My grandfather is eighty years old now. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.
Families aren’t families they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now not any more. Everyone is busy working. Mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now the family don’t eat home-cooked food any more.
And the cars! No one walks any more. More and more people drive. Students used to walk 5 miles to school every day, even in winter. But nowadays students don’t. And in school, children don’t have to think any more.. In math class, for example, they used to add, subtract, multiply and divide(加减乘除)in their heads. Instead, they use calculators.
And people today have TV and computers, and they don’t talk to each other any more. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think.
Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.
小题1:What does my grandfather think of the life now?
A．He thinks the life now is very good.
B．He thinks the life now is worse than it used to be.
C．He thinks the life now is better than it used to be.
D．He thinks the life is the same as it used to be.小题2:What does the underlined word “marriage” mean in Chinese?
A．生活
B．工作
C．婚姻
D．家庭小题3:What has happened these years according to the passage?
A．Children don’t have to think any more in school.
B．Students use calculators in math class.
C．Some used to walk to school, but now they don’t.
D．All of above.小题4:What changes have happened to some families?
a. People have TV.
b. People like to eat home-cooked food.
c. Lots of families have computers.
d. Lots of couples(夫妇)live apart because of unhappy problems.
A．a, b, d
B．b, c, d
C．a, b, c
D．a, c, d小题5:Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Life now is much simpler.
B．People have too much time to talk with each other now.
C．The writer’s grandfather only complains and pays no attention to better life now.
D．Lots of mothers stay at home and look after their children.
