Question

One day, I took an underground to work, I saw something that made me very sad.On the tube (underground in London), a mother kept looking at her phone screen and playing a game with her daughter sitting beside her. The little girl, about 5 years old,was talking to her mother about her day, repeating the next stop’s name cheerfully,praising her mother’s long nails — trying to catch her mother’s attention. Her mother just nodded and answered “Mm, hm” with her eyes glued to the screen, busy passing the levels of the game. I watched the girl give a final try to at least get her mum to look at her, but it was no use. Then the little girl turned silent. It was a shame the mother

didn’t notice that.

It broke my heart and got me wondering — what kind of game would make the mother forget she has the most beautiful thing in the world, the human she created, the person she loves with all her heart? What it meant when she couldn’t look into her daughter’s eyes and even stop to listen to the girl?

Some parents are almost like the teenagers, always on their phones with mindless games or going through WeChat. Perhaps parents have many things to deal with, but sometimes they are everything to their kids.

This is not an only example. I’ve seen too many such examples. I might not be a parent myself, and probably still have a long way before becoming one, but I know what I saw isn’t right.

The scene used to be seen among teenagers very often when parents complained how their children were crazy about their mobile phones. Look how the situation has changed! The parents have become “technology slaves (奴隶)”, that is to say, they can’t control themselves while using mobile phones. Now some middle-aged parents hold the best iPhones or Samsung phones, which are probably the only two brands they know. They are playing the simple games with so expensive mobile phones. I’m uncertain whether to laugh or to cry. But my hope is that this storm passes.

1.The little girl turned silent because she failed to _____.

A. stop to listen to her mum

B. catch her mother’s attention

C. know the brand of her mobile phone

D. control herself while using mobile phone

2.In the passage, the writer mainly wants to express _____.

A. the hope that parents use new technology properly

B. the happiness that parents can use modern technology

C. the sadness that parents have many things to deal with

D. the worries that children are crazy about mobile phones

3.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Technology Slaves    B. Middle-aged Parents

C. A Scene on the Tube    D. Mindless Phone Games

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

【解析】本文主要介绍了一些家长成为了“技术的奴隶”，在使用智能手机时，无法控制自己。他们忙于按手机屏幕，没有时间与孩子交谈。

1.B

推理判断题。根据The little girl, about 5 years old,was talking to her mother about her day,和trying to catch her mother’s attention. 和Her motherjust nodded and answered “Mm, hm” with her eyes glued to the screen, busy passing the levels of the game和Then the little girl turned silent. It was a shame the mother didn’t notice that.可知那个小女孩为了引起妈妈的注意，一直和她妈妈说话，但是她妈妈只是忙于玩手机，不理小女孩，因此她没有引起妈妈的注意，最后小女孩沉默，不说话了，故选B。

2.A

推理判断题。根据The parents have become “technology slaves (奴隶)”, that is to say, they

can’t control themselves while using mobile phones.和But my hope is that this storm passes.可知作者希望父母使用智能手机时，应能控制自己，不要成为技术的奴隶，因此应正确使用新技术，故选A。

3.A

标题归纳题。根据The parents have become “technology slaves (奴隶)”, that is to say, they

can’t control themselves while using mobile phones.可知本文主要介绍了一些家长成为了“技术的奴隶”，在使用智能手机时，无法控制自己，故选A。