Question

    “Life is speeding up(加快速度). Everyone is getting unwell.” This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person wrote it.

Inventions can change our lives. But have all these things really improved our lives? Imagine this.

You’re doing your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings and the noise from the television are getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer is turned off and you lose all your work. How do you feel? Inventions have speeded up our lives, but they often leave us feeling tired.

One family in England went “back in time” to see what life was like without these inventions. The grandparents, with their daughter and grandsons Ben 10 and Tom 7, spent nine weeks in an old house. They had no computers or mobile phones. The grandmother, Linda, said, “The more things you have, the harder life becomes.” And Ben also noticed that his grandmother had changed. She cooked delicious food for them!

1.The writer uses the quotation(引语) at the beginning to         .

A.tell us a truth about our lives B.tell us what life was like before

C.show why such a thing happened D.show that we face big problems

2.In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions         .

A.have speeded up our lives B.have improved our lives

C.may make people feel happy D.may bring people some trouble

3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A.With the improvement of our lives, we often feel tired.

B.An unknown man was sure that life would get better.

C.The family had some changes when they lived in an old house.

D.The grandson Ben was ten when the family went “back in time” .

4.The passage is mainly about          .

A.problems with technology B.improvements of our lives with technology

C.changes happening to technology D.the importance of technology

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

本篇阅读是一篇议论文。本文讨论了发明是否真的给我们生活带来的都是好处。实际上，发明也会让人感到疲惫。英格兰的一个家庭就体验了一把远离现代发明的生活，他们发现原来这样的生活也别有一番风味。

1.观点态度题。根据第三段最后一句“Inventions have speeded up our lives, but they often leave us feeling tired.”可知作者并不认为加速的生活是好的，它反而会让我们感到疲惫，正好对应了第一段引用的话，所以作者是想在一开始就表明生活的真相，故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句“Inventions have speeded up our lives, but they often leave us feeling tired.”可知作者描述的这段生活中的片段是为了告诉读者，发明创造也给我们带来了很多问题，比如噪声，比如电脑死机时丢失的文件等，故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“Inventions have speeded up our lives, but they often leave us feeling tired.”可知随着生活质量的提高，我们也会感到疲惫，所以A正确；根据第一段最后一句“But in fact, an unknown person wrote it.”可知作者一开始引用的话是不知名的人写的，这个人并不认为加速的生活是好的，所以B错误；根据最后一段倒数第二句“And Ben also noticed that his grandmother had changed.”可知这一家人在远离现代生活后都发生了变化，所以C正确；根据最后一段第二句“The grandparents, with their daughter and grandsons Ben 10 and Tom 7...”可知这一家人参加“时光倒流”时，Ben是10岁，所以D正确。故选B。

4.主旨大意题。根据文章中表明观点的几个句子“Life is speeding up(加快速度). Everyone is getting unwell.”，“Inventions have speeded up our lives, but they often leave us feeling tired.”和“The more things you have, the harder life becomes.”可知整篇文章都是在说科技带来的问题。虽然我们的生活因为科技发明得到改善，但是我们也面临诸多问题，故选A。