【正文】 It was a cold, foggy day. The fog was so thick that the houses opposite were like ghosts. It was only three o’clock in the afternoon, but it was already quite dark.“Merry Christmas, Uncle! God bless you!” cried a happy voice. It was Scrooge’s nephew.“Bah!” said Scrooge “Humbug(騙人的話)！”“Christmas is a humbug! Surely you don’t mean that, Uncle.” Said his nephew.“I do,” said Scrooge. “Merry Christmas! What reason have you got to be merry? You’re poor.”“OK, then,” replied the nephew cheerfully. “What reason have you got to be sad? You are rich. Don’t be angry, Uncle!”said his nephew.“What else can I be?” answered the uncle, “I live in a world of fools! Merry Christmas! What’s Christmas time to you? It’s a time for paying bills without money, It’s a time for finding yourself a year older, but not richer. Everyone who goes around saying “Merry Christmas” should have his tongue cut out. Yes, he should!”“Uncle! Please don’t say that!”said the nephew. “I’ve always thought of Christmas time as a good time, a kind, and a charitable, happy time. And so, Uncle, Christmas has never put any gold or silver in my pocket, but I think it has done me good. And it will do me good. And I say, God bless it!”Bob, standing in the corner of the room, applauded(鼓掌).He realized his mistake very soon, and went quickly bake to his work, but Scrooge had heard him.“One more sound from you, Bob Cratchit,” said Scrooge, “and you’ll celebrate Christmas by losing your job!”“Don’t be angry with him, Uncle. Come and have dinner with us tomorrow.”“No.” said Scrooge.“I’m sorry you don’t want to celebrate Christmas. But I do. So a Merry Christmas, Uncle!”“Good afternoon!” said Scrooge.“And a Happy New Year! ” said his nephew.“Good afternoon!” said Scrooge again.His nephew left the room. He stopped to wish Bob a Merry Christmas. And Bob replied, “AMerry Christmas to you, too.”1. In which season did the story take place? A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn. D. Winter.2. What did Scrooge think of Christmas wish? A. It was simple. B. It was important. C. It was stupid. D. It was necessary.3. What did Scrooge’s nephew mean by saying “ Christmas time is a charitable time”?A. Christmas was a time to be generous and kind.B. Christmas was a time to do some challenging work.C. His uncle should give some money to his family.D. His uncle should give away his money to the poor.4. Which of the following is TRUE about Scrooge and Bob?A. Scrooge was Bob’s uncle. B. Bob worked for Scrooge.C. Scrooge celebrated Christmas with Bob. D. Bob was Scrooge’s visitor.5. What can we infer(推斷)from the story?A. Scrooge was working busily in his office before Christmas. B. No rich people wanted to waste their time to celebrate Christmas. C. Bob believed in Christmas wish as well as Scrooge’s nephew. D. Scrooge refused his nephew’s invitation to dinner on Christmas day.（11） One day, I took an underground to work, I saw something that made me very sad. On the tube( 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 herday, repeating the next stop39。s name cheerfully, praising her mother39。s long nailstrying to draw her mother39。s attention. Her mother just nodded and mumbled 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 look at her, but it was no use. Then the little girl turned silent. It was a shame the mother didn39。t notice that. It broke my heart and got me wonderingwhat kind of game 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 couldn39。t look into her daughter39。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 everything to their kids. This is not an isolated example. I39。ve seen too many such examples. I might not be a parent myself, and probably still have a long way before being one, but I know what I saw isn39。t right. The scene used to be seen among teenagers very often when parents plained how their children were crazy about their mobile phones. Look how the situation has changed! The parents have bee technology slaves, that is to say, they can39。t control themselves while using mobile phones. Now some middleaged parents hold the best iPhones or Samsung phones, which are probably the only two brands they know. They are playing the simple games with so expensive mobile phones. I39。m uncertain whether to laugh or to cry. But my hope is that this storm passes.1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. The girl failed to attract her mother39。s attention. B. The mother felt sorry after her daughter turned silent. C. The writer has much experience about being a parent. D. Middleaged parents know many brands of mobile phones.2. The underlined word isolated in Paragraph 4 means . A. spreading fast B. happening once C. increasing quickly D. appearing suddenly3. In the passage, the writer mainly wants to express . A. the worries that children are crazy about mobile phones B. the happiness that parents are now able to use modern technology C. the sadness that the best smart phones cost parents too much money D. the hope that parents use new technology4ike smart phones properly4. What39。s the best title of the passage? A. Middleaged parents B. A scene on the tube C. Technology slaves D. Mindless phone games（12） Which hand do you use when write? 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