My grandfather often complains (抱怨)about how fast things have changed, and says that life used to be better. Families are not families they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If husband and wife are having problems with their marriage, they don't stay together any more. Mothers used to stay at home to take care of their children, but not anymore now. Everyone's working. No one has time for children any more. They are left for their grandparents.

And the cars! No one walks anymore. Everyone drives. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. And in school, the children don't have to think anymore. In math class, for example, we used to add, minus, multiply, and divide in our heads. Kids don't use their heads anymore. They use calculators(计算器). Most families have computers now. In the old days, we didn't have computers. We didn't even have electricity. My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now fewer people eat home-cooked food. 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.

根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

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

A. 婚礼 B. 家庭 C. 婚姻 D. 感情

2.When husband and wife have problems with their marriage, ____________.

A. they stay together B. they argue with each other

C. they don't stay together D. they have no time to solve them

3.My grandfather thinks children now spend lots of time with their __________.

A. parents B. grandparents C. friends D. cousins

4.Families now often eat ___________.

A. at home B. in the restaurants

C. at friends' houses D. on the way

5.From the passage, we can know that ______________.

A. all the things have changed now

B. the rhythm(节奏)of life becomes quicker and quicker

C. life used to be boring

D. there is no difference between the past and nowadays

Ancient China produced many types of beautiful works of art.Among them,calligraphy(书法),poetry(诗歌)and painting were the most famous.Often they would be put together in art.These became important starting with the Song dynasty.

Calligraphy is the art of handwriting.In the old times the Chinese considered writing as an important form of art.Calligraphers(书法家)would practice for years to learn to write perfectly,but with style. Each of over 40,000 characters needed to be written correctly.And each stroke(笔画)in a character had to be written in a certain order.

Poetry was also an important form of art.Great poets were famous all over the country,but all educated people were expected to write poetry. During the Tang dynasty poetry was so important that writing poetry was part of the examinations to become a civil servant (文官)and work for the government.

Chinese painting was often connected with calligraphy. It is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world.The most traditional way of Chinese painting is known as “national”or“native painting(国画)”,which is quite different from Western painting.People can draw mountains,homes,birds,trees and water on it.

1.What is the most famous types of works of art in ancient China?

A. Calligraphy. B. Poetry. C. Chinese painting. D. A, B and C.

2.Calligraphers needed to write over______ characters correctly in the old times.

A. 10,000 B. 20,000 C. 30,000 D. 40,000

3.What was part of the civil service examinations during the Tang dynasty?

A. Painting. B. Calligraphy.

C. Writing poetry. D. Poetry.

4.The underlined word “it”refers to “ ________ ”.

A. Calligraphy B. Art C. Chinese painting D. Western painting

5.What's the passage mainly about?

A. Chinese art. B. Chinese examinations.

C. Chinese history. D. Chinese dynasties.

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