, I took an underground to work, I saw something that made me very sad. On the tube( underground in London), a mother kept looking at her phone screen and playing a game with her daughter sitting beside her. The little girl, about 5 years old, was talking to her mother about herday, repeating the next stop's name cheerfully, praising her mother's long nails--trying to draw her mother's attention. Her mother just nodded and mumbled "Mm, hm" with her eyes glued to the screen, busy passing the levels of the game. I watched the girl give a final try to at least get her mum to look at her, but it was no use. Then the little girl turned silent. It was a shame the mother didn't notice that.

It broke my heart and got me wondering--what kind of game would make the mother forget she has the most beautiful thing in the world, the human she created, the person she loves with all her heart? What it meant when she couldn't look into her daughter's eyes and even stop to listen to the girl?

Some parents are almost like the teenagers, always on their phones with mindless games or going through Facebook. Perhaps parents have many things to deal with, but sometimes they are everything to their kids.

This is not an isolated example. I've seen too many such examples. I might not be a parent myself, and probably still have a long way before becoming one, but I know what I saw isn't right.

The scene used to be seen among teenagers very often when parents complained how their children were crazy about their mobile phones. Look how the situation has changed! The parents have become "technology slaves", that is to say, they can't control themselves while using mobile phones. Now some middle-aged parents hold the best iPhones or Samsung phones, which are probably the only two brands they know. They are playing the simple games with so expensive mobile phones. I'm uncertain whether to laugh or to cry. But my hope is that this storm passes.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The girl failed to attract her mother's attention.

B. The mother felt sorry after her daughter turned silent.

C. The writer has much experience about being a parent.

D. Middle-aged parents know many brands of mobile phones.

2.The underlined word "isolated" in Paragraph 4 means .

A. spreading fast B. happening once

C. increasing quickly D. appearing suddenly

3.In the passage, the writer mainly wants to express .

A. the worries that children are crazy about mobile phones

B. the happiness that parents are now able to use modern technology

C. the sadness that the best smart pldones cost parents too much money

D. the hope that parents use new technology4ike smart phones properly

4.What's the best title of the passage?

A. Middle-aged parents B. A scene on the tube

C. Technology slaves D. Mindless phone games

People have always been dreaming of going to the moon. As long as the year 1901, H. G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book vividly describing a trip to the moon. On landing there, the explorers discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. Words failed to express their surprise when they spotted so many “moon people”. The “moon people” felt even more surprised. “Why,” they asked, “are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”

H. G. Wells could only imagine a travel to the moon. In 1969, human beings really left their footsteps on the moon. People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. However, the question that the “moon people” asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.

Underground systems are already in place. Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities, such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. The “Channel”, a tunnel connecting England and France, is now complete.

But what about underground cities? Japan’s Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground systems, called “Alice Cities”. The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome (太阳能穹顶) would cover the whole city.

Supporters of underground development argue that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space. The space, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness. H. G. Wells’ “moon people” would second it. Would you?

1.The explorers in H. G. Well’s story were surprised to find that the “moon people” .

A.knew so much about the earth

B.understood their language

C.lived in underground cities

D.were advanced in technology

2.What does the underlined word “it” (paragraph 2) refer to?

A.Discovering the moon’s inner space

B.Using the earth’s inner space

C.Meeting the “moon people” again

D.Traveling to outer space

3.What sort of underground systems are already in place?

A.Offices, shopping areas, power stations.

B.Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas.

C.Gardens, car parks, power stations.

D.Tunnels, gardens, offices.

4. We can learn from the text that .

A.H. G. Wells once went to moon himself.

B.Underground cities are more comfortable.

C.The solar dome is a necessary part of underground cities.

D.More underground systems will be in place in 2013.

5.What would be the best title of the text?

A.Alice Cities — cities of the future

B.Space travel with H. G. Wells

C.Enjoy living underground

D.Building down, not up

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