阅读理解
“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 is 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!
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
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.The family chose to spend some time in an old house because _____.
|
A．they loved to live simple lives |
|
B．they wanted to know how people lived without modern inventions |
|
C．they were troubled by modern inventions |
|
D．living in a different way would be fun for them |
4. 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”. |
5.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 |
完型填空
Twelve students danced with twelve big schoolbags on Children’s Day. They wanted to show people how 1 they were! They looked forward to 2 small schoolbags. In fact, big schoolbags have been a serious problem for students for a long time. They are too 3 to carry, and it’s also not convenient(方便的) 4 students want to take a book out to read. But now this problem seems to be solved(解决). An e-textbook was invented and it will help 5 poor children.
It is said that e-textbooks will be 6 in middle schools in our country. An e-textbook is a small 7 for each student. It’s 8 lighter than an ordinary schoolbag. Although it is as small as a book, 9 it can hold all things for study. Would you like to have 10 ?
|
1. |
|
|
2. |
|
|
3. |
|
|
4. |
|
|
5. |
|
|
6. |
|
|
7. |
|
|
8. |
|
|
9. |
|
|
10. |
|
— _____, Daming? — Yes, please.
|
A．What’s wrong with you |
B．Can I ask a favour |
|
C．What’s it about |
D．What’s up |
I used to watch a little girl playing basketball every day. One day I asked her why she practiced so 1 . She said, “I like basketball and I want to be the 2 player. My dad told me, ‘If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.’”
She never changed her mind. She practiced basketball every day. 3 one day before she graduated from high school, I saw her sitting on the grass 4 . I asked her what was wrong. She told me that her coach said she was 5 short to be a good basketball player. She was heartbroken. Then her father said to her, “If you 6 want to be a good basketball player, nothing but you 7 can stop your dream.” He told her 8 , “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
The next year, she and her team went to a big match. She was 9 by a coach of a famous team and was given a chance to the 10 basketball team.
|
1. A. few B. little 2.A. good B. better 3. A. And B. But 4. A. happily B. sleepily 5. A. so B. very 6. A. really B. possibly 7. A. himself B. yourself 8. A. often B. again 【小9】 A. allowed B. taught 9. A. men’s B. women’s |
C. much D. hardly C. well D. best C. So D. First of all C. sadly D. noisily C. quite D. too C. badly D.successfully C. herself D. yourselves C. always D. ever C. refused D. noticed C. children’s Dadults’ |
We should encourage the children affected by the earthquake ______ happy to face the life in future.
|
A．being |
B．are |
C．to be |
D．were |
— I usually go to school by bike.
— ______.
|
A．So did I |
B．I did so |
C．So do I |
D．So I do |
