Question

My grandparents can be good fun．They are retired，so they don’t work any more．My grandfather is 68 and my grandmother is 67，but they are not too old to be active．They exercise by playing golf and they go out for meals and to the theater．Sometimes they take me out too．We have a good time．They also go on great holidays．Last year，they went to China and walked along the Great Wall!

    Sometimes，my grandparents like to criticize me．They think that children today have an easy life．Life was very different when they were young and there are many things about my life that they do not understand．They tell me，over and over，how they had to start work at l6．They know that I will go on to university and will not be getting a job until I am about 22 ！They also think that I have too many possessions(财产)，such as mobile phones，computers and PSPs．When they were young，they did not have

anything like that．What they do not realize is that they cannot compare children at present time．They had the same kinds of things as the rest of people of their age—so do I. It would be very strange if I only had the possessions that they have when they were at my age．

1.Grandparents do not work any more because       ．

A. they are tired    B. they want to play golf

C. they are retired    D. they want to enjoy their life

2.My grandparents are old and they lead a(n)        life．

A. active    B. boring    C. sad    D. hard

3.My grandparents sometimes criticize me．One reason is that      ．

A. I don’t go on great holidays with them

B. I won’t work until 22

C. they had to work at l6

D. children today have an easy life

4.Grandparents       when they were young．

A. had the same lire as we have today

B. had the same kinds of things as we have

C. had the same kinds of things as people of their age

D. had many possessions，including mobile phones，computers and PSPs

5.I       with my grandparents．

A. agree    B. disagree    C. quarrel    D. fight

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】作者的爷爷、奶奶都退休了，过着快乐的生活。但是他们觉得现在的孩子们的生活太安逸了，他们年轻的时候什么都没有，很早就开始上班赚钱。但是作者觉得他爷爷、奶奶的这个观点不对。

1.细节理解题。根据短文的开头They are retired，so they don’t work any more可知，作者的爷爷、奶奶都退休了，他们不需要再上班了。由此可知选C。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第一段中My grandfather is 68 and my grandmother is 67，but they are not too old to be active可知，作者的爷爷今年68岁，奶奶67岁，但是他们都不是因为老了就生活得不积极了，也就是说他们仍然生活得很积极。故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中Sometimes，my grandparents like to criticize me．They think that children today have an easy life可知，有时候作者的爷爷奶奶喜欢批评他，因为他们觉得现在的孩子们生活太安逸了。由此可知选D。

4.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中They had the same kinds of things as the rest of people of their age可知，作者的爷爷奶奶在年轻的时候跟与他们年龄差不多的人拥有的东西是一样的，他们拥有的和现在的孩子们不一样。由此可知应选C。

5.推理判断题。根据短文的最后It would be very strange if I only had the possessions that they have when they were at my age．可知，作者觉得如果他只拥有他的爷爷、奶奶在他这个年龄所拥有的东西，那真是太奇怪了。由此可知作者不同意他爷爷、奶奶的观点。因此应选B。

点睛：这篇短文是一篇记叙文，短文中作者讲述了他爷爷、奶奶的生活。阅读理解的题型主要分成四种：细节理解、推理判断、主旨大意和词义猜测。这篇短文下面的题目主要以细节理解和推理判断为主。细节理解题考查学生对短文某些句子或段落的理解，题目的答案一般都可以在原文中找到；推理判断考查学生在文章细节理解的基础上，结合作者的意图、观点加以判断，从而得出结论，比细节理解题要稍难一些。做细节题的时候，我们可以根据题干确定一个关键词，依据它定位文章的细节，阅读相关的句子，结合选项得出正确答案。例如第1题，根据题干中的do not work any more我们把答案定位在短文的开头第二句话，可以知道这个题的答案是They are retired，故应选C。推理判断题要更难一些，第5题是一道推理判断题，根据短文的最后一句话中，It would be strange…，作者用到了strange奇怪这个词，可以看出他并不同意爷爷、奶奶的观点，但是文章中也没有说因为观点不同而跟他们吵架，因此应选B。