Question

What will happen if a family is without the Internet for a month? One American family

decides to find out. They have sent an invitation to a leading US television station, expecting(期望) that it will send a film group to record their day-to-day life w1. the Internet for a month.

When the film group meet with the Smiths, they find that Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith and their two c2.are so crazy about the Internet that t3.hardly(几乎不) do things together. At mealtimes, no one s4.at the dining table for their food. “Everyone just runs into the kitchen, takes their food and then goes back to their screen,” Mrs. Smith explains. “I5. we don’t make a change, our family will become strangers to each other!”

Getting back to the normal life without the Internet is not e6., especially when the Smiths lose themselves in it. They have to make many c7.. For example, the two kids have to go to the school l8.to borrow books for their study about science, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith need to go out shopping because they cannot buy things on the I9.. As the family have picked up the new lifestyle, they find that they can spend more time talking over meals, playing sports and doing all k10.of activities together.

Would they be able to go for long without using the Internet after the challenge(挑战)?

Answer

1.without

2.children

3.they

4.sits

5.If

6.easy

7.changes

8.library

9.Internet

10.kinds

【解析】

本文主要讲述了一个美国家庭因网络使亲人关系生疏，他们找到了电视台的电影组来记录他们没有网络的一个月的生活。

1.句意：期望电视台会派一个电影组来记录他们没有网络的一个月的每日生活。根据文中What will happen if a family is without the Internet for a month? 一个家庭没有网络一个月会怎么样？可知他们要记录在没有网络下的一个月的生活，故填without。

2.句意：当电影组见到Smiths一家的时候，他们发现史密斯先生，史密斯太太，和他们的两个孩子对网络是如此的痴迷以至于他们很难在一起做事情。根据前文中的“the Smiths”可知这里表示他们的两个孩子，故填children。

3.句意：参考第2小题。根据句子结构分析，这里缺少的是主语，根据句意分析这里的主语指的是史密斯一家，为了避免重复，用they来指代， 故填they。

4.句意：在吃饭时候，没有人能够坐在桌子旁吃饭。根据句子中“at the dining table for their food”可知这里是坐在桌子旁，又因主语是no one是复合不定代词，谓语动词用单数，故填sits。

5.句意：如果我们不做出改变我们一家人将变成陌生人。根据句意可知这里是一种假设，故填If.

6.句意：在没有网络的情况下回到正常的生活是不容易的，尤其是当史密斯一家都沉迷于网络。 根据上下文对情况严重性的描述，可知回归正常生活是不容易的，故填easy。

7.句意：他们必须做出很多的改变。根据后文举例两个兄弟和史密斯夫妇做的事情可知，他们做出了改变，以及前文提到If we don’t make a change, our family will become strangers to each other!可推测这里填change,前面有many，故填可数名词复数，故填changes。

8.句意：例如，两个孩子必须去学校图书馆借阅有关科学的学习用书。根据空后borrow books 可以推测，应该是图书馆，故填library。

and Mr. and Mrs. Smith need to go out shopping because they cannot buy things on the I___9___.

9.句意：斯密斯夫妇需要出去购物，因为他们不能在网上买东西。根据空前can not 以及前文写他们在过没有网络的生活，可知他门不能网上购物，故填Internet。

10.句意：他们发现他们可以花费更多的时间讨论关于饮食，运动，并且可以在一起做很多种类的活动。根据空前的all 以及空后的of, 可知这里用到固定短语all kinds of，各种各样的，故填kinds。