【正文】 have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives? Picture this, You’re rushing to finish your homework on the puter. Your mobile phone rings, a message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the puter 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 up feeling stressed () 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, puter or mobile phones. The grandmother, Lyn, said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life bees.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their puter. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy(), beerdrinking granny, to one who cooked things” ( ) 108. The writer uses the quote() at the beginning of the story to __________. A. tell us a truth about our live B. tell us what life was like long time ago C. point out what causes such a thing to happen D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same ( ) 109. In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions __________. A. have speeded up our lives B. have improve the quality of our lives C. may make people feel very happy D. may bring people some trouble ( ) 110. The family chose to spend some time in a 1940s house because _________ A. they loved to live simple lives B. they wanted to know how people lived withour modern inventions C. they were troubled by modern inventions D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them ( ) 111. According to the passage, which id NOT right? A. People who live far away from noisy cities often seem to be happier B. An unknown Roman was sure that the quality of life would get better C. The family had some changes when they lived in a 1940s house D. With the improvement of our lives, we often feel stressed and tired ( ) 112. The passage is mainly about __________ A. problems with technology B. improvements of our lives with technology C. changes happening to technology D. the importance of technology 十二、書面表達(dá) （ 5 分） 假設(shè)今天是 4 月 9 日，星期五。（ 8 分） 72. My f _________ from Shanghai to Kunming is a small plane was a terrible ecperience. 73. He looks so o __________ that you can’t find him our among people in the street easily 74. Noise is unpleasant, e ___________ when you are studying at night. 75. I’ve no idea how everything is going with my bother. I haven’t r ________________ any information from him. 76. The children are dressed in colourful clothes. They are ready to give P ___________ to the audience 77. After the young man graduated from the university, he made a d ___________ to go to work in Tibet 78. The young girl works very hard and p ____________ playing the piano for about 3 hours a day 79. Just i ______ how happy she will be if you suddenly appear before her. 九、 短文改錯(cuò) (10 分 ) 此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤 .對(duì)標(biāo)有題號(hào)的每一行作出判斷：如無(wú)錯(cuò)誤，在該行右邊的橫線上畫一個(gè)勾（√）；如有錯(cuò)誤（每行只有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤），則按下列情況改正： 該行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線（ \）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉 . 該行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞 . 該行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下面劃一橫線，在該行右邊