Question

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My grandfather is eighty years old. He always says life is     from the past, and he often says that life in the past was     and easier.

Family life is different. Mother     at home in the past and took care of their children, but now everyone is busy working. No one has time to     children at home.

And the     ! No one walks anymore. More and more people drive. In the past we walked five miles to school on schooldays, even in     . But now children don’t. And the life in school is also different. In    class, for example, we used our heads to work out problems in the past, but now we use calculators(计算器).

Most families have computers now. In the past we didn’t have     . We didn’t even have lights. My mother had to spend all day     in the kitchen. But now we don’t often eat at home.

And people talk less to each other     before. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, and too busy to think.

Life was easy in the past, but now it is quite different.

1.A. difficult     B. different     C. important

2.A. better        B. good          C. worse

3.A. worked        B. got         C. stayed

4.A. look after    B. look like     C. look at

5.A. buses         B. cars        C. bikes

6.A. spring       B. autumn       C. winter

7.A. English      B. Chinese     C. math

8.A. cars         B. TVs           C. computers

9.A. playing      B. cooking     C. watching

10.A. as          B. than        C. from

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.C

8.C

9.B

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要介绍了自己80岁的爷爷对如今生活的抱怨，总感觉没有以前美好、温暖，婚姻的破裂、现代科技使人们的距离变远，亲情淡漠等，但没有看到美好的生活一面。

1.B考查形容词词及语境的理解。 A. Difficult困难的；B. different 不同的；C. Important重要的；句意：他总是说生活和一前不同了。现在的生活和过去的生活不同。故选C。

2.A考查形容词及语境的理解。A. better 跟好的；B. Good好的；C. worse 更糟。句意：他们经常说过去的生活更好。故选A。

3.C考查动词及语境的理解。 A. Worked工作；B. Got得到； C. stayed 待在。句意：母亲们在过去呆在家照顾孩子。说过去的母亲不去上班，就是呆在家。故选C。

4.A考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. look after照顾；B. look like看起来像；C. look at看。句意：没有人有时间在家照顾孩子。根据题意，故选A。

5.B考查名词及语境的理解。 A. Buses公共汽车；B. Cars小汽车；C. Bikes自行车。句意：还有小汽车，没有人走了，越来越多的人开车。故选B。

6.C考查名词及语境的理解。A. Spring春天；B. Autumn秋天；C. Winter冬天。句意：过去，我们走5公里去上学，甚至在冬天也这样。以前人们走着去上学，在冬天也是这样。故选C。

7.C考查名词及语境的理解。 A. English英语；B. Chinese 汉语；C. Math数学。句意：在数学课上，过去我们用脑子去算出问题，但是现在我使用计算器。因为是数学课要使用计算器。根据题意，故选C。

8.C考查名词及语境的理解。A. cars 汽车；B. TVs 电视；C. Computers电脑。句意：在过去我们没有电脑，我们甚至没有电灯，故选C。

9.B考查非谓语动词及语境的理解。A. Playing玩；B. cooking 做饭；C. watching 看。句意：我的母亲不得不花费整天的时间在厨房做饭，根据短语spend+ 时间+doing表示花费时间做某事。故选B。

10.B考查连词及语境的理解。as 当……时候；B. Than比；C. From从……。句意：人们比以前彼此谈论的很少。根据题意，故选B。

考点：故事类短文。