Question

My grandfather is eighty years old now. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.
Families aren’t families 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 not any more. Everyone is busy working. Mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now the family don’t eat home-cooked food any more.
And the cars! No one walks any more. More and more people drive. Students used to walk 5 miles to school every day, even in winter. But nowadays students don’t. And in school, children don’t have to think any more.. In math class, for example, they used to add, subtract, multiply and divide(加減乘除)in their heads. Instead, they use calculators.
And people today have TV and computers, and they don’t talk to each other any more. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think.
Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.
【小題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.

D．He thinks the life is the same as it used to be.

【小題2】What does the underlined word “marriage” mean in Chinese?

A．生活

B．工作

C．婚姻

D．家庭

【小題3】What has happened these years according to the passage?

A．Children don’t have to think any more in school.

B．Students use calculators in math class.

C．Some used to walk to school, but now they don’t.

D．All of above.

【小題4】What changes have happened to some families?
a. People have TV.  
b. People like to eat home-cooked food.
c. Lots of families have computers.
d. Lots of couples(夫婦)live apart because of unhappy problems.

A．a, b, d

B．b, c, d

C．a, b, c

D．a, c, d

【小題5】Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Life now is much simpler.

B．People have too much time to talk with each other now.

C．The writer’s grandfather only complains and pays no attention to better life now.

D．Lots of mothers stay at home and look after their children.

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】D
【小題4】D
【小題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。
【小題1】細節理解題。根據短文第一段He 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。
【小題2】詞義猜測題。根據短文第二段中A 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。
【小題3】細節理解題。根據短文第三段And 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；Students used to walk 5 miles to school every day, even in winter. But nowadays students don’t. 可知C正確；故選D。
【小題4】細節理解題。根據短文第二段But now the family don’t eat home-cooked food any more.可知，b項錯誤，其他三項短文中都有所提及；故選D。
【小題5】細節理解題。根據短文最后一段Life 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。