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"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 A.D.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？
   Imagine this.You're rushing to finish your homework on the computer.Your mobile phone rings，a WeChat 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 us feeling stressed （緊張的） and tired.Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities，who have no telephones，no car，not even any electricity 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 Thomans，7，spent nine weeks in a 1940s house.They had no washing machine，microwave，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 （趕潮流），beer drinking granny，to one who cooked things".

（1）Why does the writer uses the quote（格言）at the beginning of the story？
A
A

A．To tell us a truth about our lives.
B．To tell us what life was like long time ago.
C．To point out what causes such a thing to happen.
D．To point out that life is getting better and better.
（2）What can we learn from paragraph two？
D
D

A．New inventions have speeded up our lives.
B．New inventions have improved the quality of our lives.
C．New inventions may make people feel very happy.
D．New inventions may bring people some trouble.
（3）Why did the family choose to spend some time in a 1940s house ？
B
B

A．Because they loved to live simple lives.
B．Because they wanted to know how people lived without modern inventions.
C．Because they were troubled by modern inventions.
D．Because living in a different house would be a lot of fun for them.
（4）What is the text mainly about？
A
A

A．Problems with technology.
B．Improvements of our lives with technology.
C．Changes happening to technology.
D．The importance of technology.

【考點】日常生活；說明文．

【答案】A；D；B；A

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