Question

【题目】 One day, I took an underground to work, I saw something that made me very sad.

On the tube（the 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 her day, repeating the next stop's name cheerfully, praising her mother's long nails, trying to ______ her mother's attention. Her mother just nodded and mumbled （含糊地说）"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 ______ her, but it was no use. Then the little girl turned _____ , and was in low spirits. It was a shame the mother didn't notice that.

It broke my heart and got me wondering what kind of ______ 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 couldn't look into her daughter'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 ______ to their kids.

This is not an isolated example. I've seen too many such examples. I might not be a parent myself, and probably still have a long way ______ becoming one, but I know what I saw isn't right.

The scene used to be seen among teenagers very often when parents complained how their children were crazy about their mobile phones. Look how the situation has ____! The parents have become "technology slaves", that is to say, they can't ______ themselves while using mobile phones. Now some middle-aged parents hold their smart phones and play the simple games every day. I'm uncertain whether to laugh or to cry. But my hope is that this storm passes.

【1】A.giveB.payC.drawD.hold

【2】A.look atB.think aboutC.talk toD.care for

【3】A.excitedB.silentC.surprisedD.noisy

【4】A.programB.computerC.phoneD.game

【5】A.somethingB.nothingC.everythingD.anything

【6】A.beforeB.afterC.sinceD.until

【7】A.developedB.improvedC.changedD.monitored

【8】A.controlB.enjoyC.trustD.behave

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【6】A

【7】C

【8】A

【解析】

在伦敦的地铁上，一位母亲全神贯注地用手机打游戏，全然不顾女儿的问话，更没注意到她失望的表情，这位母亲和很多父母一样，已经成为“科技的奴隶”，他们在使用手机时无法控制自己，真希望这种情况会发生改变。

【1】句意：这个小女孩，大约5岁，正在和她妈妈谈论她的一天，开心地重复下一站，表扬她妈妈的长指甲，尝试吸引她妈妈的注意力。

give给；pay支付；draw吸引；hold抓住。由小姑娘一系列的动作“was talking …repeating …praising”可知，她在试图吸引妈妈的注意，固定搭配“draw one’s attention”，故选C。

【2】句意：我看着这个小女孩最后试了一下，让她妈妈至少看她一下，但是没有用。

look at看；think about思考；talk to谈话；care for关心。由上文“trying to ___1___ her mother's attention. ”小女孩想要吸引妈妈的注意力，所以至少让妈妈看她一眼，故选A。

【3】句意：然后这个小女孩沉默了，情绪很低落。

excited兴奋的；silent沉默的；surprised吃惊的；noisy吵闹的。由“in low spirits”可知，情绪低落的时候是沉默的，故选B。

【4】句意：这使我很伤心，使我想知道是什么游戏会让这个母亲忘记她有世界上最美丽的东西，她创造的人，她满心爱着的小人儿。

program节目；computer电脑；phone手机；game游戏。由上文“busy passing the levels of the game”可知，小女孩的妈妈是在玩游戏，故选D。

【5】句意：大概父母有许多事情要处理，但是有时他们对他们的孩子来说是一切。

something某事；nothing没事；everything一切事物；anything任何事。主语为父母，对孩子来说，父母是一切，故选C。

【6】句意：我自己可能不是一个父母，可能在我成为父母之前还有很长的路，但是我知道我看到的不对。

before在……之前；after在……之后；since自从；until直到。由“not be a parent”可知，在成为父母之前还有很长时间，故选A。

【7】句意：看，情况变成什么样了？

developed发展；improved提高；changed改变；monitored监控。由上文“The scene used to be seen among teenagers very often when parents complained how their children were crazy about their mobile phones.”之前的情景是父母抱怨孩子疯狂地玩手机，但是现在情况改变了，父母开始沉溺于手机，故选C。

【8】句意：父母已经变成了“技术奴隶”，那就是说，他们不能控制他们自己，当他们玩手机的时候。

control控制；enjoy享受；trust信任；behave表现。由“technology slaves”可知，奴隶是不能控制自己的，故选A。