Question

【題目】 One day, I took an underground to work, I saw something that made me very sad.

On the tube（the 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 ______ her mother's attention. Her mother just nodded and mumbled （含糊地說）"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 ______ her, but it was no use. Then the little girl turned _____ , and was in low spirits. It was a shame the mother didn't notice that.

It broke my heart and got me wondering what kind of ______ 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 Facebook. Perhaps parents have many things to deal with, but sometimes they are ______ to their kids.

This is not an isolated example. I've seen too many such examples. I might not be a parent myself, and probably still have a long way ______ 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 ____! The parents have become "technology slaves", that is to say, they can't ______ themselves while using mobile phones. Now some middle-aged parents hold their smart phones and play the simple games every day. I'm uncertain whether to laugh or to cry. But my hope is that this storm passes.

【1】A.giveB.payC.drawD.hold

【2】A.look atB.think aboutC.talk toD.care for

【3】A.excitedB.silentC.surprisedD.noisy

【4】A.programB.computerC.phoneD.game

【5】A.somethingB.nothingC.everythingD.anything

【6】A.beforeB.afterC.sinceD.until

【7】A.developedB.improvedC.changedD.monitored

【8】A.controlB.enjoyC.trustD.behave

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【6】A

【7】C

【8】A

【解析】

在倫敦的地鐵上，一位母親全神貫注地用手機打游戲，全然不顧女兒的問話，更沒注意到她失望的表情，這位母親和很多父母一樣，已經(jīng)成為“科技的奴隸”，他們在使用手機時無法控制自己，真希望這種情況會發(fā)生改變。

【1】句意：這個小女孩，大約5歲，正在和她媽媽談論她的一天，開心地重復下一站，表揚她媽媽的長指甲，嘗試吸引她媽媽的注意力。

give給；pay支付；draw吸引；hold抓住。由小姑娘一系列的動作“was talking …repeating …praising”可知，她在試圖吸引媽媽的注意，固定搭配“draw one’s attention”，故選C。

【2】句意：我看著這個小女孩最后試了一下，讓她媽媽至少看她一下，但是沒有用。

look at看；think about思考；talk to談話；care for關(guān)心。由上文“trying to ___1___ her mother's attention. ”小女孩想要吸引媽媽的注意力，所以至少讓媽媽看她一眼，故選A。

【3】句意：然后這個小女孩沉默了，情緒很低落。

excited興奮的；silent沉默的；surprised吃驚的；noisy吵鬧的。由“in low spirits”可知，情緒低落的時候是沉默的，故選B。

【4】句意：這使我很傷心，使我想知道是什么游戲會讓這個母親忘記她有世界上最美麗的東西，她創(chuàng)造的人，她滿心愛著的小人兒。

program節(jié)目；computer電腦；phone手機；game游戲。由上文“busy passing the levels of the game”可知，小女孩的媽媽是在玩游戲，故選D。

【5】句意：大概父母有許多事情要處理，但是有時他們對他們的孩子來說是一切。

something某事；nothing沒事；everything一切事物；anything任何事。主語為父母，對孩子來說，父母是一切，故選C。

【6】句意：我自己可能不是一個父母，可能在我成為父母之前還有很長的路，但是我知道我看到的不對。

before在……之前；after在……之后；since自從；until直到。由“not be a parent”可知，在成為父母之前還有很長時間，故選A。

【7】句意：看，情況變成什么樣了？

developed發(fā)展；improved提高；changed改變；monitored監(jiān)控。由上文“The scene used to be seen among teenagers very often when parents complained how their children were crazy about their mobile phones.”之前的情景是父母抱怨孩子瘋狂地玩手機，但是現(xiàn)在情況改變了，父母開始沉溺于手機，故選C。

【8】句意：父母已經(jīng)變成了“技術(shù)奴隸”，那就是說，他們不能控制他們自己，當他們玩手機的時候。

control控制；enjoy享受；trust信任；behave表現(xiàn)。由“technology slaves”可知，奴隸是不能控制自己的，故選A。