Question

【題目】 My neighbor, Mr. Black, is seventy years old. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better than today.

Now cities are full of cars. Some families even have two or more cars, so parking is becoming a big problem. The traffic in some cities is very bad. Some car drivers drive so fast that there are more traffic accidents. Yesterday Mr. Black’s old friend died because a car hit him. He is very sad now.

Most families have computers now. Now more and more children use the Internet . The number of children using the Internet is becoming bigger and bigger. Mr. Black’s grandson is a high school student. He often plays computer games on the Internet till midnight. He falls asleep in the early hours of the morning and spends little time doing homework. His English teacher told Mr. Black that his grandson failed another test. Mr. Black got very angry with him.

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

Mr. Black thinks that life used to simple and happy, but now it has changed a lot.

【1】Mr. Black thinks that the life now is_________.

A.more comfortableB.worse than it used to be

C.better than it used to beD.the same as it used to be

【2】What does the underlined word “complains “mean in Chinese?

A.考慮B.期盼C.抱怨D.猜測(cè)

【3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Few people are using the Internet now.

B.People have more time to talk with each other now.

C.It is a problem to park cars in some cities.

D.The traffic is very bad in all the cities.

【4】From the passage, we can infer (推斷) that_________.

A.Mr. Black’s grandson is not interested in the Internet.

B.Mr. Black is worried about his grandson.

C.Mr. Black is an English teacher.

D.Mr. Black likes today’s life more than that of the old days.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

這篇短文中作者主要介紹了自己鄰居布萊克先生對(duì)現(xiàn)如今生活的抱怨，總感覺(jué)沒(méi)有以前的美好、溫暖了，現(xiàn)代科技使人們的距離變遠(yuǎn)，親情淡漠等，但沒(méi)有看到美好的生活一面。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中he often says that life used to be better than today. 他經(jīng)常說(shuō)過(guò)去的生活比現(xiàn)在好。可知現(xiàn)在的生活比以前更糟糕，故選B。

【2】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文中He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better than today. 他總是……事情的變化有多快，他經(jīng)常說(shuō)過(guò)去的生活比現(xiàn)在好以及下文的介紹可知，這里指的是“抱怨”，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Most families have computers now. Now more and more children use the Internet現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)家庭都有電腦�，F(xiàn)在越來(lái)越多的孩子使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。可知A選項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的；根據(jù)文中And people talk less to each other than before. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think. 人們之間的交流也比以前少了。他們太忙了，沒(méi)時(shí)間說(shuō)話，沒(méi)時(shí)間吃飯，沒(méi)時(shí)間思考�？芍�B選項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的；根據(jù)文中Now cities are full of cars. Some families even have two or more cars, so parking is becoming a big problem. 現(xiàn)在城市里到處都是汽車。有些家庭甚至有兩輛或更多的車，所以停車成了一個(gè)大問(wèn)題�？芍�C選項(xiàng)是正確的；根據(jù)文中The traffic in some cities is very bad. 一些城市的交通很糟糕�？芍�D選項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的，故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中Mr. Black’s grandson is a high school student. He often plays computer games on the Internet till midnight. He falls asleep in the early hours of the morning and spends little time doing homework. His English teacher told Mr. Black that his grandson failed another test. Mr. Black got very angry with him. 布萊克先生的孫子是一名高中生。他經(jīng)常在網(wǎng)上玩電腦游戲到半夜。他一大早就睡著了，很少花時(shí)間做作業(yè)。他的英語(yǔ)老師告訴布萊克先生他的孫子又一次考試不及格。布萊克先生對(duì)他很生氣�？芍�布萊克先生很擔(dān)心他的孫子，故選B。