B
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
① Grandma Li is over 70 years old. She has lived in Beijing all her life. A reporter interviewed her yesterday. The following are their questions and answers.
② Reporter: What was your life like in the past?
③ Grandma Li: My family used to live in a small house. My father was a postman, and he often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat. My mum was a farm girl before she met my father. She was a kind and loving mother. She didn't go out to work. There were five children in my family, and looking after us was more than a full-time job.
④ Grandma Li: The food we ate used to be very simple. We could only eat meat once or twice a year. I wasn't sent to school because my family couldn't afford it.
⑤ Reporter: How has life changed?
续表
⑥ Grandma Li: Families have got smaller than they used to be. The role of women has changed too. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education. I'm happy that she can keep working after getting married, but sometimes I feel lonely because she can't come to see me often.
⑦ Grandma Li: Transport and travel are easier today. When I was young, I used to go everywhere on foot or sometimes by bike. Now I can take the bus, the subway or the plane to travel. What I don't like is that there's so much more traffic. It's so crowded on the road. And, of course, we all have television today and I really enjoy watching TV. But I hate some of the shows because they are too noisy for me.
⑧ Grandma Li: Generally speaking, I think life is better today. We eat better and we live longer.
16. Who does paragraph 3 mainly talk about? ()
A. Mrs Li's father and mother.
B. Mrs Li and her mother.
C. Mrs Li's brothers and sisters.
D. Mrs Li's father and the children.
17. What was Mrs Li's father? ()


18. What can we learn about Mrs Li? ()
A. She can often see her daughter.
B. She has lived in Beijing for 50 years.
C. She usually went out by bike when she was young.
D. She couldn't go to school because her family was poor.
19. What does Mrs Li think of her life now? ()
A. Busier.
B. More difficult.
C. Simpler.
D. Better.
20. In which part of a newspaper can we read the text? ()
A. Business.
B. Nature.
C. Life.
D. Travel.

16.A 17.A 18.D 19.D 20.C

【分析】
做这类阅读理解题，需先通读短文把握核心内容，再根据题干关键词定位原文对应段落或语句，逐一比对选项与原文信息，排除错误选项后选出最佳答案。解题时要重点关注题干的指向，精准定位原文细节，避免被干扰项误导。
【解析】
16. 定位第③段，该段主要介绍李奶奶的父亲（邮递员）和母亲（农场女孩）的情况，虽提及家中有五个孩子，但核心围绕父母展开，对应选项A，故选A。
17. 根据原文第③段“My father was a postman”，可知李奶奶的父亲是邮递员，对应选项A（插图为邮递员），故选A。
18. 定位第④段“I wasn't sent to school because my family couldn't afford it”，可知李奶奶因家庭贫困无法上学，对应选项D；A选项与原文“sometimes I feel lonely because she can't come to see me often”矛盾；B选项原文未提及居住时长；C选项原文说年轻时“go everywhere on foot or sometimes by bike”，并非通常骑自行车，故选D。
19. 定位第⑧段“I think life is better today”，可知李奶奶认为现在生活更好，对应选项D，故选D。
20. 文章围绕李奶奶过去与现在的生活变化展开，属于生活类内容，应出现在报纸的“Life”板块，对应选项C，故选C。
【答案】
16.A 17.A 18.D 19.D 20.C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、主旨大意题
【点评】
本文是一篇关于人物生活变迁的访谈短文，题目以细节理解为主，少量涉及主旨判断，整体难度适中，考查学生快速定位原文信息的阅读能力，适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.7