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Ⅴ. Read the passage and complete the following tasks.
There are two kinds of opinions on "the life in the past and the life today".
A: The life today is quite different from it in the past. On the one hand, the important technological developments do help humans solve a lot of problems. But on the other hand, the life in the past brought more happiness to people than it does today. ① However, as the population of the world is getting larger, competition is getting fiercer(更激烈的). If you are not able to do your job well, someone will replace(取代) you soon.
B: The life today is much better than it was in the past. ② The rice cookers, gas stoves and microwave ovens are of great help to many housewives. The rice cooker is a real time-saver. It is so simple to use that even a child can cook rice with it. There are some other gadgets(小机械) which save the long hours of doing housework for the housewives.
There are many other inventions which can make our life better. For example, phones help people get in touch with each other more conveniently and the internet makes people's life more colorful.
1. Fill in the missing parts with the right choices from A, B and C.
①
A. There are many new inventions that make our life easy and interesting.
B. The life was simple in the past.
C. The life is becoming richer and richer.
2. What will happen if you can't do your job well?
A. You can change your jobs.
B. You will have no pay.
C. Someone will take the place of you.
D. The boss will be angry with you.
3. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refers to
4. Find the topic sentence that reflect the main idea of the passage, and write it down.
There are two kinds of opinions on "the life in the past and the life today".
A: The life today is quite different from it in the past. On the one hand, the important technological developments do help humans solve a lot of problems. But on the other hand, the life in the past brought more happiness to people than it does today. ① However, as the population of the world is getting larger, competition is getting fiercer(更激烈的). If you are not able to do your job well, someone will replace(取代) you soon.
B: The life today is much better than it was in the past. ② The rice cookers, gas stoves and microwave ovens are of great help to many housewives. The rice cooker is a real time-saver. It is so simple to use that even a child can cook rice with it. There are some other gadgets(小机械) which save the long hours of doing housework for the housewives.
There are many other inventions which can make our life better. For example, phones help people get in touch with each other more conveniently and the internet makes people's life more colorful.
1. Fill in the missing parts with the right choices from A, B and C.
①
B
② A
A. There are many new inventions that make our life easy and interesting.
B. The life was simple in the past.
C. The life is becoming richer and richer.
2. What will happen if you can't do your job well?
C
A. You can change your jobs.
B. You will have no pay.
C. Someone will take the place of you.
D. The boss will be angry with you.
3. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refers to
the rice cooker
.4. Find the topic sentence that reflect the main idea of the passage, and write it down.
There are two kinds of opinions on "the life in the past and the life today".
答案
1. ①B ②A 2. C 3. the rice cooker 4. There are two kinds of opinions on "the life in the past and the life today".
解析
【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需先通读全文把握A、B两种关于过去与现在生活的观点，再逐一解决4个任务：1. 第1题需结合上下文逻辑选择衔接句；2. 第2题需定位原文细节找对应答案；3. 第3题需根据代词所在句的前文内容判断指代对象；4. 第4题需查找能概括全文主旨的主题句。
【解析】
1. 第1题：①处前文A观点提到“过去的生活比现在更幸福”，B选项“过去的生活很简单”承接上文对过去生活的描述，符合语境；②处B观点围绕“现在生活更好”展开，后文举例电饭煲等发明，A选项“有很多新发明让我们的生活轻松有趣”引出下文的发明例子，故①选B，②选A。
2. 第2题：根据A部分最后一句“If you are not able to do your job well, someone will replace you soon.”，其中replace与选项C中的take the place of意思一致，故答案为C。
3. 第3题：代词it所在句前文提到“The rice cooker is a real time-saver...even a child can cook rice with it”，可知it指代前文的the rice cooker。
4. 第4题：全文围绕“过去和现在的生活有两种不同观点”展开，开头第一句即为概括主旨的主题句：There are two kinds of opinions on "the life in the past and the life today".
【答案】
1. ①B ②A；2. C；3. the rice cooker；4. There are two kinds of opinions on "the life in the past and the life today".
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、代词指代、主旨大意
【点评】
本题考查英语阅读理解的基础能力，涵盖上下文逻辑衔接、细节定位、代词指代及主旨查找，题型常规，难度适中，学生只要仔细阅读文章即可完成解答。
【难度系数】
0.7
本题为英语阅读理解题，需先通读全文把握A、B两种关于过去与现在生活的观点，再逐一解决4个任务：1. 第1题需结合上下文逻辑选择衔接句；2. 第2题需定位原文细节找对应答案；3. 第3题需根据代词所在句的前文内容判断指代对象；4. 第4题需查找能概括全文主旨的主题句。
【解析】
1. 第1题：①处前文A观点提到“过去的生活比现在更幸福”，B选项“过去的生活很简单”承接上文对过去生活的描述，符合语境；②处B观点围绕“现在生活更好”展开，后文举例电饭煲等发明，A选项“有很多新发明让我们的生活轻松有趣”引出下文的发明例子，故①选B，②选A。
2. 第2题：根据A部分最后一句“If you are not able to do your job well, someone will replace you soon.”，其中replace与选项C中的take the place of意思一致，故答案为C。
3. 第3题：代词it所在句前文提到“The rice cooker is a real time-saver...even a child can cook rice with it”，可知it指代前文的the rice cooker。
4. 第4题：全文围绕“过去和现在的生活有两种不同观点”展开，开头第一句即为概括主旨的主题句：There are two kinds of opinions on "the life in the past and the life today".
【答案】
1. ①B ②A；2. C；3. the rice cooker；4. There are two kinds of opinions on "the life in the past and the life today".
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、代词指代、主旨大意
【点评】
本题考查英语阅读理解的基础能力，涵盖上下文逻辑衔接、细节定位、代词指代及主旨查找，题型常规，难度适中，学生只要仔细阅读文章即可完成解答。
【难度系数】
0.7
