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二、请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面的七个选项中选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。

    We all love new inventions.1.______ But have all these inventions really improved the quality of our lives? Imagine this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. 2.___________. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel? Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling 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 the UK went back to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10and 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 blank 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 chldren very much. G.The new inventions are really boring.

Answer 1

答案：

1.E

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D