“Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person who lived in Rome in AD（公元） 53 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
Picture this. You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave up feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity（電） often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they live simpler lives.
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, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy（趕時髦的）, beer-drinking granny”, to one who cooked things.
小題1:The writer uses the quote（引號） at the beginning of the story to ________.
A．tell us a truth about our lives
B．tell us what life was like long time ago
C．point out what causes such a thing to happen
D．point out some problems we will meet in the life
小題2:In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions _______.
A．have speeded up our livesB．have improved the quality of our lives
C．may make people feel very happyD．may bring people some trouble
小題3:The family chose to spend some time in a 1940s 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 time would be a lot of fun for them
小題4:According to the passage, which id NOT right?
A．People who live far away from noisy cities often seem to be happier.
B．An unknown Roman was sure that the quality of life would get better.
C．The family had some changes when they lived in a 1940s house.
D．With the improvement of our lives, we often feel stressed and tired.
小題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

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要想告訴我們隨著現(xiàn)代科學技術的發(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。作者開頭引用了一個不知名的羅馬人所說的話，點明了短文的中心，即科學技術的發(fā)展給人們帶來的問題。
小題1:句意理解題。短文的開頭作者引用了一個生活在公元53年的羅馬的一個不知名的人所說的話，意為：生活在加速，每個人都因此而不安。作者這樣做的原因是因此他在這篇短文中想要談論的話題，即生活的快速發(fā)展到底對我們是好的還是壞的。故選A。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段的內(nèi)容可知，在這一段中作者給我們描述了一個畫面，畫面中的我們在一系列的現(xiàn)代發(fā)明面前，生活沒有變得更加舒適，反而是一塌糊涂。故選D，新發(fā)明可能會給我們的生活帶來麻煩。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第六段One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today.可知，英國的一個家庭想要回到過去的時間，去看看過去的時候，在沒有所有這些新發(fā)明之前人們的生活是怎樣的。故選B。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity（電） often seem to be happier可知A這句話是正確的；根據(jù)短文第六段可知Ｃ這句話也是正確的；根據(jù)短文Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave up feeling stressed and tired.可知Ｄ這句話也是正確的；根據(jù)短文的開頭可知Ｂ是不正確的。故選Ｂ。
小題5:主旨大意題。這篇短文中作者主要想告訴我們隨著現(xiàn)代科學技術的發(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。所以作者在這篇短文中討論的是科學技術的發(fā)展給人們帶來的問題。故選Ａ。
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