【題目】Passage 4

“Life is speeding up(加速). Everyone is getting unwell. ”

This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person who lived in ancient Rome wrote it.

We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can change our lives. 【1】

For example, you're rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings. 【2】Suddenly the computer goes bad and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?

Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling worried and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier?【3】

One family in the UK went"back in time" to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10 and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave(微波爐),computer or mobile phones.

The grandmother Lyn said, “【4】” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Also Lyn changed from being a fashionable (時(shí)尚的), beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.

A. Perhaps it's because they live simpler lives.

B. Living in a different time will be lots of fun for us.

C. A QQ message from your friend appears on the screen.

D. But have all these developments really improved our lives?

E. The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.

F. We have achieved so much with the developments of technology.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】E

【解析】

本文主要想告訴我們隨著現(xiàn)代科學(xué)技術(shù)的發(fā)展，我們的生活中有了很多新的發(fā)明，但是這些新發(fā)明讓人們感到壓力和疲憊。

【1】根據(jù)下文的舉例For example, you're rushing to finish your homework …Now you have to stay up all night to get it done.”可知高科技的發(fā)明也會給生活帶來不便，所以“But have all these developments really improved our lives?”"但所有這些發(fā)展真的改善了我們的生活嗎？”符合上下文語境，故選D。

【2】根據(jù)“you're rushing to finish your homework on the computer. ”你急著在電腦上完成作業(yè)，可知“A QQ message from your friend appears on the screen. ”“你朋友的QQ信息出現(xiàn)在屏幕上�！狈险Z境，故選C。

【3】根據(jù)上文用why提問：Why do you think… seem to be happier?可知應(yīng)用because回答，所以“Perhaps it's because they live simpler lives. ”“也許是因?yàn)樗麄冞^著更簡單的生活。”符合語境，故選A。

【4】根據(jù)上文“They had no washing machine, microwave(微波爐),computer or mobile phones. ”“他們沒有洗衣機(jī)、微波爐、電腦或手機(jī)�！笨芍棠�Lyn可能會說“ The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes. ”“你擁有的東西越多，生活就越困難�！狈险Z境，故選E。

做這類題的時(shí)候要邊讀邊做，圈畫一些粗線索，再從選項(xiàng)中尋找相關(guān)的特征詞用來判斷正確答案。帶入排除法也是一種很好的方法。另外，如果發(fā)現(xiàn)有一題拿不準(zhǔn)的，先跳過，先做容易的能做出的題，真到讀完整篇文章，至此，文章的要點(diǎn)和主旨、各個(gè)段落之間的邏輯關(guān)系應(yīng)該基本就能清楚了，然后再做之前不確定的題目。

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