Question

My grandfather is eighty years old. He always complains（抱怨）about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.

“Families aren’t the ones the way they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now everyone is busy working. No one has time to look after children at home.

And the cars! No one walks anymore; more and more people drive. We used to walk five miles to school on schooldays, even in winter. But now we don’t. And in school, children don’t have to think anymore. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide(加減乘除) using our heads. But now kids don’t use their heads anymore; instead, they use calculators(計算器).

Most families have computers now. In the past we didn’t have computers. We didn’t even have lights. My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now we don’t often eat home-cooked food.

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

Life used to be simple, but it isn’t anymore.”

1.What does my grandfather think of the life now?

A. He thinks the life now is very good.

B. He thinks the life now is worse than it used to be.

C. He thinks the life now is better than it used to be.

2.What does the underlined word “marriage” mean in Chinese?

A. 生活 B. 工作 C. 婚姻

3.What has happened these years according to the passage?

A. Children don’t have to think anymore in school.

B. Students use calculators in math class.

C. Both of the above.

4.What changes have happened to families?

① There are lights at home.

② People often eat home-cooked food.

③ Lots of families have computers.

④ More couples夫婦 live apart because of unhappy problems.

A. ①③④ B. ②③④ C. ①②③

5.Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Life now is much simpler.

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

C. The grandfather only complains and pays no attention to the better life now.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要介紹了自己80歲的爺爺對現如今生活的抱怨，總感覺沒有以前的美好、溫暖了，婚姻的破裂、現代科技使人們的距離變遠，親情淡漠等，但沒有看到美好的生活一面。

1. always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.和最后一段的總結 Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.可知老人認為如今的生活變得比以前更糟糕了；故選B。

2. lot of families have broken up. 及本句的內容可知，當一對夫妻的marriage出現了問題，那么他們便分道揚鑣了，由此可推斷marriage指的是婚姻；故選C。

3. in school, children don’t have to think any more可知，A正確； In math class,they used to add, subtract, multiply and divide(加減乘除)in their heads Instead, they use calculators.可知B正確；故選C。

4. now the family don’t eat home-cooked food any more.可知，②項錯誤，其他三項短文中都有所提及；故選A。

5. used to be simple, but it isn’t any more. 可知，A項錯誤；第四段And people today have TV and computers, and they don’t talk to each other any more. 可知B項錯誤；根據第二段And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now not any more.可知D項錯誤；由此可推斷，爺爺只看到了現今生活的不好的一面，沒有注意到如今美好生活的好的一面；故選C。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。