Question

 We all love new inventions. 1.       But have all these inventions really improved the quality of our lives? Imagine this ： Your rushing to finish your homework on the computer. 2.       Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How do you feel? Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feel stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, have no telephone, no car, even no any

electricity often seem to be happier? 3.     

One family in theUKwent back to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter and grandsons Benjamin, 10，and Thomas, 7，spent nine weeks in

a house of the 1940s. 4.      The    grandmother, Lyn, said, “5.     ” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy (时尚），beer-drinking granny to one who cooked things.

A.	They had no washing machine, microwave oven,
	computer or mobile phone.
B.	Suddenly the computer goes black and you
	lose all your work.
C.	Perhaps because they live simpler lives.
D.	The more things you have, the more difficult
	life becomes.
E.	They are exciting, amazing and can even
	change our lives.
F.	I love my children very much.
G.	The new inventions are really boring.

Answer 1

 1. E 2. B 3. C 4. A  5.D